Monarch Fire Protection District has begun carrying blood and plasma on EMS vehicles so paramedics can start life‑saving transfusions at emergency scenes.

UF field tests suggest routine fungicide sprays can loft bacterial spot across tomato rows, prompting UF/IFAS trials of new sprayer setups and timing.

Atrium Health agreed to a $1.8M settlement after lawsuits alleged tracking pixels sent patient portal activity to ad platforms. Eligible users can file claims by Sept. 28, 2026.

Vertex will buy Crinetics for about $10 billion, adding an FDA‑approved oral acromegaly drug and a late‑stage CAH candidate. The deal is expected to close in Q3 2026.

BioTechnical Institute of Maryland will close July 31 after revenue plunged from $1.27M to $537K, leaving local life‑sciences training in flux.

Dunwoody‑based Insight Global plans to hire more than 1,700 workers in 2026 to scale AI services and build an early‑career technical pipeline.

UGA researchers found pot marigold petals contain roughly 9% protein and functional traits that could make them useful as binders and emulsifiers in plant-based foods.

Novartis agreed to buy Myricx Bio for up to $1.5 billion, adding a novel ADC payload platform and underscoring the Boston‑area connections between small biotech and big pharma. The deal could reshape local hiring and partnership flows as programs move toward clinical development.

Ohio State researchers say a CRISPR vaccine beat leishmaniasis in animals as U.S. clinicians report rising cases. The team is preparing human trials.

More than 100 authors sued Anthropic in federal court, alleging the company used pirated books to train its Claude models and seeking statutory damages and a jury trial. The filing lists roughly 500 registered works and arrives amid other high‑profile AI copyright cases.

Crews have finished deactivation at ORNL’s Isotope Row and will begin demolition in July to clear a cluster of radioactive buildings for new research use.

Venice.ai raised $65M at a $1B valuation to scale a privacy-first AI platform, planning to buy GPUs and build data centers even as its Seattle co‑founder flags a new state tax.

SpaceX sent another batch of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on July 5, and a second launch is slated for July 9 — keeping the Space Coast busy after 109 launches in 2025.