Gates Foundation Pledges $1.2 Billion To Polio Eradication

Topline The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Sunday it will donate $1.2 billion to help eradicate wild polio in the two remaining countries—Pakistan and Afghanistan—where the virus is endem...

Singapore Pharmacy Platform Startup Lands $27 Million In Bill Gates-Backed Funding Round

Based in Singapore, SwipeRx enables pharmacists across Southeast Asia to buy medicine through the … [+] platform’s B2B commerce tool. SwipeRx Pharmacy app SwipeRx raised $27 million in a Series ...

Bill Gates Thinks Covid Could Be The Last Pandemic—And He’s Written A Book On How To Make That Happen

Topline Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has written a book about how to prevent the next pandemic, the billionaire philanthropist announced in a blog post Tuesday, writing that he believes that coronav...