Meet biotech's top young leaders

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Welcome to Insider Healthcare. I'm Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer, and today in healthcare news:

• We highlighted the 9 biotech leaders under 40 transforming healthcare;
• Why getting down to zero COVID-19 cases in the US isn't likely;
• What it was like inside a Texas abortion clinic that stayed open till midnight on the eve of the new abortion ban.

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Meet the top young leaders transforming the biotech industry

• A generation of new leaders is transforming the way we develop medications and tests.
• They include researchers, dealmakers, and CEOs pioneering new ways to tackle difficult problems.
• We named these 9 biotech leaders to Insider's list of the 30 leaders under 40 transforming healthcare.

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The US Surgeon General says we're thinking about the end of the pandemic in the wrong way: 'Success does not equal no cases'

• The US has likely missed its chance to rid itself of COVID-19, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said.
• "Success does not equal no cases," Murthy told Politico, as ICUs across the country run low on beds.
• Vaccination continues to be the best way to keep people alive and out of the hospital, he said.

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Inside the last abortion clinic in Texas where doctors raced to treat patients until midnight, when the 6-week ban became law

• A women's health clinic in Fort Worth stayed open until midnight on the eve of Texas' new abortion ban.
• The clinic provided between 75 and 80 abortions that day.
• The last abortion finished at 11:56 PM, and they've had to turn away most patients since.

Take a look>>

More stories we're reading:

• Did you miss our full list of 30 leaders under 40 transforming healthcare? Find it here. (Insider)
• Why vaccines are still our way out of the pandemic (Axios)
• US surpasses 40 million COVID-19 cases as Delta variant continues to spread (Insider)
• What stands in the way of developing more and better COVID-19 vaccines (Stat News)

- Lydia