Novavax 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccine Available at Major U.S. Pharmacies
On Sep. 13. 2024, Novavax announced that doses of the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted (2024-2025 Formula) (NVX-CoV2705) to…
Wellcome Sanger Institute completed DNA sequencing of wood-munching marauder Genome
On Sept. 13, 2024, researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute announced they had sequenced the genome of the…
FDA authorized first OTC hearing aid software to be used in Apple’s AirPods Pro
On Sep. 12, 2024, the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the first over-the-counter (OTC) hearing…
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TGen launched Center for Spatial Multi-Omics dedicated to transforming biomedical research through spatial biology
On Sep. 11, 2024, the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, announced the launch…
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Avian flu found in wastewater of 10 Texas cities through virome sequencing
On Sep. 11, 2024, researchers at UTHealth Houston and Baylor College of Medicine reported that Avian influenza A(H5N1)…
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Human ‘Molecular Map’ Contributes to the Understanding of Disease Mechanisms
On Sep. 10, 2024, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar announced they had created a free-to-access online…
Gene therapy effective in hereditary blindness
On Sep. 10, 2024, researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden announced a study that shows that gene…
Researchers bend DNA strands with light, revealing a new way to study the genome
On Sep. 9, 2024, a Princeton University team announced they had developed a way to probe chromosomes and…
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Covid-19 pandemic changed scientific publishing
On Sep. 9, 2024, Santo Fortunato, a professor at Luddy School of Informatics, reported that an international research…
Natural probiotic discovered in newborns microbiomes
On Sep. 6, 2024, researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, University College London (UCL), and the University of…
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CDC Confirmed Human H5 Bird Flu Case in Missouri
On Sep. 6, 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed a human case of avian…
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University of Copenhagen researchers discovered longevity gene
On Sep. 4, 2024, researchers at the University of Copenhagen announced the discovery of a gene that has…
study found genetic variant for hair graying, susceptibility to skin melanoma in horses
On Sep. 4, 2024, an international consortium led by scientists from Uppsala University in Sweden reported that the…
RSV vaccine in older people reduced risk of hospitalization
On Sep. 4, 2024, researcher led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Vanderbilt University…
WHO Data show marked increase in annual cholera deaths
On Sep. 4, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) published global cholera statistics for 2023, that showed an…
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Study Showed Over 10% of Medicare Beneficiaries Have Diagnoses Indicating Dementia
On Sept. 3, 2024, researchers at NORC at the University of Chicago and George Washington University’s Milken Institute…
NCI’s Cancer Trends Progress Report announced 2023 Incidence and Mortality Data
On Sep. 3, 2024, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced that the latest Cancer Trends Progress Report included…
Avian Influenza A(H5N1) outbreak reported in Cambodia
On Sep. 2, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a laboratory-confirmed case of human infection with…
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Novavax Formula COVID-19 Vaccine Authorized and Recommended for Use in the U.S.
On Aug. 30, 2024, Novavax announced the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted (2024-2025 Formula) (NVX-CoV2705) had received Emergency Use…
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CIRM Awarded $67.5 Million to Address Neuropsychiatric Diseases
On Aug. 30, 2024, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) approved $67.5 million to support five projects…
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UN to vaccinate Gaza’s children against polio during pauses in fighting
On Aug. 30, 2024, the United Nations (UN) announced that polio vaccination will begin for some 640,000 children…
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Emergent BioSolutions’ ACAM2000® Received U.S. FDA Approval for Mpox Indication
On Aug. 29, 2024, Emergent BioSolutions announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the supplemental Biologics…
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Researchers mapped 50,000 of DNA’s mysterious ‘knots’ in the human genome
On Aug. 29, 2024, researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research announced they had mapped 50,000 of…
Plant Signaling Pathways Decoded
On Aug. 28, 2024, the University of Würzburg announced research using newly generated “optogenetic” tobacco plants to investigated…
Vaccine Misinformation caused U.S. Covid-19 Vaccination rate to Drop
On Aug. 28, 2024, survey data from the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) found that the number of…
Bacterial cells transmit their memories to offspring
On Aug. 28, 2024, Northwestern University and University of Texas-Southwestern announced results of a study that found bacterial…
New Hampshire reported fatality from Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus
On Aug. 27, 2024, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) identified an adult who…
Parents want help preventing their children from developing hereditary health conditions
On Aug. 26, 2024, the University of Michigan (UM) announced that one in five parents say their child…
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Global strategic preparedness and response plan launched by WHO to contain mpox outbreak
On Aug. 26, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan to…
The CDC reported Two more variant flu cases from swine exposure in Ohio and Pennsylvania
On Aug. 23, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that two human infections…