Marburg virus Outbreak Declared Ended in Tanzania
On Mar. 13, 2025, after two consecutive incubation periods (a total of 42 days) without a new confirmed…
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H5N1 dairy cow study finds sustained milk production drop, extensive transmission across herd
Mar. 13. 2025, scientists who examined the impact of an H5N1 avian flu outbreak in an Ohio dairy…
APHIS Confirms H7N9 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a U.S. Flock
On Mar. 12, 2025, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic…
‘A political division, not a physical one, determined who got measles and who didn’t’: Lessons from Texarkana’s 1970 outbreak
On Mar. 11, 2025, in an excerpt from his book Booster Shots (Penguin Random House), pediatrician and infectious…
First Cases of Measles in Reported in Oklahoma
On Mar. 11, 2025, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) reported the first two measles cases in…
Beam Therapeutics Announces Positive Data in Trial Demonstrating First Ever Clinical Genetic Correction of a Disease-causing Mutation
On Mar. 10, 2025, Beam Therapeutics announced initial safety and efficacy data from its Phase 1/2 trial of…
Neanderthal Genes linked to lactase persistence in East Asian populations
On Mar. 10, 2025, new research shows positive selection at the 2q21.3 locus in Europeans and Africans has…
WHO reports increased incidence of Sudan virus disease in Uganda
On Mar. 8, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that since the outbreak of Sudan virus disease…
Texas Reports nearly 200 cases of the measles in current outbreak
On Mar. 7, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported updated information about an outbreak of…
Researchers create gel that can self-heal like human skin
On Mar. 7, 2025, a team of researchers from Aalto University and the University of Bayreuth announced that…
Bacterial ‘jumping genes’ can target and control chromosome ends
On Mar. 6, 2025, Cornell researchers announced they have discovered a new mechanism that genes use to survive…
Scientists identify genes that make humans and Labradors more likely to become obese
On Mar. 6, 2025, researchers at the University of Cambridge announced they have discovered genes linked to obesity…
New Mexico resident tests positive for measles after death
On Mar. 6, 2025, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) confirms that a deceased resident of Lea…
Funding cuts impact access to TB services endangering millions of lives
On Mar. 5, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced In the past two decades, tuberculosis (TB) prevention,…
Scientists from Colossal Biosciences genetically engineer mice with extinct woolly mammoth
On Mar. 4, 2025, scientists at Colossal Biosciences announced that its scientists have simultaneously edited seven genes in…
Novel Stem Cell Therapy Repairs Irreversible Corneal Damage in Clinical Trial
On Mar. 4, 2025, researchers at a Mass Eye and Ear Institute-led trial announced taking stem cells from…
University of Alberta life sciences research gets a $100 Million lift
On Mar. 4, 2025, the Government of Alberta announced it had contributed $100 million in capital funding to…
Texas announces more than 150 cases of the measles and first death
On Mar. 4, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported an outbreak of measles in the…
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More than half of adults and a third of children and adolescents predicted to have overweight or obesity by 2050
On Mar. 3, 2025, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation reported that without urgent policy reform and…
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“Earth is a Rock, Let the DNA Mold me” rewritten hit Rock n’ Roll Song Celebrating ‘Science and Reason’ released
On Mar. 3, 2025, LifeScienceHistory.com: Where history is made daily announces the release of a rewritten hit rock…
Revvity’s EUROIMMUN Receives CE Mark for Novel Measles Antibody Detection Assay
On Mar. 3, 2025, Revvity announced the launch of EUROIMMUN’s CE-marked Anti-Measles Virus ELISA 2.0 (IgG) to support…
Arsenic Exposure Linked To Increased Risk Of Kidney Disease
On Mar. 3, 2025, epidemiologists at the Texas A&M University School of Public Health have identified a link…
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FDA Approves Genentech’s TNKase® in Acute Ischemic Stroke in Adults
On Mar. 3, 2025, Genentech announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved TNKase® (tenecteplase),…
New methods reveal cancer mechanism in ancient genes
On Mar. 3, 2025, researchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center announced they have discovered an overlooked mechanism driving…
WHO Recommendations announced for influenza vaccine for 2025–2026 northern hemisphere influenza season
On Feb. 28, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced announced the recommendations for the viral composition of…
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CDC Reports Encephalopathy Among Children with Influenza-Associated Mortality
On Feb. 27, 2025, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it is investigating…
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CDC report adds to evidence that HPV vaccine is preventing cervical cancer in U.S. women
On Feb. 27, 2025, a new government report adds to evidence that the HPV vaccine, once called dangerous…
FDA approves ODACTRA® for the treatment of house dust mite allergy in young children
On Feb. 27, 2025, ALK announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ALK’s ODACTRA®…
Bird flu markers in wastewater may come from wild birds, study led by Oregon State shows
On Feb. 27, 2025, research from Oregon State University (OSU) showed that wild birds can account for much…
USDA Invests Up To $1 Billion to Combat Avian Flu and Reduce Egg Prices
On Feb. 26, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA0 announced a $1 billion-dollar comprehensive strategy to curb…