The Spartan Race began in 2010 as a way to push everyday desk jockeys to get more active, healthy, and happy by competing in obstacle course races. From its humble beginnings in the Green Mountains of Vermont, its founder, Joe De Sena, was inspired to create a community who push and inspire each other like… Read More: Unleash Your Inner Spartan at this Castaic Lake Event! »
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed an easy to perform CRISPR-based COVID-19 test that takes only 30 minutes for the results to come in. The test, which involves dipping a paper strip into a mixture containing a nasal sample, is unaffected by new variants of the virus, and could be useful… Read More: Quick and Easy CRISPR-Based COVID Test »
Leonor Garcia held her clipboard close to her chest and rapped on the car window with her knuckles. The driver was in one of dozens of cars lined up on a quiet stretch of road in Adelanto, California, a small city near the southwestern edge of the Mojave Desert. He was waiting for the food… Read More: Beating the Pavement to Vaccinate the Underrepresented — And Protect… »
Throughout the frantic response to the pandemic last year, drugmakers worldwide tested hundreds of potential treatments. Gilead’s antiviral remdesivir quickly rose to the top of treatment guidelines, and with the pandemic spiraling out of control, advocacy groups called on the U.S. government to step in and enforce patents against the company. The federal government, advocates pointed out, has supported research on the medicine over… Read More: Gilead has sole rights to COVID-19 blockbuster Veklury, GAO concludes »