USDA confirmed highly pathogenic Avian influenza in commercial chickens in Mississippi
On Nov. 5, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agricultureï¾’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the presence of…
Oregon Department of Agriculture confirmed highly pathogenic Avian influenza in Yamhill County
On Nov. 4, 2022, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agricultureï¾’s Animal Plant Health…
Moderna received Health Canada authorization for second Omicron-targeting bivalent booster
On Nov. 4, 2022, Moderna announced that Health Canada had authorized the use of its BA.4/BA.5 Omicron-targeting bivalent…
USDA confirmed highly pathogenic Avian influenza in two non-commercial backyard flocks in Arizona and South Carolina
On Nov. 4, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agricultureï¾’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the presence of…
Pfizer and BioNTech announced updated data for Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent booster
On Nov. 4, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced updated data from a Phase 2/3 clinical trial demonstrating a…
$1.5 million gift supports Canine Genetics Lab at University of Missouri
On Nov. 3, 2022, the University of Missouri announced a $1.5 million gift from the Orthopedic Foundation for…
Hologic announced contract with BARDA to support IVD approval of COVID assays
On Nov. 2, 2022, Hologic announced that it had been awarded a $19 million contract from the Biomedical…
AIM ImmunoTech received Orphan Drug Designation for Ampligen (rintatolimod) for treatment of Ebola virus disease
On Nov. 2, 2022, AIM ImmunoTech announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had granted Orphan Drug…
USDA announced $30 million American Rescue Plan funding opportunity supporting research on SARS-CoV-2 in animals
On Nov. 1, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it was making $30 million in American Rescue…
Pfizer announced positive top-line data of phase 3 global trial for bivalent RSV vaccine candidate
On Nov. 1, 2022, Pfizer announced positive top-line data from the Phase 3 clinical trial (NCT04424316) MATISSE (MATernal…
JAMA reported alcohol related deaths due to excessive alcohol use among US adults 2015 to 2019
On Nov. 1, 2022, study results published in JAMA found that estimates in this cross-sectional study of 694,660…
Zimbabwe became first in Africa to announce regulatory approval for long-acting injectable cabotegravir for HIV prevention
On Nov. 1, 2022, the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe announced that it had approved the use of…
Monoclonal antibody prevented Malaria infection in African adults
On Oct. 31, 2022, the National Institutes of Health announced that a clinical trial had found that one…
Japan approved partial change to a NDA for Omicron-targeting bivalent booster COVID-19 vaccine
On Oct. 31, 2022, Moderna announced that it had received approval from the Ministry of Health, Labour and…
Abbott’s FreeStyle Libreï¾® was named Best Medical Technology in Last 50 Years by the Galien Foundation
On Sept. 3, 2014, the Galien Foundation, the premier global institution dedicated to honoring innovators in life sciences,…
Reported cancer deaths continued downward trend; modest improvements in survival for pancreatic cancer
On Oct. 27, 2022, the National Institutes of Health announced that overall cancer death rates continued to decline…
Tuberculosis deaths and disease increased during the COVID-19 pandemic
On Oct. 27, 2022, the World Health Organization reported that an estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with…
NIH awarded USC $11.7 million to develop implantable devices for the nervous system
On Oct. 26, 2022, the NIH announced it had awarded the University of Southern California (USC) $11.7 million…
University of Washington reported global COVID cases will increase in coming months, but at a slower pace
On Oct. 25, 2022, the University of Washington reported that daily global COVID-19 infections were projected to rise…
COVID-causing virus in air detected with high-tech bubbles
On Oct. 25, 2022, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) announced that scientists have shown that they can detect…
NIH awarded University of Missouri $8 million grant to expand National Swine Resource and Research Center
On Oct. 25, 2022, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that the University of Missouri had been…
EC expanded Merckï¾’s VAXNEUVANCEï¾™ indication to include infants, children and adolescents
On Oct. 24, 2022, Merck announced that the European Commission had approved an expanded indication for VAXNEUVANCEï¾™ (Pneumococcal…
USDA confirmed highly pathogenic Avian influenza in backyard non-poultry flock in Rhode Island
On Oct. 24, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agricultureï¾’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the presence of…
Study confirmed safety of shingles vaccine
On Oct. 20, 2022, newly published results supported previous findings that the recombinant zoster vaccine Shingrix, recommended by…
U.S. FDA recommended Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, adjuvanted as a booster in adults
On Oct. 19, 2022, the U.S. FDA recommended the use of the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted (NVX-CoV2373) as…
EMA’s CHMP for Human Use issued positive opinion recommending authorization for use of Spikevax in children 6 months – 5 years in EU
On Oct. 19, 2022, Moderna announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human…
Pfizer and BioNTech received positive CHMP ppinion for COMIRNATYï¾® in children 6 months to less than 5 lears in EU
On Oct. 19, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the European Medicines Agencyï¾’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products…
Global leaders committed US$ 2.6 billion at World Health Summit to end polio
On Oct. 18, 2022, global leaders confirmed US$ 2.6 billion in funding toward the Global Polio Eradication Initiativeï¾’s…
Moderna announced supply agreement with Gavi that secured access to updated variant-specific COVID-19 vaccines for low-and-middle income countries
On Oct. 17, 2022, Moderna and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, have mutually agreed to cancel remaining pending orders…
DNA evidence of plague found in Central Asia
On Oct. 15, 2022, scientists reported that DNA evidence showed that the plague infection was endemic in the…