Avian Influenza Cause of Death in Harbor Seal and Chilean Flamingo at Lincoln Park Zoo
On Jan. 15, 2025,  officials from Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago reported that testing had confirmed the highly pathogenic…
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Oregon announces Recall of Pet Food Due to HPAI Contamination
On Dec. 26, 2024, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) announced it is alerting pet owners that samples…
Nanorobot hand made of DNA grabs viruses for diagnostics and blocks cell entry
On Nov. 27, 2024, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign announced they had developed a nanorobotic hand…
Lundbeck to acquire Longboard Pharmaceuticals for $2.6 billion
On Oct. 14, 2024, Lundbeck and Longboard Pharmaceuticals announced an agreement for Lundbeck to acquire Longboard for payment…
DNA from old hair confirmed macabre diet of 19th century Tsavo lions
On Oct. 11, 2024, a team of researchers from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign announced DNA analysis of the…
Viruses thrive on your toothbrush and showerhead
On Oct. 9, 2024, in a Northwestern University-led study, microbiologists found that showerheads and toothbrushes were teeming with…
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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…
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…
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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 announced $150 million in awards from the Advanced Research Projects Agency…
USDA, university researchers develop near chromosome-level genome for the Mojave Poppy bee
On May 2, 2024, scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)ï¾’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university…
University of Illinois and Universidade de Sao Paulo develop first transgenic cow to produce human insulin in her milk
On Mar. 13, 2024, an unassuming brown bovine from the south of Brazil has made history as the…
Northwestern received $50 million to study life sciences using mathematics
On Sept. 14, 2023, Northwestern University announced it had been awarded $50 million over five years from the…
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign team developed all-species coronavirus test
On Jul. 6, 2023, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers reported they can detect exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus…
FDA approved first drug to treat agitation symptoms associated with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease
On May 11, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the supplemental approval of Otsuka Pharmaceutical…
USDA confirmed highly pathogenic Avian influenza in Kansas and Illinois
On Mar. 12, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the presence…
USDA confirmed COVID-19 infection in a Coatimundi at an Illinois Zoo
On Oct. 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Research Service (ARS) announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the…
USDA confirmed COVID-19 infection in a Binturong and a Fishing Cat at an Illinois Zoo
On Oct. 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Research Service (ARS) announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the…
The US Department of Defense identified more troops to help administer COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 10, 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced that it had identified additional personnel authorized…
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AI detected COVID-19 on chest X-rays faster and with more accuracy than radiologists
On Nov. 24, 2020, Northwestern University researchers announced they had developed a new artificial intelligence (A.I.) platform that…
White-tailed deer found to be huge reservoir of SARS-CoV-2 infection
On Nov. 8, 2020, research from the U.S. had shown that white-tailed deer were being infected with SARS-CoV-2,…
Yale researchers part of new NSF-funded quantum center
On Aug. 4, 2020, Yale University announced it was among the core partners of the new Center for…
Brain cells can harbor and spread HIV virus to the body
On Jun. 11, 2020, researchers have found that astrocytes, a type of brain cell can harbor HIV and…
Vanda Pharma and University of Illinois at Chicago announce partnership to identify novel antivirals against COVID-19
On Apr. 8, 2020, Vanda Pharmaceuticals and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) announced a research partnership…
Map revealed hidden U.S. hotspots of Coronavirus infection at the country level
On Apr. 2, 2020, a University of Chicago team announced that it had mapped confirmed COVID-19 infections per…
COVID-19 first target of new AI research consortium
On Mar. 26, 2020, the University of California, Berkeley, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign were selected a…
FDA approved Lundbeck’s VYEPTI™ – the first and only intravenous preventive treatment for migraine
On Feb. 21, 2020, Lundbeck announced that VYEPTIâ„¢ (eptinezumab-jjmr) had been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug…
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Northeastern partners with entrepreneur David Roux to launch the Roux Institute at Northeastern University
On Jan. 27, 2020, the Jackson Laboratory announced it was one of the founding partners of the Roux…
Lundbeck acquired Alder BioPharmaceuticals for $1.95 billion
On Oct. 22, 2019, Lundbeck, located in Valby, Denmark, announced it had completed its acquisition of Bothell, Washington-based…
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NSF awarded $1 million grant to scientists at Emory and Georgia Tech to decode neural networks
On Sept. 11, 2018, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a three year $1 million grant to scientists…
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Earth Microbiome Project scientists announced unprecedented catalog of microbial life on planet Earth
On Nov. 1, 2017, a study from the Earth Microbiome Project reported the most extensive snapshot ever of…