U.S. FDA updated COVID-19 vaccines for use in the U.S. beginning in Fall 2023
On Jun. 16, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee…
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University of Missouri launched rabies lab for pets traveling abroad
On Jun. 6, 2023, the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine (MU) announced it had launched a…
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Tanzania declared the end of its first documented outbreak of Marburg virus disease
On Jun. 2, 2023, the Ministry of Health of the United Republic of Tanzania declared the end of…
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U.S. FDA approved ABRYSVO, Pfizer’s vaccine for prevention of RSV in older adults
On May 31, 2023, Pfizer announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved ABRYSVO (Respiratory…
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WHO reported Avian influenza A(H5N1) in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
On May 30, 2023, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland reported to the World Health…
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Novavax’s Nuvaxovid received positive CHMP opinion for full marketing authorization for prevention of COVID in the EU
On May 26, 2023, Novavax announced that Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373) had been recommended for full Marketing Authorization (MA) for…
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
On May 11, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra released the following…
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WHO declared end to mpox public health emergency
On May 11, 2023, the World Health Organization announced it was ending a 10-month-long global health emergency for…
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U.S. FDA approved first Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccine
On May 3, 2023, the U.S. FDA approved GlaxoSmithKline’s Arexvy as the first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine…
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U.S. FDA announced additional steps to advance decentralized clinical trials
On May 2, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it was taking additional steps…
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Study raised concerns SARS-CoV-2 evolution outpaces vaccine-generated antibodies
On Apr. 27, 2023, a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) -led Phase 2 trial compared two…
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Biotechnology | FDA | Therapeutics | Vaccine
U.S. FDA approved PREVNAR 20, Pfizer’s 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for infants and children
On Apr. 27, 2023, Pfizer announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved PREVNAR 20®…
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U.S. state-by-state analysis of COVID-19 impact revealed driving forces behind variations in health published in The Lancet
On Apr. 23, 2023, the most comprehensive state-by-state analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 across the USA, published…
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U.S. spending $5 billion to speed up development of new COVID vaccines
On Apr. 10, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it was spending over…
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Infectious Disease | Influenza | USDA | Vaccine | Veterinary
Highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed as cause of three California condor mortalities in Arizona
On Apr. 7, 2023, the U.S. National Park Service reported Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) had been confirmed…
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Pfizer RSV vaccine 82% effective vs severe infection in infants, final data showed
On Apr. 5, 2023, Pfizer announced that experimental respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine was 82% effective in preventing…
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Frequent testing reduced COVID-19 deaths in nursing facilities
On Apr. 4, 2023, National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded research was announced from the University of Rochester…
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Moderna finalized agreement with Government of the Republic of Kenya to establish an mRNA manufacturing facility
On Mar. 30, 2023, Moderna and the Government of the Republic of Kenya announced they had finalized an…
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WHO certified Azerbaijan and Tajikistan as malaria-free
On Mar. 29, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it had certified Azerbaijan and Tajikistan for…
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Covid-19 pandemic and the expansion of the mortality gap between the U.S. and its European peers
On Mar. 29, 2023, the mortality gap between the United States and other high-income nations substantially expanded during…
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Human infection with Avian influenza A(H3N8) virus reported by China
On Mar. 27, 2023, the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China reported a confirmed case…
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Biotechnology | CDC | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Vaccine
Tuberculosis in the U.S. increased slightly during 2022 although it remained lower than prepandemic years
On Mar. 24, 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that Tuberculosis (TB) in…
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Tanzania declared an outbreak of Marburg virus disease
On Mar. 21, 2023, the Ministry of Health of the United Republic of Tanzania declared an outbreak of…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | NIH | Pharmaceutical | Vaccine
SARS-CoV-2 infection weakens immune-cell response to vaccination
On Mar. 20, 2023, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists announced that the magnitude and quality of a…
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Vaccine makers prep bird flu shot for humans ‘just in case’, rich nations lock in supplies
On Mar. 20, 2023, some of the world’s leading makers of flu vaccines said they could make hundreds…
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Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) reported in Indonesia
On Mar. 17, 2023, the Indonesia Ministry of Health notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of the detection…
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FDA authorized bivalent Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as booster dose for certain children 6 months through 4 years of age
On Mar. 14, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) of…
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France reported bird flu in foxes near Paris
On Mar. 7, 2023, the the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) announced that France had reported an…
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U.S. FDA approved intramuscular administration for Merck’s MMRV Vaccines: M-M-RII, VARIVAX, and ProQuad
On Mar. 6, 2023, Merck announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the addition…
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Pfizer and BioNTech submitted for U.S. EUA of Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 booster in children under 5 years
On Mar. 1, 2023, BioNTech and Pfizer announced that they had submitted an application to the U.S. Food…
