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—L. Rafael Reif, president of MIT, in remarks to President Barack Obama at a forum on the future of manufacturing in the U.S. (October 27)
— From the draft of the Medical Innovation Bill, legislation now before the British Parliament that aims to provide doctors with greater freedom to prescribe innovative new treatments for patients with chronic illnesses (October 29)
—Kathy Kliebert and Kevin Davis, secretary of Louisiana’s Department of Health & Hospitals and director of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness, respectively, in an e-mail to registrants of the annual meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, which was held in New Orleans in early November (October 29)
—Luis P. Villarreal, founding director of the Center for Virus ...