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Genomics: Rewriting Our Health


Walter Isaacson, featuring I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director)
Trailblazers with Walter Isaacson

Recombinant DNA. The double helix. Mapping the human genome. You know these are all related to our genes, but you might now know how, or what connects them. In this…

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Why Amazon’s ‘doctor Alexa’ may not be what the world ordered


Laurence Dodds and James Cook, quoting Mason Marks (Edmond J. Safra Center and Petrie-Flom Center Fellow)
The Telegraph

You wake up at 7:29am and ask Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant what the weather will be like. Within seconds, Amazon realises you sound unwell and offers you medicine…

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Regulatory Disruption of the Year: HHS lab developed test policy


Greg Slabodkin, quoting Rachel Sachs (Former Academic Fellow)
MedTech Dive

FDA review of laboratory developed tests has spurred contentious debate going back decades, with competing views about whether the agency holds regulatory authority. However, public health and legal experts contend…

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What Joe Biden could do to bring down drug costs


Dylan Scott, quoting Rachel Sachs (Former Academic Fellow)
Vox

Just as Joe Biden prepares to take over the presidency, the pharmaceutical industry is having its best political moment in years. Numerous Covid-19 vaccines are on the verge of approval,…

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Trump’s Operation Warp Speed promised a flood of covid vaccines. Instead, states are expecting a trickle


Christopher Rowland, Lena H. Sun, Isaac Stanley-Becker, and Carolyn Y. Johnson, quoting Rachel Sachs (Former Academic Fellow)
The Washington Post

Federal officials have slashed the amount of coronavirus vaccine they plan to ship to states in December because of constraints on supply, sending local officials into a scramble to adjust…

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What you should know about the COVID-19 vaccine


Jeff Neal, featuring Carmel Shachar (Former Academic Fellow)
Harvard Law Today

The race to approve and distribute a vaccine for COVID-19 got a huge shot in the arm this week. On Tuesday, the United Kingdom approved a vaccine developed by pharmaceutical…

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Trump to FDA: Why is Europe beating us on vaccine?


Dan Diamond, Adam Cancryn, and Sarah Owermohle, quoting Rachel Sachs (Former Academic Fellow)
Politico

A president who preached "America First" is demanding to know why the United States could end up third, or worse, in the global vaccine race. President Donald Trump…

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Is This Controversial COVID-19 Injection Unsafe?


Ian Smith, quoting I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director)
The Doctors

Infectious disease epidemiologist Dr. Monica Gandhi and Harvard Law professor and bioethics expert Glenn Cohen join Dr. Ian Smith to discuss taking thymosin alpha-1, a treatment that might show promise…

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Poll: Biden must prioritize covid response


Dan Diamond and Adam Cancryn, quoting Rachel Sachs (Former Academic Fellow)
Politico

Nearly three weeks after the election, the president-elect's team is moving forward after GSA Administrator Emily Murphy on Monday finally acknowledged that Biden was the apparent winner of the…

Reporte: Acceso a la Justicia en Latinoamérica durante la pandemia de COVID-19


Featuring María Natalia Echegoyemberry (Affiliated Researcher)
Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia

Un grupo de instituciones conformado por ACIJ (Argentina), Dejusticia (Colombia), FIMA (Chile), LABA (Brasil), CEJA-OEA, DPLF (regional) y la Red de Empoderamiento Jurídico (global) elaboraron una encuesta de…