Axcella Therapeutics launched clinical program to develop treatment for patients with long COVID
On Oct. 26, 2021, Axcella Therapeutics announced a new clinical program to investigate AXA1125 as a potential treatment…
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Merck and Ridgeback initiated rolling review by EMA for Molnupiravir, investigational oral antiviral medicine, for treatment of COVID-19
On Oct. 25, 2021, Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced the European Medicines Agency (EMA) had initiated a rolling…
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Largest ever global study of tuberculosis identified genetic causes of drug resistance
On Oct. 19 , 2021, researchers at the University of Oxford, using cutting-edge genomic sequencing techniques, announced they…
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FDA approved naloxone injection to counteract opioid overdoses
On Oct. 18, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ZIMHI (naloxone hydrochloride) injection as an additional…
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FDA accepted REGEN-COV (casirivimab and imdevimab) for priority review for treatment and prophylaxis of COVID-19
On Oct. 14, 2021, Regeneron announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for priority…
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WHO bestowed posthumous award on the late Henrietta Lacks
On Oct. 13, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) honoured the late Henrietta Lacks with a WHO Director-General’s…
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WHO recommended groundbreaking malaria vaccine for children at risk
On Oct. 6, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine…
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Vaccination linked reduction of over a quarter million COVID-19 cases, 100,000 hospitalizations, and 39,000 deaths among seniors
On Oct. 5, 2021, a report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) showed that…
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Babylonian Code of Hammurabi prescribed regulations for date palm orchards
The Babylonian Code of Hammurabi (ca. 1754 BCE), one of the oldest legal texts in the world, prescribes…
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Pigeons were domesticated
Archeological evidence points to human use of pigeons as a food source as early as 10,000 years ago…
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Phoenicians disseminated the olive throughout the Greek isles
In the 16th century BCE the Phoenicians started disseminating the olive throughout the Greek isles, later introducing it…
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The Torah offered instructions for isolating lepers
The Torah offered instructions for isolating lepers, the first published guidance for health confinement occurred around 400-600 BCE.
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Farmers in China, Egypt and Sumeria began using fermentation
Around 8000 BCE, farmers in China, Egypt and Sumeria began using fermentation to produce cheese and wine. One…
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The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian ‘for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch’
On Oct. 4, 2021, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to David Julius and Ardem…
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The Council of Lyons in Lyon, France restricted lepers from pubic association
In 583 BCE, the Council of Lyons in Lyon, France restricted lepers from freely associating with healthy persons.
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Earliest known evidence of cheese making found in Croatia, Poland and Switzerland
Earliest known evidence of cheese making was found in Croatia dated to 7200 BCE. Residues from sherds of…
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Chinese healers created the first antibiotic to treat boils
Around 600 BCE, Chinese healers created the first antibiotic – moldy soybean curds – to treat boils.
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Hippocrates described mumps, diphtheria, epidemic jaundice, and other conditions
Around 500 BCE, Hippocrates, a pioneering physician in the history of Medicine, and considered as the principal author…
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Earliest physical trace of beer found at a site called Godin Tepe
The earliest physical trace of beer dates back to the late fourth millennium BC in present day Iran…
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Chinese growers used powdered chrysanthemum (pyrethrins) as the first insecticide
Around 100 BCE, Chinese growers used powdered chrysanthemum (pyrethrins) as the first insecticide.
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World’s oldest evidence for the earliest small-scale plant cultivation was discovered
World’s oldest evidence dating to 23000 BCE for the earliest small-scale plant cultivation was discovered by Dani Nadel…
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Egyptians used bleeding
A tomb illustration in Memphis, Egypt, depictded a patient being bled from the foot and neck. Though the…
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U.S. FDA cleared Naeotom Alpha, worldﾒs first photon-counting computer tomograph
On Sept. 30 2021, Siemens Healthineers announced the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510 (k) clearance of the…
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Coronavirus Epidemics first hit more than 21,000 years ago
On Sept. 2 , 2021, an Oxford University Study showed that the most recent common ancestor of these…
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NIH launched study of extra COVID-19 vaccine dose in people with autoimmune disease
On Aug. 27, 2021, the National Institutes of Health announced that it had begun a clinical trial to…
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University of Nebraska Medical Center team confirmed COVID-19’s airborne transmission in leading scientific journal
On Aug. 26, 2021, the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) announced findings on airborne transmission have passed…
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Lab studies suggested InBios COVID-19 POC antigen detection test will detect Delta variant
On Aug. 22, 2021, InBios announced that laboratory studies suggest its SCoV-2 Ag Detect Rapid Test detected the…
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Cote d’Ivoire declared first Ebola outbreak in more than 25 years
On Aug. 14, 2021, the Ministry of Health of Cote d’Ivoire confirmed the country’s first case of Ebola…
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U.S. FDA approved TICOVAC, Pfizer’s tick-borne encephalitis vaccine
On Aug. 13, 2021, Pfizer announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved TICOVAC™ (tick-borne…
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Cardinal Health partnered with Abbott and Quidel to offer rapid OTC COVID-19 tests
On Aug. 10, 2021, Cardinal Health announced its efforts to commercialize and broaden access to over-the-counter rapid COVID-19…
