The Latest Breaking News from Disease

An unusual outbreak of monkeypox has now spread to at least 15 countries. Here's what we know about the disease, which is rarely seen outside of Africa.

Moderna Inc is testing potential vaccines against monkeypox in pre-clinical trials as the disease spreads in the United States and Europe. The World Health Organization said on Tuesday there have been 131 confirmed monkeypox cases and 106 further suspected cases since the first was reported on May 7 outside the…

Health authorities in Europe, North America, Israel and Australia have identified more than 100 cases of monkeypox in recent days

The NHS advises that if you have any symptoms of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, a known side-effect of "silent" STIs like chlamydia and gonorrhoea, to make an appointment to see your GP right away.

Scipher Medicine announced that Galapagos (NASDAQ:GLPG) has exercised its option to in-license novel drug targets for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) discovered by Scipher's Spectra platform. In August 2020, Galapagos and Scipher Medicine agreed to jointly validate a suite of novel IBD targets discovered by Spectra. Galapagos has the exclusive option to in-license certain validated preclinical targets…

Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) has announced detailed results from two pivotal studies from ELEVATE UC Phase 3 program evaluating etrasimod for active ulcerative colitis (UC).  The drug, etrasimod, was Pfizer's key asset in its $6.7 billion deal for Arena Pharmaceuticals last year.  UC is an inflammatory bowel disease that affects around 3.8 million people in North…

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monkeypox is spreading in the LGBT+ community globally but there's no need for ' hysteria', Dr Ranj Singh says

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours:

Cases of the rare infectious disease have suddenly started to spread across the globe in recent weeks