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Two Children Die After Receiving Novartis Gene Therapy

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FDA Authorizes Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine

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FDA Green Lights COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids Under 5

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Surgeons Successfully Transplant a Pig Kidney into a Person

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Antiviral Pill Lowers Risks of COVID-19 Hospitalization, Death

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To Booster or Not: Scientists and Regulators Debate

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Lawmakers Request Information About Alzheimer’s Drug Approval

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FDA Approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

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Biogen Defends Newly Approved Alzheimer’s Drug

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Biogen’s Alzheimer’s Drug Gets FDA Approval, Mixed Reviews

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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Is Poised for a Makeover

FDA Clears Genetic Modification in Pigs for Biomedicine and Food

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FDA Gives Plasma Go-Ahead to Treat COVID-19, Experts Skeptical

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Best Practices for Freezing Cell Cultures

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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