Category: Policy

The answer to hate speech or false speech is not censorship

I am at a loss.  While trying to explain the events to my children since January 6, I feel profound sadness and fear.  Our country is built on freedom, yet the latest in a parade of crisis’ is being used by those in power to remove our freedoms at an a…

Billionaire Mark Cuban Wants To Lower Drug Prices With Generics Startup

The Dallas, Texas-based company aims to introduce transparency into the supply chain and sell 100 different generic drugs by the end of year.

Advancing The World Through Biotech With Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath

The head of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, or BIO, shares fascinating insights on battling Covid-19, exciting advances being made on other diseases and much else.

Taiwan’s Success Battling Covid-19 Has It Ready To Plan A Reopening Of Its Borders

Taiwan is working on a way to reopen borders for limited international travel through a system that would require confirmation that travelers had received a vaccine, tested negative for Covid-19 prior to their journey among other conditions.

It is not enough to say we are anti-racist. We must address glaring disparities in treatment.

Sometimes structural racism surfaces in a way that even those of us who would like to be “color-blind” cannot help but see. In the spring of 2020, the video-recorded death of George Floyd (who was Black) at the hands of a law enforcement officer (who w…

CDC Projects Nearly 25% Increase In U.S. Covid-19 Deaths In Next Three Weeks

Up to 92,000 Americans could die from Covid-19 by Feb 6, the CDC predicts.

The Pharma Industry Expects Covid-19 To Be Around For The Long Haul

Pfizer, Moderna and other companies are banking on regular Covid-19 vaccinations as an important business line for years to come.

This looks a lot different from the trenches: from consulting to the COVID ward

As a young and optimistic business school graduate, I recall when the consulting firm I worked for was retained to evaluate “USA Hospital and Medical Clinics” (pseudonym). “USA” had grown quickly and was struggling to manage the recent expansion. We in…

Google Launches $3 Million Fund To Tackle Covid-19 Vaccine Misinformation

Google says it wants to help particular groups of people that are being targeted with false and misleading information about Covid-19 vaccines.

Pfizer, BioNTech Boost Vaccine Production Goal To 2 Billion Doses In 2021

The companies also expect to apply their mRNA vaccine technology to other diseases, such as flu.