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Welcome to Insider Healthcare. I'm healthcare editor Leah Rosenbaum, and today in healthcare news:
- Moderna's Eric Huang shares how the biotech company is planning a new focus on gene editing;
- California and Colorado are now offering COVID-19 vaccine boosters to all adults, going against CDC guidelines;
- A province in Austria plans to start another COVID lockdown – for unvaccinated people only.
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A scientist at Moderna works on research at the biotech's R&D hub in Norwood, Massachusetts
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The scientist who helped Moderna became a vaccine powerhouse told us why he thinks gene editing is the future for the $91 billion biotech
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- The man who convinced Moderna to make vaccines is now steering the biotech into gene editing.
- Eric Huang is the chief scientific officer of Moderna Genomics, a new unit in the $91 billion company.
- Huang is looking to strike deals with smaller biotechs while building up Moderna's internal research.
Moderna has soared over the last year on the back of its coronavirus vaccine.
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2 states offer COVID-19 booster shots to all adults, bypassing CDC guidance
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- California and Colorado are telling healthcare providers to offer COVID-19 boosters to all adults.
- The guidance bypasses the CDC's current restrictions on booster shots.
- Public-health experts remain divided on whether boosters are necessary for everyone.
People waiting for a mass Covid-19 testing in Vienna, Austria, Friday, Dec 4, 2020.
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An Austrian province is preparing a COVID-19 lockdown for unvaccinated people only, saying the vaccinated shouldn't have to 'lose their freedom'
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- An Austrian province plans to do a lockdown only for unvaccinated people from Monday.
- It means they can't leave their homes except for essential reasons, like buying food and exercising.
- Austria's chancellor said "there should be no lockdown for the vaccinated out of solidarity for the unvaccinated."
More stories we're reading:
- A Virginia pharmacy gave 112 young kids shots of a COVID-19 vaccine formulation designed for older children and adults, officials say (Insider)
- Some people who got the COVID-19 vaccine due to mandates are trying to detox themselves with fake treatments (NBC News)
- The physics behind the Astroworld tragedy: When crowds behave like a fluid, people can wind up powerless (Insider)
- Johnson & Johnson announced it will divide into two companies (Associated Press)
-Leah
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