WHO reported Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak continues
On Dec. 24, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that since the beginning of 2025 and as…
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Decoding Wildlife Movement to Predict the Next Pandemic
Sept. 15, 2025, a groundbreaking new study led by Prof. Ran Nathan from the Movement Ecology Lab at the Hebrew University…
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus – outbreak Reported in Saudi Arabia
On May 12, 2025, the the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) reported…
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WHO reported Increase in Rwanda Marburg virus disease incidence
On Oct. 11, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that a total of 58 cases of Marburg…
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MERS coronavirus case reported in Saudi Arabia
On Oct. 2, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it had been notified of one human case…
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Labcorp received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Mpox PCR test home collection kit
On Apr. 10, 2024, LabCorp announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted Emergency Use…
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WHO launched CoViNet: a global network for coronaviruses
On Mar. 27, 2024, the World Health Organization announced it had launched a network for coronaviruses, CoViNet, to…
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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome reported in United Arab Emirates
On Jul. 24, 2023, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), notified WHO of a case of Middle East Respiratory…
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NIH announced antiviral drug development awards
On May 18, 2022, the U.S. National Institutes of Health announced it had awarded approximately $577 million to…
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INOVIO dosed first participant in phase 2 trial for its DNA vaccine against MERS, a Coronavirus Disease
On Aug. 4, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced that the company had dosed the first Phase 2 trial subject…
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Cocrystal’s COVID-19 antiviral CDI-45205 shown to be active against SARS-CoV-2 and prominent SARS-CoV-2 variants
On Jun. 14, 2021, Cocrystal Pharma announced that its lead preclinical SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease inhibitor CDI-45205 is active…
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Tonix Pharma entered worldwide licensing agreement to develop antiviral SARS-CoV-2 inhibitor for treatment of COVID-19
On Apr. 19, 2021, Tonix Pharmaceuticals and OyaGen announced an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement for an antiviral inhibitor…
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Monoclonal antibodies against MERS Coronavirus showed promise in phase 1 NIH-sponsored trial
On Feb. 23, 2021, the NIH announced that a randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 1 clinical trial of two monoclonal…
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Additional COVID-19 related genes ﾖ both helpful and harmful ﾖ revealed in massive screen
On Oct. 27, 2020, researchers at Yale University and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard screened hundred…
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Disease | NIH | Therapeutics
NIAID awarded BioCryst $44 million contract to advance development of galidesivir
On Aug. 31, 2020, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) had…
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Cerus reported successful inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 with the INTERCEPT Blood System for Plasma
On Jul. 7, 2020, Cerus announced study results that demonstrated the INTERCEPT Blood System inactivates SARS-CoV-2, the causative…
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Innovation Pharma collaborated with regional biocontainment lab on grant application to research Brilacidin as pan-Coronavirus therapeutic
On Jun. 11, 2020, Innovation Pharma and researchers at a U.S. Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL) announced they are…
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BioCryst’s galidesivir stops Zika viral replication in primate model
On Jun. 10, 2020, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals announced new data published in Science Translational Medicine that show, in a…
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Llama antibody engineered to block Coronavirus
On May 19, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reported that researchers from the University of Texas,…
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Todos Medical announced first commercial sale of COVID-19 antibody tests
On May 18, 2020, Todos Medical announced its first commercial sale of COVID-19 tests. The sale was made…
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Investigational ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine protects monkeys against COVID-19 pneumonia
On May 16, 2020, a single dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, an investigational vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, has protected six…
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INOVIO expanded manufacturing of COVID-19 DNA vaccine INO-4800 with new funding from CEPI
On Apr. 30, 2020, INOVIO announced an agreement to expand its manufacturing partnership with the German contract manufacturer…
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INOVIO and GeneOne reported positive phase 1/2a clinical data with DNA vaccine INO-4700 for MERS Coronavirus
On Apr. 28, 2020, INOVIO and GeneOne Life Science announced interim data through week 16 from a Phase 1/2a…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA
Roche developed new serology test to detect COVID-19 antibodies
On Apr. 17, 2020, Roche announced the development and upcoming launch of its Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 serology test to…
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Microneedle coronavirus vaccine triggered immune response in mice
On Apr. 14, 2020, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh announced that they had adapted a system to…
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Successful MERS vaccine in mice may hold promise for COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 7, 2020, researchers at the University of Iowa and the University of Georgia announced they had…
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VGXI established pilot mRNA manufacturing capabilities
On Apr. 6, 2020, VGX announced successful implementation of new RNA production services through completion of all Phase…
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VBI Vaccines announced collaboration with National Research Council of Canada to develop pan-Coronavirus vaccine candidate
On Mar. 31, 2020, VBI Vaccines announced a collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to…
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UC Health launched clinical trials to assess antiviral drug for COVID-19
On Mar. 25, 2020, physician-scientists at four University of California Health medical centers — UC San Diego Health,…
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Qatar reported one confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus infection
On May 12, 2022, the National IHR Focal Point for Qatar reported two laboratory-confirmed cases of Middle East…
