Alphabet's health company wants to eradicate a virus in Singapore
Verily, owned by Google parent company Alphabet, believes it can eliminate Singapore’s dengue problem.
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Verily, owned by Google parent company Alphabet, believes it can eliminate Singapore’s dengue problem.
An experiment was recently conducted in Fresno, Calif., to reduce the rising mosquito population there by releasing sterile males, bred in a factory, to mate with females in the wild. Did the test work?
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Verily, Alphabet's secretive healthcare moonshot, is overhauling its leadership structure and cutting down on CEO Andy Conrad's direct reports. A new chief operating officer took over a lot of Conrad's responsibilities. There's also a new tech chief, and the company is looking for chief marketing, revenue, and information officers. Meanwhile, Verily in December raised $700 million in a new round of f...