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COVID-19
Sanders and Warren Call on Biden to Reverse Trump-Era Vaccine Apartheid
Biden is under intense pressure to choose people over pharmaceutical profits as COVID outbreaks continue globally.
Prioritizing Incarcerated People for Vaccine Quickly Reduced COVID in IL Prisons
The state has vaccinated 69 percent of the people in prison. However, most guards are not required to get vaccinated.
Michigan Outbreak Bolsters Fear That Conservative Outposts Will Prolong Pandemic
Michigan’s outbreak could be an anomaly or a preview of what's to come as the nation emerges from the pandemic.
Reject Greenwashing. At This Point, Only an Ecological Revolution Will Do.
The damage that has been done to the environment is only now beginning to reveal itself after decades of denial.
Indian Hospitals Overwhelmed as COVID Cases Soar in “Modi-Made Disaster”
India has recorded 315,000 new cases in a single day, the highest daily toll in any country since the pandemic began.
To Survive Next Pandemic, We Must Not Forget COVID Like We Forgot the 1918 Flu
The influenza epidemic of 1918-1920 had been dropped in a remarkable manner from U.S. memory until COVID came along.
Big Pharma’s Shareholder Payouts Are Enough to Fund Vaccines for All of Africa
Less than 2 percent of all COVID vaccine doses administered globally have gone to people in Africa.
Doctors Without Borders Implores US, EU to Stop Blocking Vaccine Patent Waiver
The proposal would enable the mass production of generic coronavirus vaccines to meet the dire needs of poor countries.
Amid COVID Surge, NH Governor Lifts Mask Mandate and Orders Kids Back to School
Thanks to “leaders” like Gov. Chris Sununu, the end of this ordeal remains nowhere in sight.
The WTO Stopped Millions of People From Receiving a COVID-19 Vaccine
The World Trade Organization’s most powerful members quashed a proposal to waive vaccine patents for poorer countries.