As demand for vaccinations drops in the U.S., states are turning to increasingly dramatic measures—Dinner with the governor! Multi-million-dollar lotteries!—to convince people to get their shots. But perhaps the boldest incentive yet has come from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which said on May 13 that fully vaccinated people can go maskless, inside and …
Read moreThe patent on the tuberculosis drug bedaquiline expires today (July 18). But while its manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson, intends to use secondary patents to extend its exclusive right to sell the drug, an innovative deal will lower its price and expand access to millions around the globe.
The drug improves the outcomes for patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, reducing the ri…
Read moreLiz Marshall’s latest release, Meat the Future, will be available for streaming April 5 on Apple TV, Amazon, and Google Play. The feature length-documentary charts the birth of a new technological innovation that grows meat from stem cells instead of animals, reducing the need for industrial agriculture and ending slaughter. She tells the story through Uma Valeti, a cardiologist-…
Read moreI know, I know—you couldn’t be more delighted that spring and summer are on the way. The toasty days, the warm nights, the gentle breezes and, especially, the lengthening hours of daylight, which begin Mar. 12 with the return of Daylight Saving Time. To which I say: Keep it; keep it all: the heat, the humidity, the hot wind masquerading as a warm breeze. And especially keep all that…
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