Category: healthcare

These Young Entrepreneurs Have A Plan To Bring The Internet To Detroit, The Least Connected City In America

In Forbes’ first-ever virtual hackathon event, six under 30 alums gathered remotely for a full weekend, working round-the-clock to figure out how to distribute Internet to the least connected city in the country.

Progress In Monoclonal Antibodies For The Treatment And Prevention-Of Covid-19

The bait fragment is the precise region of the spike protein that attaches to the ACE2 surface structure to begin the process of infection.

BrightInsight Raises $40 Million To Help Speed Up Digital Therapeutics Development

The company’s software platform helps companies like Roche, AstraZeneca and Novo Nordisk navigate the complex digital health security and regulatory landscape.

University Of Toronto, Canadian Biotech Company Collaborate On Cannabinoid-Based COVID-19 Treatment

In an exclusive conversation, the company’s CEO shares details of the collaboration and says, “Given our combined expertise and proven track record, this new project is very real and has the potential to save lives.”

Myovant Sciences Announces Positive Study Results For Endometriosis Medication

Myovant Sciences has announced positive results for its second Phase 3 study into a medical treatment that may present an alternative to surgery for people with endometriosis.

FDA: Don’t Use These 9 Hand Sanitizers Due To Toxic Ingredient

This ingredient could cause nausea, vomiting, headaches, seizures, blindness, coma, permanent damage to your nervous system or death.

FDA Sounds An Alarm About 9 Potentially Toxic Hand Sanitizers

Hand sanitizer products pose a potential toxic risk if they contain methanol (wood alcohol).

A Tale Of Four Cities: Wuhan, Seattle, New York, Chicago

New evidence shows that virus variants may affect Covid-19 transmissibility.

Dr. Fauci Will Be The Subject Of The New ‘Outliers’ HBO Max Series

HBO Max has greenlit the series, with plans to turn it into an anthology that highlights a single individual each season and what it takes (both good and bad) to be an “outlier.”

Nursing Home Dilemma: Should You Consider Bringing Your Loved One Home Due to Covid-19?

Bringing a loved one home from a nursing home in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic raises many questions that require thoughtful consideration.