March 2026

Digitizing Biology

By |2026-03-27T13:20:19-05:00March 27th, 2026|Categories: blog, March 2026|Tags: , , |

There is a new microorganism in town.... a chemically synthesized DNA sequence! Her name?  "Synthia" the time from the first official synthetic genomic sequence assembled in 1995, to a newly created genome inserted into a bacterium, makes a short 15 years. The company, J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI). is working with pharmaceutical company Novartis, based [...]

The Flu Vaccine on Wheels

By |2026-03-27T13:24:32-05:00March 16th, 2026|Categories: blog, March 2026|Tags: , , |

  Under proposed legislation called "Fight Flu Act," CONgress is proposing Taxpayer-Funded Mobile Flu Vaccine Units. Mobile medical units (MMUs) are an offshoot of "wellness vans" that bring medical services (healthcare, dental, training, mammograms) to you if you live in a rural area. Now, they propose to expand services to include Flu vaccines at your [...]

Universal Flu Vaccine Disasters

By |2026-03-06T14:17:49-06:00March 6th, 2026|Categories: blog, March 2026|Tags: , , , , , , |

It's back! Remember back in 2010 when the Universal Flu Vaccine was first introduced? After various "risk groups" and age groups were identified, the CDC had only 85% coverage and wanted more.  When CDC added the 18-49-year-old remaining age group in 2010, it made annual influenza vaccination a universal recommendation for everyone age 6 months [...]

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