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Twist Bioscience Launched Synthetic RNA Control for H5N1 Influenza A

On Jul. 9, 2024, Twist Bioscience announced the expansion of its growing portfolio of synthetic viral controls with…

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Late-pregnancy RSV vaccination not associated with poor birth outcomes

On Jul. 8, 2024, a study reported that babies exposed to maternal RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) vaccination in…

Nearly 1.8 billion adults at risk of disease from not doing enough physical activity

On Jun. 26. 2024, the World Health Organization reported that new data show that nearly one third (31%)…

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Finland started bird flu vaccinations for humans, in world first

On Jun. 25, 2024, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) announced that they planned to offer…

Air pollution accounted for 8.1 million deaths globally in 2021, Becoming the second leading risk factor for death

On Jun. 19, 2024, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) released a comprehensive new report that…

National Academies announced New Broad Definition of Long COVID

On Jun. 11, 2024, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a new report that stated the…

WHO reported a substantial increase in dengue cases globally

On May 30, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that as of 30 April 2024, over 7.6…

CIRM awarded $53 million to clinical research in heart failure and cystic fibrosis, supporting 10 translational projects

On May 30, 2024, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) announced it had awarded $53 million to…

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Scientists generated the first complete chromosome sequences from non-human primates

On May 29, 2024, a team of researchers from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) announced they…

Findings from 23andMe research on Parkinson’s disease published in Brain

On May 29, 2024, 23andMe with support from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, announced it…

Raw milk containing H5N1 can infect mice, while lab-based heat treatments greatly reduce the virus

On May 24, 2024, a team led by University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists reported that consuming raw cow’s milk…

CDC warned of Salmonella outbreaks linked to backyard poultry flocks

On May 23, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that 109 people from…

Neanderthal–human baby-making was recent — and brief

On May 21, 2024, an analysis of ancient and modern genomes suggested contemporary people’s Neanderthal DNA came from…

Repeat COVID-19 vaccinations elicit antibodies that neutralize variants, other viruses

On May 17, 2024, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced a study had…

CPRIT added $52 million to fight against cancer

On May 15, 2024, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced that it had approved…

A third of U.S. food outbreaks and 3,500 illnesses tied to non-irradiated eligible food

On May, 13, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that of 482 U.S….

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All of Us Returns Health-Related DNA Results to 100,000 Participants

On May 1, 2024, the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) All of Us Research Program announced that it…

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended all women get screened for breast cancer every other year aged 40 to 74

On Apr. 30, 2024, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended that all women get screened for…

COVID vaccines not linked to seizures

On Apr. 30, 2024, a meta-analysis of six randomized controlled trials in JAMA Neurology found no increase in seizures in…

Scientists discovered over 100 new genomic regions linked to blood pressure

On Apr. 30, 2024, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers and collaborators announced they had discovered over 100…

CIRM awarded $31 million to fund clinical-stage research for cancers and eye disease

On Apr. 26, 2024, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) announced it had approved awarding nearly $31…

Analysis identified 50 new genomic regions associated with kidney cancer risk

On Apr. 26, 2024, an international team of researchers led by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) released an…

Imaging technique shows new details of peptide structures

On Apr. 26, 2024, engineers at Washington University in St. Louis announced a new imaging technique that give…

Study suggested staying current with COVID-19 vaccinations helped combat emerging variants

On Apr. 12, 2024, Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) announced research that shows using live SARS-CoV-2 virus revealed…

Genetic secrets from 4,000-year-old teeth illuminate the impact of changing human diets over the centuries

On Mar. 27, 2024, researchers from Trinity College Dublin announced they had recovered remarkably preserved microbiomes from two…

NIH researchers identified brain connections associated with ADHD in youth

On Mar. 13, 2024, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced they had discovered that symptoms…

Clinical study of a blood test shows 83% accuracy for detecting colorectal cancer

On Mar. 13, 2024, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center announced that a blood test intended for screening for…

First Tissue Bank May Help Solve Mystery of Long COVID Misery

On Feb. 22, 2024, the University of California, San Francisco (UC, San Francisco) launched the world’s first tissue…

Fred Hutch to lead new federal Cancer Screening Research Network

On Feb. 21, 2024, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center announced it was at the helm of a new…

CPRIT approved almost $100 million in grants to advance the fight against cancer in Texas

On Feb. 21, 2023, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced it had approved $98,592,155…

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