News | Environment & Health New Vaccine Is So Far 100 Percent Effective at Preventing Hospitalization Johnson & Johnson announced Friday that its vaccine is 66 percent effective at preventing moderate to severe infection. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 29, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health New York May Have Underreported COVID Deaths at Nursing Homes by 50 Percent New York reports nursing home deaths differently than other states, which may be obscuring the actual death count. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 28, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health As Biden Issues Groundbreaking Climate Orders, Activists Push to Ban Fracking The orders signal that progressive organizers may see some demands for racial and environmental justice realized. By Leanna First-Arai , Truthout January 28, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health After $100K Donation FL Gov. DeSantis Taps Supermarket for Vaccine Distribution Some say that giving Publix the only vaccines in Palm Beach will widen racial disparities in vaccine administration. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 28, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health Experts Say We Must End Big Pharma Monopoly on COVID Vaccine Supply and Price Leaders in the Global South and global health advocates are increasingly decrying vaccine hoarding by richer countries. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! January 28, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health AOC on Biden’s Slate of Climate Justice Orders: “We Helped Shape the Platform” Wednesday’s executive orders pulled largely from progressive proposals like the Green New Deal. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 27, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Schumer Calls on Biden to Declare a Climate Emergency as Ice Loss Accelerates Declaring a climate emergency allows Biden to allocate funding to clean energy and suspend activities like oil drilling. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 26, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Rural US Is Seriously Short on Resources Needed to Distribute Vaccine Rural clinics face unique challenges in connecting perishable vaccines with residents who often live miles away. By Elizabeth Miller , Undark January 26, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health Biden’s First Climate Actions Are a Result of Years of Indigenous Activism Indigenous activists emerged as leaders of a climate movement that put increasing pressure on Joe Biden. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout January 26, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Trump’s Vaccine Distribution Plan Has Left Millions of Doses Unaccounted For Biden’s COVID task force says that, due to large discrepancies in vaccine data, millions of doses are missing. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 25, 2021 Truthout