The White House, which paused the free testing program in September, said it repurposed existing funding to pay for the initiative as Congress has yet to approve additional funds for the pandemic response.
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First Outside Investment In 30 Years Makes Life Sciences Software Firm A Unicorn
Salt Lake City-based MasterControl built its business under the radar for decades. Now the company is worth $1.3 billion.
Getting More Exercise—‘The More Exercise The Better’—Cuts Risk Of Severe Covid, Study Finds
People getting more physical activity were less likely to die or be hospitalized with Covid-19, researchers found, with benefits observed regardless of race, ethnicity, age, sex and chronic health conditions.
Ginkgo Has Hired A New Head Of Biopharma To Disrupt The Gene And Cell Therapies Market
Cell therapies save lives but can cost millions of dollars because of how slow and inefficient pharma R&D is. What if cell engineering was outsourced to synbio companies like Ginkgo that specialize in programming biology? This could be a game changer.
Is MERS Coronavirus Really A Concern At The 2022 World Cup?
MERS has been trending on Twitter. But are concerns about the so-called “camel flu” justified?
Centene CEO Shakes Up Management Team
Health insurer Centene shuffled its senior management ranks, elevating Ken Fasola to become president of the company and promoting two other executives.
InnovationRx: Moderna’s Cancer Vaccine, Undercounted Covid Deaths And Sergey Brin’s Fight Against Parkinson’s
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Impaired Taste & Smell After A Covid-19 Infection Linked To Higher Levels Of Antibodies
In a new study published in the journal PLOS One, a group of researchers based in the United States found that the odds of developing greater amounts of antibodies to the coronavirus could be two times higher among those who experienced altered smell a…
The Anti-Prediction Article: What Won’t Change In Healthcare In 2023?
Change in healthcare tends to occur one step at a time. Understanding what won’t happen in the short term can be even more critical to strategic and investment decisions than predicting long term trends.
To that end, here are some experts’ “anti-pred…
Global Covid Death Toll May Be Nearly Three Times Higher—15 Million—Than Official Records, WHO Says
Covid killed 15 million people in 2020 and 2021, WHO researchers estimated.
