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FDA Approved Nasal Spray Influenza Vaccine for at home use
On Sept. 20, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved FluMist for self- or caregiver-administration. FluMist is…
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Oxitec Launched Sparks™, a Commercial Platform to Scale Dengue-Blocking Wolbachia Solution, Aiming to Protect One Billion People by 2040
On Sept. 19, 2024, Oxitec announced it had launched Sparks™, a new commercial platform to accelerate the global…
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EMA recommended extending indication of mpox vaccine to adolescents
On Sept. 19, 2024, the European Medical Agency (EMA) announced it had recommended extending the indication of the…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Medicine | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
new data showed Over half of U.S. kids infected with RSV in infancy
On Sept. 19, 2024, a U.S. population-based birth cohort study was released that showed that 53.4% of babies…
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epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic Genetically traced to market wildlife and viruses
On Sept. 19, 2024, an international team of researchers announced a study that genetically traced the epicenter of…
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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…
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Japan’s MHLW Approved CSL and Arcturus Therapeutics’ Updated Self-amplifying mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine for Protection against JN.1 Strain, to be Distributed in Japan by Meiji Seika Pharma
On Sept. 13, 2024, CSL Seqirus and sa-mRNA pioneer Arcturus Therapeutics announced that Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Polio | Vaccine | WHO
Poliovirus detected in wastewater in Finland
On Sept. 12, 2024, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) reported that Poliovirus had been found…
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Scientists Sequenced Genome of Greenland Shark, world’s longest-living vertebrate
On Sept. 11, 2024, an international team of scientists led by the Leibniz Institute on Aging announced they…
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Agriculture | Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Influenza | Non-Profit Research | Vaccine | Veterinary
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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Covid-19 pandemic changed scientific publishing
On Sep. 9, 2024, Santo Fortunato, a professor at Luddy School of Informatics, reported that an international research…
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Agriculture | CDC | Influenza | Therapeutics | Vaccine
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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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…
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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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Biotechnology | Polio | Vaccine | WHO
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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Vaccine Misinformation caused U.S. Covid-19 Vaccination rate to Drop
On Aug. 28, 2024, with the nation in the midst of a summer surge of Covid-19 infections and…
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New Hampshire reported fatality from Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus
On Aug. 27, 2024, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced they have identified…
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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…
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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…
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Pfizer and BioNTech Received U.S. FDA Approval & Authorization for Omicron KP.2-adapted COVID-19 Vaccine
On Aug. 22, 2024, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved…
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Biotechnology | Disease | Medicine | Vaccine | WHO
Outbreak of Oropouche virus disease reported in South America
On Aug. 23, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported an outbreak of Oropouche virus (OROV) in the…
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Study during DR Congo’s outbreak found 84% protection from Ebola vaccine
On Aug. 21, 2024, French and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) researchers announced that a real-world study…
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CPRIT awarded more than $60 million to boost fight against cancer
On Aug. 21, 2024, the governing body of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) approved…
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New insights on how bird flu crosses the species barrier
On Aug. 19, 2024, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) published research that sheds light on…
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ECDC recommended enhancing preparedness as more imported cases of clade I mpox highly likely
On Aug. 16, 2024, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has said that it is…
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Western university announced newly discovered protein stops dNA damage
On Aug. 15, 2024, researchers from from Western University announced they had discovered a protein that has the…
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Biotechnology | Disease | Infectious Disease | Medicine | Vaccine | WHO
WHO declared mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern
On Aug. 14, 2024, The World Health Organization declared that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic…
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Biden announced $150 million in research grants as part of his ‘moonshot’ push to fight cancer
On Aug. 13, 2024, President Joe Biden is zeroing in on the policy goals closest to his heart…
