Marburg outbreak in Rwanda declared over
On Dec. 20, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease was…
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U.S. FDA Approved Pfizer’s BRAFTOVI® Combination Regimen as First-Line Treatment of BRAF V600E-Mutant Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
On Dec. 20, 2024, Pfizer announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved BRAFTOVI® (encorafenib)…
FDA approved Alhemo® injection as once-daily prophylactic treatment to reduce frequency of bleeding episodes for adults and children 12 years of age and older with hemophilia A or B
On Dec. 20, 2024, Novo Nordisk announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Alhemo®…
FDA updates Definition of “Healthy Foods” For Packaging, first time in three decades
On Dec. 19, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it had updated the definition of “healthy…
Genetic discovery links new gene to autism spectrum disorder
On Dec. 19, 2024, researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Canada and the Istituto Giannina…
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LA County Public Health Warns Against Consuming Raw Milk Following Additional Detections of H5 Bird Flu Virus
Dec. 19, 2024, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is urging residents to avoid consuming or…
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CDC Confirmed First Severe Case of H5N1 Bird Flu in the United States
On Dec. 18, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that a patient has…
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Global diarrheal deaths drop, but children and elderly remain most at risk
On Dec. 18, 2024, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation reported that diarrhoeal diseases claim more than…
Washington Fish and Wildlife officials confirmed deaths of Cougars from H5N1 avian influenza
On Dec. 18, 2024, officials from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) confirmed highly pathogenic avian…
Karmanos Cancer Institute First in the World to use FDA-approved Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Device to Treat Liver Cancer
On Dec. 18, 2024, the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute announced that the new TheraBionic P1 device, an…
Giant study found untrustworthy trials pollute gold-standard medical reviews
On Dec. 18, 2024, A huge collaboration has confirmed growing concerns that fake or flawed research is polluting…
New Technique Maps Hundreds of Proteins Simultaneously within Cell Nuclei
On Dec. 18, 2024, Caltech researchers announced they had developed a new method to map the positions of…
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Governor Newsom takes proactive action to strengthen state response to Bird Flu
On Dec. 18, 2024, Gavin Newsom, Governor of Californa, proclaimed a State of Emergency to streamline and expedite…
Controversial COVID study that promoted unproven hydroxychloroquine treatment retracted after four-year saga
On Dec. 18, 2024, a study that stoked enthusiasm for the now-disproven idea that the cheap malaria drug…
Study maps bed bugs’ genomes in unprecedented detail to find out why they won’t die
On Dec. 17, 2024, scientists from Hiroshima University announced they had mapped near-gap-free and near-error-free genomes of a…
United Therapeutics Announced World’s First Successful UKidney Transplant
On Dec. 17, 2024, United Therapeutics, a public benefit corporation, announced the world’s first transplant of a UKidney,…
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USDA Confirmed Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Backyard Non-Poultry Flock in Louisiana
On Dec. 16, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has…
Brain cells remain healthy after month on International Space Station, but matured faster than brain cells on Earth
On Dec. 16, 2024, Scripps Research scientists announced they had discovered how brain cells respond to microgravity. Scripps…
RSV vaccine showed high efficacy for adults 60+
On Dec. 16, 2024, JAMA Network Open published a study demonstrating respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine effectiveness in adults…
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COVID-19 linked to more heart complications than flu, RSV
On Dec. 16, 2024, a study published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders shows that pediatric and young adult COVID-19…
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USDA Approved Emergency Funding to Protect U.S. Livestock and Animals from New World Screwworm
On Dec. 13, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced $165…
South Dakota outbreak revealed potential H5N1 adaptation in domestic cats
On Dec. 12, 2024, University of Pittsburgh researchers announced they had identified evidence of H5N1 adaptation in domestic…
Oregon one of six states to begin testing milk for H5N1 Avian Influenza 
On Dec. 12, 2024, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA), with significant input from Oregon’s dairy industry and…
Oldest human DNA revealed family network that spanned Europe
On Dec. 12, 2024, a study led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in…
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AI-Based Tool Offers Exciting Advancement in Pancreatic Cancer Diagnostics
On Dec. 12, 2024, a study co-lead by researchers from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital…
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A Lipid Nanoparticle Delivered mRNA Cure for Pre-eclampsia
On Dec. 11, 2024, University of Pennsylvania Engineers announced they had made a critical breakthrough that bridges a…
AquaBounty Announced Plans to Cease Fish Farming Operations
On Dec. 11, 2024 the Board of Directors of AquaBounty Technologies announced that the Company was winding down…
Reinvigorated global efforts needed to curb rising malaria threat
On Dec. 11, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported new data has revealed that an estimated 2.2…
Ancient DNA data hold insights into past organisms and ecosystems — handle them with more care
On Dec. 10, 2024, researchers reported that DNA recovered from ancient remains is transforming our understanding of organisms…
PAHO highlights increase in dengue, Oropouche, and avian influenza cases in the Americas, control measures advised
On Dec. 10, 2024, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reported on three transmissible diseases affecting the Region…