New World screwworm moves north adding to market volatility
On Jul. 20, 2025, new detections of New World screwworm (NWS) in Mexico led U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
CDC Issues Report on Human Plague Transmitted from Infected Cat in Oregon
On Jul. 17, 2025, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report about an…
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Huge biosecurity centre investment to boost UK pandemic protection
On Jul. 17, 2025, a new world-leading biosecurity centre in Essex has been announced that will protect the…
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Global childhood vaccination coverage holds steady, yet over 14 million infants remain unvaccinated
On Jul. 15, 2025, in 2024, 89% of infants globally – about 115 million – received at least…
WHO recommends injectable lenacapavir for HIV prevention
On Jul. 14, 2025, The World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines recommending the use of injectable lenacapavir…
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Emergency vaccine response has cut infectious disease deaths by nearly 60% since 2000
On Jul. 14, 2025, researchers at Burnet Institute, in collaboration with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, have provided the…
Scientists discover compounds that help cells fight a wide range of viruses
On Jul. 14, 2025, Researchers at MIT and other institutions have identified compounds that can fight off viral…
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Coconino County, Arozona Reports Plague death
On Jul. 11, 2025, Coconino County Health and Human Services (CCHHS) officials received confirmatory test results, and have…
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NIH suspends dozens of pathogen studies over ‘gain-of-function’ concerns
On Jul. 11, 2025, in response to White House concerns about allegedly risky research on viruses, bacteria, and…
Moderna Receives Full U.S. FDA Approval for COVID-19 Vaccine, Spikevax, in Children Aged 6 Months Through 11 Years at Increased Risk for COVID-19 Disease
On Jul. 10, 2025, Moderna announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental…
The U.S. is having its worst year for measles in more than three decades
On Jul. 10, 2025, the AP reported that he U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread…
Large-scale DNA study maps 37,000 years of disease history
On Jul. 9, 2025, a research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and…
U.S. Shuts Down U.S. Southern Border Ports to Livestock Trade due to further Northward Spread of New World Screwworm in Mexico
On Jul. 9, 2025, Mexico’s National Service of Agro-Alimentary Health, Safety, and Quality (SENASICA) reported a new case…
As summer travel gets underway, Alberta has highest measles cases per capita in North America
On Jul. 9, 2025, Alberta has the most measles cases in North America on a per-capita basis, worrying…
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US CDC ends emergency bird flu response as infections decline
On Jul. 8, 2025, The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday it has ended…
Novartis wins approval for first malaria drug for newborns and babies
On Jul. 8, 2025, Novartis announces it had received approval in Switzerland for Coartem Baby, which it said…
Texas Reports no New Measles cases in Ongoing outbreak
On Jul. 8, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported a total of 753 cases…
Cognitive impairment Found 2 years after mild to severe SARS-CoV-2 infection
On Jul. 8, 2025, a study published in Nature showed the prevalence of cognitive impairment 2 years after…
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Cambodia Reports 49 deaths From Avian Influenza A (H5N1) in Current Outbreak
On Jul. 5, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that between January 1 and July 1, 2025,…
WHO Releases guidelines for clinical management of arboviral diseases: dengue, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever
On Jul. 4, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the Integrated Guidelines on the Clinical Management of…
Wyoming Department of Health reports first Measles Case in Natrona County
On Jul. 1, 2025, the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) has confirmed a case of measles in an…
USDA Announces the Phased Reopening of Southern Ports for Livestock Trade
On Jun. 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced risk-based port re-openings for cattle, bison, and…
Cambodia confirms two new H5N1 bird flu cases
On Jun. 29, 2025, Cambodian health authorities confirmed two new human cases of H5N1 avian influenza involving a…
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WHO Scientific advisory group issues report on origins of COVID-19
On Jun. 27, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens…
CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Approves RSV and influenza Vaccines
On Jun. 26, 2025, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…
New Mexico announces measles outbreak in a county detention facility
On Jun. 26, 2025, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) announced that five people who are incarcerated…
Penn engineers turn toxic fungus into anti-cancer drug
On Jun. 25, 2025, researchers at the University of Pennylvanis’s School of Engineering and Applied Science announced they…
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NIH will reinstate 900 grants in response to court order
On Jun. 25, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) moved to reinstate about 900 grants that a…
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Amid multi-state measles outbreak, Poll Shows 79% of Americans support routine childhood vaccine requirements
On Jun. 25, 2025, in the midst of a multi-state measles outbreak, a poll by Harvard T.H. Chan…
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U.S. to stop financial support of global vaccine alliance Gavi
On Jun. 25, 2025, the U.S. will announced it will no longer contribute funding to Gavi, a global…