Former DARPA director warns that ARPA-H should stand alone
The former director of DARPA says that for an equivalent health care agency to succeed, it should be fully separated from the NIH
Why is the CDC missing in action on severe mental illnesses?
Serious mental illness is a dangerous and expensive health threat. The CDC needs to pay more attention to it.
Proposal to waive IP rights for Covid vaccines and drugs appears unlikely
Representatives from India say talks over a proposal to waive IP rights for Covid-19 vaccines, drugs, and tests haven’t been constructive.
‘Growing a chair is easy’ and other wisdom from George Church
Told that calling Covid vaccines gene therapies could make some people nervous, Church said: ‘I don’t see it as my task to reassure people.”
Opinion: Vaccine mandates should cover the incarcerated, too, not just prison guards and workers
The rights of the incarcerated to self-determination are limited. But expanding them shouldn’t start with the choice to shun a shot that authorities say will help them survive.
Vaccine mandates should cover prisoners, too, not just their guards
Prisoners, who are at higher risk for Covid-19 than corrections officers, aren’t required to get vaccinated while corrections officers are.
Gilead licenses cancer drugs from Arcus, a bet on its cancer business
Gilead will license four Arcus cancer drugs, another potentially lucrative but risky effort to grow its cancer business.
Adopting as academics: what we learnt
Our quest to bring a child into our family led us to confront academic working practices, say Tony Ly and Nathan W. Bailey.
Global trends in the invention and diffusion of climate change mitigation technologies
Increasing the development and diffusion of climate change mitigation technologies on a global scale
Climate change affects land-disposed waste
Nature Climate Change – Climate change affects land-disposed waste