On Dec. 26, 2013, a 2-year-old boy in the remote Guinean village of Meliandou fell ill with a…
On Dec. 16, 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was informed by Merck that the…
On Dec. 1, 2013, researchers at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, led by Dr. John Dick, announced…
On Nov. 19, 2013, the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute announced that it had reached the first $50 million…
On Nov. 19, 2013, the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute (IBRI) was initially funded with $50 million provided by…
On Nov. 9, 2013, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington launched…
On Sept. 9, 2013, Genentech announced that Richard Scheller, Ph.D., Executive VP, Research and Early Development, was a…
On Nov. 3, 2011, the New York Genome Center was founded by academic and medical scientists, civic leaders,…
On Jun. 26, 2013, scientists announced they have sequenced the oldest genome to date—and shaken up the horse…
On May 14, 2013, a University of Washington led team announced that DNA analysis had unearthed the origins…
On Jan. 25, 2013, Pfizer announced the FDA had granted approval for the expansion of the companyﾒs pneumococcal…
On Jan. 13, 2013 an international research team led by the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University announced they…
On Nov. 20, 2012, the FDA approved a seasonal flu vaccine produced by Novartis using animal cell culture…
On Nov. 14, 2012, scientists from the U.S., United Kingdom and Germany announced they had completed the first…
On Oct. 24, 2012, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) voted to recommend use of HibMenCY (Menhibrix, GlaxoSmithKline),…
On Aug. 10. 2012, Genentech announced that Lucentis (ranibizumab injection) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug…
On Jul. 9, 2012, the FDA created the “Breakthrough Therapy Designation” that expedites development and review of drugs…
On Jun. 26, 2012, Roche announced it had closed the Nutley plant, established in 1929. The Nutley plant…
On Jun. 15, 2012, Oxford University researchers announced research from excavations in 2010 on the Black Sea island…
On Jun. 5, 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General…
On Apr. 1, 2012, the United Nations Foundation launched Shot@Life campaign. Shot@Life Champions represent strong supporters across the…
On Feb. 7, 2012, The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, in Leipzig, Germany, completed the genome sequence…
On Jan. 6, 2012, scientists reported that small-seeded soybeans indicating wild-type soybeans date to 9,000 years ago. Historical…
In 2012, Ryan Phelan and Stewart Brand founded the Revive & Restore project within The Long Now Foundation,…
In 2012, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a viral respiratory illness, was first reported in Saudi Arabia in…
On Aug. 12, 2011, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of NIH, announced that Dr. David…
On Aug. 6, 2011, the United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) officially declared that August is National Breastfeeding Month….
On Jun. 28, 2011, to prevent extinction of the Tasmanian tiger, a team of scientists led by the…
On May 19, 2011, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hailed vaccinations as one of…
On Feb. 22, 2011, Foster City, California-based Gilead Sciences and Calistoga Pharmaceuticals announced Gilead’s acquisition of Calistoga for…