The White House on Friday will announce a new, five-year plan to curb the spread of antibiotic resistant microbes, Reuters reports – having reviewed a leaked copy of the 60-page document. However, scientists and lawmakers are already finding major flaws in the plan’s approach, Politico is saying. The plan, devised by a government task force led by top White House […]
DJ Patil is a smart guy who knows data – and he’ll play a key role in President Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative. But what the White House’s first-ever Chief Data Scientist is short on? On-the-job experience in healthcare. But that could be OK. Patil has worked at some Silicon Valley giants – LinkedIn, eBay, PayPal, Skype, and venture firm Greylock Partners. […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
The number of new Ebola cases each week has gone down from more than 1,000 in October to just 150, the White House said in a statement. Because of this remarkable improvement, President Obama is said to announce Wednesday that nearly all of the 1,300 troops deployed to aid in the effort will be coming […]
President Obama’s recent executive order on antibiotic resistance has called attention to a growing problem that is threatening to undermine the extraordinary achievements of modern medicine. The President’s executive order and the accompanying “National Strategy for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria” call for a broad range of measures to conserve the antibiotics we have and to develop […]
The NIH has just committed $46 million toward the White House’s BRAIN Initiative, with aims to delve deeper into understanding what makes the human mind – and brain – tick. The government just announced the 58 research centers and academics to whom the funding will go – it’s early stage, but quite promising. “There’s a big gap […]