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Disruption in healthcare is coming

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Between 2019 and 2021, Alphabet’s venture-capital arms, Google Ventures, and Gradient Ventures, and its private-equity unit, CapitalG, made about 100 deals, a quarter of Alphabet’s combined total, in life sciences and health care. The new initiative, Care Studio, aims at doctors rather than patients.

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The Chemotherapy Drug Shortage: An Unprecedented Crisis

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The crisis is particularly concerning given that cisplatin and similar platinum-based drugs are prescribed for an estimated ten to 20 percent of all cancer patients, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI)​​.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Coverage

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Yale hospital administrators bought about 1,200 reusable silicone masks and started distributing them to local doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists. China has also announced plans to send doctors and medical supplies to Africa among other countries in the developing world to help them through the pandemic.