On Oct. 26, 2021, Anixa Biosciences announced that, in conjunction with its partner, Cleveland Clinic, it had commenced…
On Jan. 28, 2021, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers reported that pregnant women who experienced severe symptoms…
On Jan. 25, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that in large clinical trial conducted worldwide,…
On Jan. 12, 2021, the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development reported that ever more complex…
On Nov. 4, 2020, McGill University Professor William Foulkes awarded 2020 Wilder-Penfield Prize for research in the genetics…
On Aug. 13, 2020, in a first-of-its-kind study in humans, investigators at the Center for ADHD Research at…
On Jan. 29, 2020, Sorrento Therapeutics announced it had initiated a clinical and manufacturing collaboration with Celularity, a…
On Dec. 23, 2019, the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute received the 2020 Women’s Choice Award as one…
On Nov. 17, 2016, the U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a landmark Report on Alcohol, Drugs,…
On Jan. 11, 2016, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended biennial screening mammography for women aged…
On Dec, 22, 2015, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science was established by resolution of…
On Jun. 16, 2015, Ardis Dee Hoven became the first woman president of the World Medical Association (WMA)….
On Apr. 29, 2015, the Pan American Health Organization ﾠdeclared that the Americas region has become the first…
On Mar. 2, 2015, Dr. Helen Wallace, a world-renowned professor, mentor and advocate known for her passion for…
On Aug. 14. 2014, Genentech announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Avastin (bevacizumab)…
On Apr. 14, 2014, Stanford Medicine researchers announced a study that found a gene variant puts women at…
On May 8, 2013, was the first World Ovarian Cancer Day. On this day, ovarian cancer organizations from…
On Feb. 22, 2013, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended that unvaccinated pregnant women receive a…
On Oct. 24, 2012, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) voted 14-0 with one abstention to recommend that…
On Jun. 8, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Genentech’s drug Perjeta (pertuzumab) was…
On Apr. 30, 2012, Hologic announced the acquisition of San Diego-based Gen-Probe, a molecular diagnostics company, for $3.7…
On Apr. 30, 2011, The University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital opened a new, innovative building for mothers…
On Mar. 10, 2010, National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) was established as a nationwide initiative…
On Mar. 5, 2010, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced that it had awarded the Siteman Cancer Center…
On Oct. 16, 2009, GlaxoSmithKline announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Cervarix [Human papillomavirus…
In 2008, Evestra was spun-off as a private company from the Texas Biomed Department of Organic Chemistry. Today,…
In 2008, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance introduced the Mammovan, making digital mammography more accessible to women throughout…
On Dec. 12, 2007, the Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization Act extended through Dec. 31, 2011, provisions requiring…
On Nov. 27, 2007, a new National Cancer Institute (NCI) model for calculating invasive breast cancer risk, called…
On Sept. 14, 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had approved Eli Lilly’s osteoporosis…