The Price of Platform Agility Fifty million dollars just landed in Moderna’s accounts, courtesy of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), earmarked for the early-stage development of an mRNA vaccine against Bundibugyo ebolavirus. Read More
The Cost of Outsourcing Health Responsibility A Kenyan court’s swift decision to block the Trump administration’s plan to offload Ebola-exposed American citizens onto its soil exposes more than just a diplomatic spat. It Read More
The Illusion of Isolation in a Connected World The Trump administration’s decision to escalate its travel ban, now encompassing even lawful permanent residents who have traveled through the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Read More
The ‘Edge’ That Cements Central Control The official narrative around Google DeepMind’s new Gemini Nano Global model is one of empowerment: bringing sophisticated AI directly to the hands of billions in markets where reliable Read More
The Cost of Fragmented Global Response In the aftermath of an international health incident, where citizens requiring urgent medical evacuation found themselves caught in a geopolitical crossfire, the core failure was not a lack of Read More
The Lag Between Outbreak and Outcry Another Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) declaration landed this week, this time for an escalating Ebola outbreak originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The World Read More
The Chasm in Genomic Surveillance An Ebola outbreak, now ranked among the tenth largest in recorded history, is currently unfolding across the Democratic Republic of Congo’s northeastern Ituri province and has already crossed into Read More