Single booster dose with updated bivalent COVID-19 vaccine provides broad protection against COVID-19 including Omicron variant
On Jan. 11, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported that a single booster dose with an…
United Nations reported that a child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021
On Jan. 10, 2023, the WHO announced that an estimated 5 million children died beforecoronavirus_omicron_illustrationeir fifth birthday and…
BD, CerTest Biotec announced Emergency Use Authorization for Mpox diagnostic test
On Jan. 9, 2023, BD (Becton, Dickinson) and CerTest Biotec have announced Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the…
FDA granted accelerated approval for Alzheimerï¾’s disease treatment
On Jan. 6, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb) via the Accelerated Approval pathway…
BioNTech announced strategic partnership with UK Government to provide up to 10,000 patients with personalized mRNA cancer immunotherapies
On Jan. 5, 2023, BioNTech announced that the Company had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government…
NIH launched Home Test to Treat, a pilot COVID-19 telehealth program
On Jan. 5, 2023, the National Institutes of Health, in collaboration with the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and…
New approach successfully traced genomic variants back to genetic disorders
On Jan. 5, 2023, National Institutes of Health researchers announded they had published an assessment of 13 studies…
NIH study linked specific outdoor air pollutants to asthma attacks in urban children
On Jan. 4, 2023, a National Institutes of Health funded study reported that moderate levels of two outdoor…
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Milestones in Polio
Milestones in Polio illustrates the slow but steady advancements from its clinical description and discovery to widespread infection…
BioNTech and Fosun Pharma announced regulatory approval of mono- and bivalent COVID-19 vaccine COMIRNATYï¾® in individuals 12 years and older in Hong Kong
On Dec. 23, 2022, BioNTech and Fosun Pharmaceutical announced that they had received the certificates of registration as…
NIH researchers used 3D bioprinting to create eye tissue
On Dec. 22, 2022, resarchers at the National Institutes of Health announced they had used patient stem cells…
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services increased access to Tamiflu through the Strategic National Stockpile
On Dec. 21, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Strategic…
FDA approved Roche’s Actemra for treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalised adults
On Dec. 21, 2022, Roche announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Actemraï¾® (tocilizumab)…
Study revealed that duration of exposure to COVID-19 plays major role in risk of catching the virus
On Dec. 20, 2022, the University of Oxford announced study results using data from 7 million people notified…
FDA approved first gene therapy for treatment of high-risk, non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer
On Dec. 16, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Ferring Pharmaceuticals’ Adstiladrin (nadofaragene firadenovec-vncg), a non-replicating…
Oxford Ebola vaccine manufactured and shipped in record time by Serum Institute of India
On Dec. 15, 2022, the University of Oxford Oxfordï¾’s Ebola vaccine candidate has been shipped to Uganda, just…
Ebola vaccine regimens safe, immunogenic in adults and children
On Dec. 14, 2022, the National Institutes of Health announced that two randomized, placebo-controlled trials evaluating three Ebola…
COVID-19 vaccine from Washington University in St. Louis approved for use as booster in India
On Dec. 9, 2022, Washington University in St. Louis announced that it’s nasal COVID-19 vaccine technology had been…
U.S. launched largest ever liver cancer screening study VA launched largest ever liver cancer screening study
On Dec. 8, 2022, the Department of Veterans Affairs embarked on a study to determine the most effective…
FDA accepted for Priority Review the BLA for Pfizerï¾’s Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine candidate for prevention of RSV disease in older adults
On Dec. 7, 2022, Pfizer announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had accepted for priority…
A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA
On Dec. 7, 2022, scientists reported an ancient environmental DNA6 (eDNA) record describing the rich plant and animal…
University of Missouri study of feline genetics helped pinpoint first-ever domestication of cats
On Dec. 5, 2022, a study at the University of Missouri found that nearly 10,000 years ago, humans…
Pfizer and BioNTech submit application to U.S. FDA for EUA of Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccine in children under 5 years
On Dec. 5, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the companies had submitted an application to the U.S….
USDA broke ground on new Soil Research buildings in Auburn
On Nov. 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agricultureï¾’s Research Service, Auburn University’s College of Agriculture, and the…
WHO recommended new name for monkeypox disease
On Nov. 28, 2022, the WHO announced that following a series of consultations with global experts, it had…
Wolves emboldened by parasite more likely to lead pack
On Nov. 27, 2022, it was reported a parasite that infects up to one-third of people around the…
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis announced finding diagnostic marker for deadly brain disease
On Nov. 24, 2022, researchers Kanta Horie and Chihiro Sato at the Tracy Family SILQ Center at Washington…
FDA authorized Lucira COVID-19 & flu point-of-care test
On Nov. 22, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the Lucira…
NIH awarded $12 million for antiviral therapeutic development
On Nov. 21, 2022, the National Institutes of Health awarded more than $12 million to three institutions for…
WHO to identify pathogens that could cause future outbreaks and pandemics
On Nov. 21, 2022, the WHO is launching a global scientific process to update the list of priority…