Dr. Joshua Liao discusses how insights from behavioral science can be used to mitigate the unintended consequences of travel bans aimed at controlling Covid-19.
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Indian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Are Ready To Bring Covid Antivirals To The World
Manufacturers in India are gearing up to produce generic versions of Pfizer and Merck’s antivirals and can make millions of pills a month. They just need regulators to give them the okay.
Michael J. Fox’s Foundation Debuts Among Nation’s Top 100 Charities
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research joins the elite list for first time thanks to donations by Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
Softbank-Backed Mental Health Unicorn Cerebral Reneged On Salaries And Health Insurance For Hundreds Of Therapists
The company, which raised $300 million at a $4.8 billion valuation this month, changed the status of more than 200 employees from salaried to hourly workers in August and made their health insurance contingent on quotas in 2022.
Maker Of Home Blood-Draw Kits, Tasso, Raises $100 Million Led By RA Capital
Seattle-based Tasso, founded by two biomedical engineering Ph.D.’s, raises $100 million to ramp up production of its home blood-draw kits.
InnovationRx: Treating ‘Undruggable’ Diseases; Plus, Omicron In Europe
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This Ecommerce Entrepreneur Opened A Brick-And-Mortar Shop To Solve A Problem
A once-in-a-generation explosion in entrepreneurship is taking place as founders bet on themselves in record numbers. MainStreet U.S.A is back in business—and stronger than ever.
New Data Confirms Covid Antiviral Drug 89% Effective At Preventing Hospitalizations And Death, Pfizer Says
The pharmaceutical giant says new data from its Phase 2/3 studies a previous analysis of the drug’s effectiveness.
CDC Gives Italy An ‘Avoid Travel’ Warning Due To Covid-19
Due to rising Covid cases, Americans are urged to postpone trips to the “Bel Paese.”
Here Are Some Remaining Holes In U.S. Pandemic Preparedness
Infectious disease expert Dr. Mark Kortepeter discusses the need for a better U.S. system to screen for travel-related illnesses and the pathogens stored in laboratory freezers, among other measures.
