BioHealth News Archive
Stanford, MIT, Johns Hopkins University and Waterloo University eye Hong Kong as regional base for stem cell research | South China Morning Post
Four world-renowned universities are eyeing Hong Kong as a stronghold in Asia for developing cutting-edge stem cell research as the city’s financial chief is…
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FluMist back on CDC’s recommended list of flu vaccines – UPI.com
FluMist Quadrivalent has returned to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommended list of flu vaccines, drugmaker AstraZeneca announced. {iframe}https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2018/02/22/FluMist-back-on-CDCs-recommended-list-of-flu-vaccines/2391519308950/{/iframe}
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GAO: Medicaid experiments aren’t being properly evaluated to determine if they improve care, save money – MedCity News
With federal spending on Medicaid experiments soaring in recent years, a congressional watchdog said state and federal governments fail to adequately evaluate if the…
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Enter Your Research for a $20,000 Prize! – Industry Awards Celebration
Tell us about the impact your research may make on the world. You could win a free pre-clinical research study valued up to $20,000 and $1,000 in…
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MedImmune wins key CDC recommendation for its FluMist for next flu season – Washington Business Journal
A key federal committee gave its OK for pediatricians to make MedImmune's FluMist available to patients in the next flu season — a big…
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2018 Industry Awards Celebration Finalists Announced
The Maryland Tech Council's Industry Awards Celebration will take place on May 17, 2018 at The Hotel at the University of Maryland. This is…
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Public universities band together on completion rates and achievement gaps
A group of 100 public universities will work with the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities to produce hundreds of thousands of additional degrees…
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Drinking Red Wine May Help Prevent Tooth Decay and Gum Disease – GEN
Prior research has found that drinking a glass of red wine a day may protect against cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and neurodegenerative disorders. The latest…
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10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018 – MIT Technology Review
Dueling neural networks. Artificial embryos. AI in the cloud. Welcome to our annual list of the 10 technology advances we think will shape the…
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The CEO of Merck on Race, Leadership, and High Drug Prices
Kenneth Frazier, the CEO of the pharmaceutical company known as MSD outside of North America, discusses his upbringing and how it influences his leadership…
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Startup Professionals Musings: 8 Smart Tips To Soliciting Friends And Family Funding
It’s great to start with a big dream as you contemplate a new business, but finding the money you need takes more than dreaming.…
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New Microgrants to Spark Johns Hopkins’ Student Innovators – JHTV
Johns Hopkins students have access to a new funding source designed to ignite innovative ideas that may one day develop into the next great…
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An open letter to Amazon: The D.C. region is where innovation lives – The Washington Post
Our region has a vibrant innovation ecosystem that is one of the most important in the United States. Advanced technologies that drive the country’s…
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Novavax shares moving up again – Washington Business Journal
Shares of Gaithersburg-based Novavax Inc. have spiked again, jumping by 18 percent during Friday trading, as the company is increasingly considered a promising acquisition…
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Why Roche’s $1.9 Billion Deal to Buy Flatiron Health Matters – Fortune
The big headline out of the health care M&A world today is Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche’s $1.9 billion acquisition of Flatiron Health, the Alphabet-backed,…
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