On Feb. 19, 2020, NIAID scientists working with investigators from the University of Texas at Austin identified the…
On Feb. 18, 2020, Sanofi announced it had leveraged previous development work for a SARS vaccine which may…
On Feb. 12, 2020, Vir Biotech announced it had identified two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that bind to SARS-CoV-2…
On Jan. 29, 2020, Sorrento Therapeutics announced it had initiated a clinical and manufacturing collaboration with Celularity, a…
On Dec. 31, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. To date,…
On May 5, 2010, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) biologists and informatics experts announced the Lawrence Livermore Microbial…
On Apr. 15, 2009, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and the University of Washington (UW), along with…
In January 2007, scientists at the University of Iowa reported in the Journal of Virology that they had…
On Apr. 14, 2003, researchers at Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Science Centre in Vancouver announced they had sequenced…
On Mar. 18, 2003, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was placed on U.S. quarantine list. Persons under quarantine…
On Mar. 6, 2003, the Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) and the World Health Organization (WHO), announced they…
At t he end of February 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)…
In 1999, Michael Smith, recipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, founded Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Science…
In 1981, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the International Health Program Office, now…
In 1978, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) completed construction of a new hot lab…
On Apr. 10, 1972, the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) was opened for signature, and took effect on March…
On Apr. 7, 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) was founded and is today the United Nations agency…