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Hello,

Hope you all had restful holiday weekends! 

Today in healthcare news: an inside look at a little-known club that matches healthcare startups with employers, a look at early data from Russia’s vaccine, and what simulations can tell us about face shields and valved masks. 


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EHIR participants tour Harvard's campus.
EHIR

Inside the secret club that helps determine which healthcare startups blow up

Read the full story here>> 


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Scientists are seen working on a potential vaccine for COVID-19 in Keele, Britain.
Carl Recine/Reuters

Top drugmakers made a rare joint pledge not to cut corners on the coronavirus vaccine amid fears shots are being rushed before the presidential election

Read the full story from Aria Bendix and Sinéad Baker here>>


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Droplets escape from the bottom of a face shield.
Journal of Fluids

These simulations show how face shields and valved masks allow clouds of respiratory droplets to escape

Read the full story from Andrea Michelson here>>


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