FDA Approves First Cellular Therapy to Treat Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
Washington, DC--The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on June 28 Lantidra, the first allogeneic (donor) pancreatic islet cellular therapy made from deceased donor...
FDA Approves First Gene Therapies to Treat Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
Washington, DC--Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved two milestone treatments, Casgevy and Lyfgenia, representing the first cell-based gene therapies for the treatment...
Rates of New Diagnosed Cases of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes on the...
Washington, D.C.--Rates of new diagnosed cases of type 1 and type 2 diabetes are increasing among youth in the United States, according to a...
Reported Sexually Transmitted Diseases Increase 45% in California
Sacramento, CA – A record number of Californians were diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease (STD) in 2017, according to a new report released...
NIH deeply Concerned about Claims of First Gene-Edited Babies by Chinese Researcher
Washington, DC--Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director of National Institutes of Health issues the following statement today on claims of first gene-edited babies by...
380 confirmed and probable cases of lung disease associated with e-cigarette product use or...
Atlanta, GA--CDC today announced the updated number of confirmed and probable cases of lung disease associated with e-cigarette product use, or vaping. The new...
California Has 114 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 according to the Most Recent Statistics
Sacramento--The California Department of Public Health today announced the most recent statistics on COVID-19. California now has 114 confirmed cases, including passengers from the...
Trump Administration Releases COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Strategy
Washington, DC--The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DoD) today released two documents outlining the Trump Administration’s detailed...
Overdose Deaths Accelerate During COVID-19: CDC
Atlanta, GA--Over 81,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in the 12 months ending in May 2020, the highest number of overdose...
FDA and CDC Recommends Pause in the Use of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
Atlanta, GA--As of April 12, more than 6.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen ) vaccine have been administered in the U.S....
