Contact tracing initiatives will help contain the spread of Covid-19 only if they’re fully integrated into the communities hit hardest by Covid-19, health equity advocates say.

Skadden associate Brian Wallach was diagnosed with ALS in 2017. He has spent his time building a movement to fight the disease.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. agreed to pay $678 million to resolve a whistle-blower case accusing the drugmaker of paying kickbacks to thousands of doctors who prescribed its medicines and wooing them with lavish dinners and trips to Hooters, ending almost a decade of litigation.

When a group of Chinese scientists gathered over barbecue and beer in a Toronto backyard a decade ago, talk drifted to their homeland’s vaccines, which had long lagged the developed world on quality and safety. Four of them decided to act.

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Miami-Dade County, Florida’s most populous, will start requiring masks in all public spaces, with Mayor Carlos Gimenez making the move after speaking with hospital leaders about the region’s increase in Covid-19 cases.