Category: Editors’ Pick

Meet The MIT PhD Who Just Raised $65 Million For His Clinical Stage Cell Therapy Company

Armon Sharei’s SQZ Biotech announced it raised a $65 Million-Series D round, led by Temasek with participation from another new, US-based fund as well as additional participation from existing investors, including GV, Illumina Ventures, Invus, JDRF T1D…

AstraZeneca Receives $1 Billion From U.S. Government To Produce Coronavirus Vaccine

The company says it has secured orders for 400 million doses of the as yet unproven vaccine, to be delivered from this September.

AstraZeneca Receives $1 Billion From U.S. Government To Produce Coronavirus Vaccine

The company says it has secured orders for 400 million doses of the as yet unproven vaccine, to be delivered from this September.

AstraZeneca Receives $1 Billion From U.S. Government To Produce Coronavirus Vaccine

The company says it has secured orders for 400 million doses of the as yet unproven vaccine, to be delivered from this September.

Cigna Expands Mental Health Network With Talkspace’s Virtual Therapy

Cigna is adding online therapy firm Talkspace to its growing menu of telehealth offerings as insurers expand further into offering virtual mental health to their providers networks.

What The NBA Is Doing About Covid-19 Coronavirus

In most years, the month of May would have been playoff time for the National Basketball Association (NBA). Here’s what’s going on instead.

How The U.S. Can Responsibly Reopen The Economy Without Causing A Second Coronavirus Wave

Public health policy expert Dr. Anand Parekh warns that the “new normal” will likely include a recurring pattern of implementing and lifting social distancing interventions.

Tom Brady’s ‘Immunity’ Vitamins Are Unethical And Misleading, Medical Experts Say

Tom Brady announced he’s selling a new vitamin supplement that enhances the immune system. But medical experts are skeptical of the product’s benefit and concerned Brady may be taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to sell his latest TB12 produc…

10 Indoor Places To Avoid Due To Covid-19 Coronavirus

Re-opening may be occurring. But just because a place is open doesn’t mean that you should go inside.

Annie Glenn, Crusader For Speech Pathology And Wife To Astronaut, Is Dead At Age 100

Glenn, who spoke with a stutter since her childhood, spent the second half of her life advocating for people with speech disorders and teaching speech pathology as an adjunct professor at Ohio State University.