Maker of $1,000 Hepatitis C pill looks to cut its cost overseas Law professor at Northeastern University in Boston, an adviser to , or Health GAP, notes that Gilead allows generic manufacturers to sell its HIV drugs in over 100 countries. “So why not a similarly large number of countries for the hepatitis C drug?” Baker tells Shots. “An important question to ask is what are their […]
Fox News Acidic Chesapeake Bay water could threaten oysters As the world’s oceans get more acidic, Chesapeake Bay oysters could be at risk. A more acidic bay could make it more difficult for mollusks, such as oysters, to build their shells through a process called calcification. But it could help crustaceans, such as blue crabs, build their shells more quickly, said Justin Ries, a […]
There is progress in emerging lands Ruchir Sharma’s “The Emerging-Market Comedown” (op-ed, Jan. 22) is a useful antidote to all the hype about emerging economies, but he is wrong to assert that incomes in poor countries aren’t gradually converging with those of rich countries. Economist Angus Maddison’s work has shown that since emerging economies gained independence, and especially after they embraced […]
Experts increasingly contemplate end of smoking Some experts doubt it. As long as cigarettes and other combustible tobacco products are legal, it’s likely some people will smoke them. Efforts to prohibit them are likely to fail, they say. (Remember Prohibition?) “It’s hard to do a ban on cigarettes because you’re taking something away from people they have and are using. Once […]
Experts increasingly contemplate end of smoking “It’s hard to do a ban on cigarettes because you’re taking something away from people they have and are using. Once you have something, you hold tight,” said Richard Daynard, a Northeastern University law professor who focuses on tobacco issues. Better, he said, to bar people from having a product in the first place. He […]
Area Olympians to watch in Sochi Steve Langton, 30, Melrose With his power and speed, the 6-foot-2, 227-pound former Northeastern University sprinter has earned a spot on the top four-man US team, the favorite to repeat as gold medalist. Called the “best push athlete in the world” by driver Steve Holbomb, Langton also could earn a medal on the two-man sled.
Meet New England’s Winter Olympians BOBSLED Steve Langton Age: 30 Hometown: Melrose Notable: Langton competed at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, where he placed 10th in the two-man event. He has won medals at various championships across the world over the past three years, serving as a brakeman for Steven Holcomb in the USA-1 sled. Langton was the 2008 Rookie of the Year […]
Why bill success is a lousy way to keep score in Congress Joshua Tucker: The following is a guest post from John Wilkerson and Nick Stramp of the University of Washington’s Department of Political Science and David Smith of the College of Computer and Information Sciences at Northeastern University. ***** On Tuesday, February 4, the Washington Post published an article in which retiring representative Robert Andrews (D-NJ) was asked to defend the fact that none […]
Nova Next What drug researchers can learn from a Kenyan clinic When I arrived at the remote clinic some 180 miles from Nairobi, it was near mid-day, and the Kenyan sun had pushed the thermometer to uncomfortable heights. Small insects buzzed in and out of the open windows of the low building—the only thing keeping them from landing on the patients were the insect nets draped […]
Bay State Banner Obama puts spotlight in growing income inequality Prof. Barry Bluestone, director of the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, says the concept of income immobility that Chang-Diaz mentions is a compounding factor in income inequality. Income inequality measures the distribution of wealth across households and is generally referred to as the comparison of the growing […]
Bloomberg Businessweek For the long-term unemployed, job growth is a mixed blessing Misery loves company: If you lose power in a storm, you hope that the whole area lost power with you, because the utility will work hard to restore electricity when many people are affected. It’s a little bit like that with unemployment: It’s not good to be the only one around without a job, because […]
How geographically accurate is your city’s subway map? There’s more going on in a subway map than just tracing lines through stops. The most important quality of a transit map is that it be easily legible, even when glanced across a crowded rush-hour car. Looking at it, you should be able to figure out how this network of colored lines and pips translates […]