BioNTech started construction of first mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Africa
On Jun. 23, 2022, BioNTech announced it had reached a milestone in the establishment of scalable mRNA vaccine…
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for children 6 months through 4 years of age
On Jun. 17, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had granted emergency use…
Origins of the Black Death identified
On Jun, 15, 2022, a multidisciplinary team of scientists, announced they had obtained and studied ancient Y. pestis…
Roche received FDA EUA for cobas SARS-CoV-2 Duo, the first PCR test to simultaneously detect COVID-19 and measure viral load levels of COVID-19
On Jun. 15, 2022, Roche announced that the US Food and Drug Administration had issued Emergency Use Authorization…
Hospitalizations and mortality rates higher for cancer patients with breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections, studies showed
On Jun. 10, 2022, researchers from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, and The…
Backyard poultry contact linked to more than 200 Salmonella illnesses in 2022
On Jun. 10, 2022, CDC and public health officials in several states announced they were investigating multistate outbreaks…
Common drug-resistant superbug developed fast resistance to ﾑlast resortﾒ antibiotic
On Jun. 7, 2022, the University of Oxford reported new research has found that Pseudomonas bacterium develops resistance…
Genetically modified corn does not damage non-target organisms
On Jun. 6, 2022, the USDA reported that the largest, highest quality analysis of data ever conducted revealed…
Serological evidence for SARS-CoV-2 in lactating cows published
On Jun. 4, 2022, researchers reported that in areas with large cattle populations and a high prevalence of…
Immune modulator drugs improved survival for people hospitalized with COVID-19
On Jun. 2, 2022, the U.S. National Institutes of Health announced that a large randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial…
Food allergy associated with lower risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection
On Jun. 1, 2022, the U.S. National Institutes of Health announced that an NIH funded study had found…
Ultima Genomics delivered the $100 genome
On May 31, 2022, Ultima Genomics emerged from stealth business mode with a new high-throughput, low-cost sequencing platform…
Relief reports that its U.S. collaboration partner announced DSMB recommended termination of ACTIV-3b study in critical COVID-19
On May 26, 2022, RELIEF THERAPEUTICS announced that the parent company, NRx Pharmaceuticals, of its collaboration partner with…
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated strong immune response in children 6 months to under 5 years of age following third dose
On May 25, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced topline safety, immunogenicity and vaccine efficacy data from a Phase…
Roche developed unique PCR tests to detect the monkeypox virus
On May 25, 2022, Roche and its subsidiary TIB Molbiol announced they had developed three unique LightMixï¾® Modular…
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) was established
On May 25, 2022, the Health and Human Servicesagency (HHS) announced the formal establishment of the Advanced Research…
Computer model predicted dominant SARS-CoV-2 variants
On May 24, 2022, scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and the University of Massachusetts…
Jaguar Health announced launch of the first U.S. Canine Cancer Registry and Canine Cancer Care Index
On May 23, 2022, Jaguar Health announced the launch of Canine Cancer: Take C.H.A.R.G.E. (Canine Health And ReGistry…
WHO announced nulti-country monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries
On May 21, 2022, the WHO announced that since May 13, 2022, cases of monkeypox had been reported…
WHO validated 11th vaccine for COVID-19
On May 19, 2022, WHO issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for CONVIDECIA, a vaccine manufactured by CanSino…
NIH announced antiviral drug development awards
On May 18, 2022, the U.S. National Institutes of Health announced it had awarded approximately $577 million to…
SARS-CoV-2 RNA can persist in stool months after respiratory tract clears virus
On May 18, 2022, SARS-CoV-2, or at least pieces of it, sticks around longer in some infected individuals…
Study found ﾓnatural immunityﾔ from Omicron weak and limited
On May 18, 2022, researchers at Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco (UCSF) reported that unvaccinated people, infection…
InteliSwabï¾® COVID-19 rapid test validated to detect Omicron BA.2, BA.2.12.1, BA.3 and BA.5 subvariants
On May 17, 2022, OraSure Technologies announced that its InteliSwabï¾® COVID-19 rapid tests detect the Omicron BA.2, BA.2.12.1,…
Pfizer and BioNTech granted U.S. EUA for booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine in children 5 through 11 years of age
On May 17, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded emergency use authorization…
TGen worked with Arizona zoos and state and federal wildlife agencies to test wild animals for SARS-CoV-2
On May 16, 2022, working with state and federal wildlife agencies and private and public zoos across Arizona,…
WHO and Medicines Patent Pool announced agreement with NIH for COVID-19 health technologies
On May 12, 2022, WHOï¾’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool and the Medicines Patent Pool finalized a licensing agreement…
Cepheid received Emergency Use Authorization for Xpertï¾® Xpress CoV-2 plus
On May 12, 2022, Cepheid announced it had received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food & Drug…
NIH licensed COVID-19 research tools and early-stage technologies to WHO program
On May 12, 2022, the U.S. National Institutes of Health announced that it had licensed 11 COVID-19 research…
Lucira filed for authorization of first-of-its-Kind COVID-19 & flu at-home molecular test
On May 11, 2022, Lucira Health announced that it had submitted a request to the U.S. Food and…