Month: September 2021

Due to high levels of transmission of coronavirus in Boulder County, people will soon be required to wear masks indoors. Boulder County Public Health also is working to develop a new program that incentivizes businesses to instate vaccine policies by allowing them to obtain exemptions from the mask mandate if a vaccination policy is in place. The new public health order, unanimously approved Thursday by Boulder County’s Board of Health, is set to go into effect at 5 p.m. Friday. Masks will be required in any public indoor space or office settings, but not required in homes. The new “voluntary fully vaccinated facility program” will not begin accepting applications until the end of September as the county public health organization continues to iron out the details. There are so...

A drug created by a Texas A&M University professor could become a useful treatment for patients with COVID-19. The compound called MPI8 is designed to target a specific enzyme in SARS-CoV-2 and stop the virus from replicating. Less virus in your body would mean a faster recovery and fewer COVID-19 symptoms. "It's gonna serve as a really good treatment option," said biological chemist and lead researcher Dr. Wenshe Ray Liu, professor in the Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University. According to the Texas A&M University System, the potential effectiveness of MPI8 led Sorrento Therapeutics of San Diego, Calif., to seek exclusive intellectual property rights to the ingredient. An agreement between the company and Texas A&M University S...