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The Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, confirmed the first case of monkeypox in the state of California on Thursday in Sacramento County. 

BUSD anticipates opening three COVID-19 vaccination clinics following FDA authorization of a modified Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. 

Following the U.S. FDA’s approval of a vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, the BUSD is preparing to help students get vaccinated at elementary schools.

On Aug. 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration officially approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for individuals 16 and older. 

Scientists from UC Berkeley are part of a research team using Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR technology to develop a COVID-19 diagnostic test that is fast, convenient and can be performed on site.

Researchers looked at 274 unique brain scans to develop a new method to diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease, the leading cause of dementia, in live patients.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, approved the first entirely at-home COVID-19 molecular test, which will be able to deliver results in under 30 minutes, Tuesday.

Ricardo San Martin, the Sutardja Center’s Alt: Meat Lab Director and Industry Fellow, is working on cultivating Quillaja saponaria — the Chilean soapbark tree — so it can be used in an upcoming COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

While many students get tested regularly at UC Berkeley's University Health Services, or UHS, coronavirus testing facilities, some students with disabilities find it challenging to access these services.

Passing Prop. 14 would be an important step toward saving lives from incurable diseases.