#How India is changing vaccine plan amid shortages

#How India is changing vaccine plan amid shortages

“#How India is changing vaccine plan amid shortages” NEW DELHI — Starting Monday, every adult in India will be eligible for a free vaccine paid for by the federal government. The new policy, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week, ends a complex system introduced just last month of buying and distributing vaccines that…

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#Thiel-backed psychedelic drugmaker valued at .2B in Nasdaq debut

#Thiel-backed psychedelic drugmaker valued at $3.2B in Nasdaq debut

“#Thiel-backed psychedelic drugmaker valued at $3.2B in Nasdaq debut” Shares of Atai Life Sciences, backed by billionaire investor Peter Thiel, surged 40 percent in their U.S. stock market debut on Friday, giving the German psychedelics startup a market capitalization of $3.19 billion. The Berlin-based biotech startup, which is exploring the use of psychedelic treatments for mental illnesses,…

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#Google searches for new measure of skin tones to curb bias

#Google searches for new measure of skin tones to curb bias

“#Google searches for new measure of skin tones to curb bias” Alphabet Inc’s Google told Reuters this week it is developing an alternative to the industry standard method for classifying skin tones, which a growing chorus of technology researchers and dermatologists says is inadequate for assessing whether products are biased against people of color. At issue is a six-color…

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#’Extreme’ twins engaged to same man will ‘share’ babies

#’Extreme’ twins engaged to same man will ‘share’ babies

“#’Extreme’ twins engaged to same man will ‘share’ babies” Anna and Lucy DeCinque are “extremely” twinning. The 35-year-old sisters from Perth, Australia, consider themselves “one person” and insist on being “identical” in every way — including their shared 37-year-old fiancé, Ben Byrnes, with whom they insist on raising children in the same household. The pair…

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