|Articles|April 9, 2018

Epidemics Going Viral: Innovation vs. Nature Event with Bill Gates

The New England Journal of Medicine and Massachusetts Medical Society are hosting The Epidemics Going Viral: Innovation Vs. Nature event, scheduled for Friday, April 27^th. The event covers challenges from the perspectives of researchers, clinicians, and more who have first-hand experience dealing with epidemics.

The event topics include How to Identify an Epidemic-Past, Present, and Future Lessons, Acquiring Knowledge While Savings Lives, and Innovation for Pandemics-with Bill Gates as a speaker.

The event includes a free live web event, which you can register for here.

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