There is no doubt that the 2020 election will be monumental. Before Election Day could even get here, the early voting turnout surpassed 67 percent of the more than 136.5 million total ballots cast in 2016. Some analysts predict the election will draw the highest voter participation since the 1908…

In the wake of the pandemic, plastic pollution is expected to increase by 30% this year compared to 2019 according to the Environmental Science and Technology Journal. Between the mass production and disposal of personal protective equipment, increased plastic use at restaurants, and a halt on…

In the remaining weeks before Election Day 2020, biotechnology developers are speculating on how innovation will be treated under various election outcome scenarios. Consistent with its Executive Order on Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products, the Trump…

  Today, more than 50% of all people living with HIV in the United States are over the age of 50. Ten years from now that percentage is estimated to go up to 70% and more than four in five people will have at least one age-related medical condition. “This is a reality we…

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) declared September 29th as the inaugural International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (FLWDay). The FAO cited this day as a time to “make a clear call to action for both the public (national or local authorities) and the…

This year has feels like an unfair pile on. One crisis follows another while the first never gets resolved. From the pandemic to global recession to civil unrest to raging fires to hurricanes, the relentless onslaught challenges every sector of our society.  That is why the upcoming BIO…

In case you missed it, the Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to import into the United States dangerous government price setting for innovative cures and treatments. In a nutshell, the move will harm the scientists and researchers working around the clock to eradicate Covid-19,…

Biotech companies are working around the clock to develop safe and effective vaccines and treatments to combat and eradicate Covid-19. Thanks to this monumental push for innovation, there are well over 700 unique active compounds in the pipeline. But speed cannot trump science nor safety. To…

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop website has come under fire in recent years for supporting unscientific treatments and therapies and promoting gimmicks such as healing jade eggs. So, you can imagine our surprise when Goop recently published a piece on One Health featuring an interview with animal and human…