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Alzheimer’s At-Home Shot Approved, Bird Flu Scare, and CDC Shake-Up – Global Biotech & Health Roundup (Aug 29–30, 2025)

Key Facts Scientific Breakthroughs & New Research Leading our roundup are several significant scientific and medical breakthroughs. Researchers in New York unveiled a potential “universal” antiviral strategy, reporting compounds that neutralized seven different viruses across multiple families in lab tests gavi.org. By targeting sugar molecules (glycans) common to many enveloped viruses, the team identified four small molecules that blocked infections by pathogens ranging from coronaviruses to Nipah and Ebola gavi.org. “This is the kind of antiviral tool the world urgently needs. If a new virus emerges tomorrow, we currently have nothing to deploy. These compounds offer the potential to be

30 August 2025

Game-Changing Vaccines, Breakthrough Drugs, and a CDC Shakeup: Biotech & Health News Roundup

In-Depth Report COVID-19 Vaccines and U.S. Public Health Upheaval Targeted Fall Boosters, But Access Tightened: U.S. health authorities approved new monovalent COVID-19 vaccines (by Pfizer–BioNTech, Moderna, and Novavax) updated for the 2025–26 season reuters.com. Unlike prior booster rollouts, the FDA restricted under-65 eligibility to those with risk factors, aligning with guidance from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic reuters.com. The change marks a sharp departure from broad eligibility in previous years. Officials and experts voiced concern that narrowing access could sow confusion over insurance coverage and leave many younger adults unprotected reuters.com reuters.com. Notably, the FDA

28 August 2025

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