Category: Regulations
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Institute Assessing Covid-19 Mental Health Programs
A research institute evaluating real-world health outcomes is funding studies of Covid-19 mental health programs for health care workers and low-income communities.
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Infographic – An Ounce of Pandemic Prevention
A recent journal article estimates the public investments needed to prevent the next damaging pandemic, against the costs imposed on the world from Covid-19.
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Infographic – Social Media Seen Having Too Much Power
Majorities of Americans say social media companies have too much power and influence in politics, a view that cuts across ideologies and parties.
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FDA Halts Off-the-Shelf Engineered T-Cell Trial
A company designing gene-edited T-cells as cancer therapies stopped its clinical trial of a treatment for multiple myeloma when a patient in the trial died.
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FDA Sets Review Criteria for Covid-19 Vaccines
The Food and Drug Administration issued its standards that developers need to meet in evidence submitted for review of vaccines to prevent Covid-19 infections.
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Infographic – Steps to Control Covid-19 Transmission
The Lancet prepared a chart with the most effective measures for controlling person-to-person transmission, reproduced as this weekend’s infographic.
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Convalescent Plasma Found Safe as Covid-19 Therapy
Donated blood plasma from people who recovered from Covid-19 infections is found to cause few serious side effects when given as a treatment for infections in others.
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FDA Clears Video Game ADHD Therapy
A video game designed to help children improve their inattention and other symptoms of ADHD received authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Economic Model IDs Pandemic Business Opening Risks
As communities try to manage their economies during the Covid-19 pandemic, three economists offer a model to help decide which businesses to open after shutting down.
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Weak Covid-19 App Privacy Found, Risk Software in Works
An analysis of mobile apps tracking Covid-19 cases and symptoms finds most lack basic privacy protections, despite collecting personal identifying information.