U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released National Cancer Plan
On Apr. 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a National Cancer Plan,…
First case of highly pathogenic Avian influenza confirmed in Klamath County
On Mar. 31, 2023, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agricultureï¾’s Animal and…
Moderna finalized agreement with Government of the Republic of Kenya to establish an mRNA manufacturing facility
On Mar. 30, 2023, Moderna and the Government of the Republic of Kenya announced they had finalized an…
Covid-19 pandemic and the expansion of the mortality gap between the U.S. and its European peers
On Mar. 29, 2023, the mortality gap between the United States and other high-income nations substantially expanded during…
U.S. FDA approved first Over-the-Counter Naloxone nasal spray
On Mar. 29, 2023, the U.S. FDA announced approval of Narcan, 4 milligram naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for…
WHO certified Azerbaijan and Tajikistan as malaria-free
On Mar. 29, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it had certified Azerbaijan and Tajikistan for…
CIRM invested $26 million in research
On Mar. 27, 2023, CIRM Board approved investing nearly $26 million in 17 projects in early-stage discovery research.The…
Thermo Fisher Scientific opened cell therapy facility at University of California, San Francisco
On Mar. 27. 2023, Thermo Fisher Scientific and the University of California, San Francisco, announced they will accelerate…
Guangdong CDC reported an H3N8 infection
On Mar. 26,. 2023, Guangdong Centers for Disease Control in China reported an H3N8 infection that would become…
Antibiotics do not cut death risk in hospitalized patients with viral respiratory illnesses
On Mar. 24. 2023, antibiotics do not reduce the risk of dying in adults hospitalized with COVID-19, the…
Tuberculosis in the U.S. increased slightly during 2022 although it remained lower than prepandemic years
On Mar. 24, 2023, the CDC announced that Tuberculosis in the U.S. increased slightly during 2022 although it…
Climate warming and increasing Vibrio vulnificus infections in North America
On Mar. 23, 2023, a study published in Scientific Reports warned that vibrio vulnificus is an increasingly recognized…
Scientists announced the Faba bean genome had been sequenced
On Mar. 23. 2023, scientists at the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment in Paris…
National Science Foundation released reports outlining bold goals for U.S. bioeconomy
On Mar. 22, 2023, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a series of five…
Tanzania declared an outbreak of Marburg virus disease
On Mar. 21, 2023, the Ministry of Health of the United Republic of Tanzania declared an outbreak of…
CDC reported increasing threat of spread of antimicrobial-resistant fungus in healthcare facilities
On Mar. 20, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that Candida auris (C. auris),…
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Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) reported in Indonesia
On Mar. 17, 2023, the Indonesia Ministry of Health notified WHO of the detection of a circulating vaccine-derived…
FDA Advisory Committee voted in support of favorable benefit-risk profile for Pfizerï¾’s PAXLOVIDï¾™
On Mar. 16, 2023, Pfizer announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationï¾’s Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee voted…
Texas A&M scientists disable protective gene In mosquitoes
On Mar. 15, 2023, scientists at Texas A&M announced that a research study: ﾓRNA interference is essential to…
UK Animal and Plant Health Agency reported dolphins detected with avian flu found on beaches in England and Wales
On Mar. 15, 2023, the UK Animal and Plant Health Agency reported that the carcesses of Common dolphins…
First case of avian flu in a Chilean industrial plant reported, poultry meat exports suspended
On Mar. 14, 2023, the Agricultural and Livestock Service in Chile confirmed the identification of the first case…
New, non-invasive imaging tool maps uterine contractions during labor
On Mar. 14, 2023, NIH researchers announced they had developed a new imaging tool, called electromyometrial imaging (EMMI),…
FDA approved first treatment for Rett syndrome
On Mar. 13, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it had approved Acadia Pharmaceuticals’ Daybue…
USDA announced more than $43 million investment in meat and poultry processing research, expansion and innovation
On Mar. 9, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced an investment of more than $43 million in…
France reported bird flu in foxes near Paris
On Mar. 7, 2023, the the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) announced that France had reported an…
Abbott received FDA clearance for first commercially available lab-based blood test to help evaluate concussion
On Mar. 7, 2023, Abbott announced that it had received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for what…
Blood test identified acute myeloid leukemia patients at greater risk for relapse after bone marrow transplant
On Mar. 7, 2023, researchers at the National Institutes of Health reported the benefits of screening adult patients…
In a first for imaging, new microscope captured details, 3D motion of molecules in liquid
On Mar. 7, 2023, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs…
FDA grants Lenireï¾® Tinnitus treatment device de novo approval
On Mar. 6, 2023, Neuromod Devices announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted De…
NIH software assembled complete genome sequences on-demand
On Mar. 6, 2023, NIH scientists announced they had developed and released an innovative software tool to assemble…