Category: Editors’ Pick

How The Gatekeepers Of 500 Million Tons Of Cargo Power Through The Pandemic

The Louisiana bar pilots turned to Abbott Laboratories’ ID Now test, which gets results in under 13 minutes.

How Public Health Experts Are Harnessing The Power Of Community-Led Solutions To Tackle The Covid-19 Pandemic

Dr. Vanessa Kerry, cofounder of Seed Global Health, and Pooja Wagh, a director at MIT Solve, explain how smart investments in local solutions can boost health security and scale up the pandemic response.

Startup Doc.ai Inks Deal With Health Insurer Anthem, Names Female Cofounder CEO

The deal is worth $100 million over five years, according to CEO Sam De Brouwer, who is focused on scaling up doc.ai’s enterprise offerings.

How Many Have Died From Coronavirus? 8 Problems With Covid-19 Death Counts

The worldwide death count from Covid-19 coronavirus is around one million. The U. S. has at least a fifth of those deaths at over 200,000.

Trump Administration Took $300 Million From CDC For Covid-19 Coronavirus Ad Campaign, Report Says

A “defeat despair” ad campaign reportedly will include celebrities like Dennis Quaid, Garth Brooks, and CeCe Winans.

Psychedelic Drug Company MindMed Applies For Nasdaq Up-Listing

If approved, MindMed could become the second psychedelic drug development company listed on Nasdaq.

GoodRx IPO Shows Low Drug Prices Can Still Mean Big Money

The drug pricing company was valued above $19 billion on its first day on the market.

This Startup Has Raised Nearly $100 Million To Make Good On The Promise Of AI For Drug Discovery

Flagship Pioneering’s David Berry founded Valo Health 18 months ago with an eye to making an AI platform to develop drugs more quickly and efficiently.

A Global Health Expert Discusses Covid-19 And The Challenges Ahead, As UN Convenes General Assembly

Dr. Vanessa Kerry, cofounder and CEO of Seed Global Health, explains why the world needs cooperative approaches to solving the pandemic rather than isolated short-term fixes.

Can You Get A Covid-19 Infection Twice? An Infectious Disease Doctor Discusses New Evidence

Dr. Mark Kortepeter, a physician and biodefense expert who formerly worked at the U.S. Army “hot zone” research lab, explore what new cases tell us about the potential for being reinfected with Covid-19.