News | Environment & Health Biden Faces Growing Pressure to Force Big Pharma to Share Vaccine Recipes The U.S. government owns the patent for critical spike-protein technology utilized in the development of COVID vaccines. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams July 28, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health CDC to Recommend Masks Again, Even for the Vaccinated, in US Hot Spot Areas The recommendations are set to come about as the number of "breakthrough cases" for vaccinated Americans is on the rise. By Chris Walker , Truthout July 27, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health COVID’s Taken 3 Million Lives as Rich Nations Blocked Vaccine Patent Waiver It has become abundantly clear that current vaccine production levels are not sufficient to meet global needs. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams July 27, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Florida Accounts for 1 in 5 New COVID Cases as DeSantis Sells Anti-Fauci Shirts Florida physicians have attributed the state's COVID surge to the governor's rush to end public health restrictions. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams July 26, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Lawmakers Call on Congress to Fund Global Distribution of Vaccines Dozens of members of Congress called for additional funding for vaccine distribution in the reconciliation package. By Jessica Corbett , CommonDreams July 25, 2021 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Telecom Vendors Used End of Prison Visits During COVID to Profit Off Phone Calls Prison telecom corporations capitalized on the pandemic to rake in cash on the backs of struggling families. By Bianca Tylek , WorthRises July 24, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Ocasio-Cortez Slams Biden Admin’s “Reckless” Decision on CDC Eviction Moratorium The White House will allow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's eviction moratorium to expire on July 31. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams July 24, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Many Elder Care Workers Still Refuse to Get COVID-19 Vaccine More than 40 percent of nursing home and long-term health care workers in the U.S. have yet to receive vaccinations. By Jenny Deam , Ryan Gabrielson , Bianca Fortis , ProPublica July 23, 2021 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Biden Upholds Last-Minute Trump Memo That Would Send 4,000 People Back to Prison Thousands of people released because of the pandemic now face reincarceration. By Victoria Law , Truthout July 23, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health GOP Legislators in Missouri Oppose Vaccine as State Becomes COVID Hotspot State Rep. Bill Kidd contracted COVID-19 after joking that he didn’t get a vaccine because he’s a Republican. By Jeremy Kohler , ProPublica July 21, 2021 Truthout