News | Environment & Health Counties Most Vulnerable to COVID Have Been the Slowest to Vaccinate Four months of data shows healthier -- often wealthier -- counties have been faster to vaccinate. By Ryan Gabrielson , ProPublica May 3, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health US Keeps Blocking Vaccine Patent Waivers Amid Big Pharma Lobbying There is a “glut” of vaccines going to wealthy countries while much of the rest of the world is left waiting. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! May 3, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Capitalism and Racism Are Enemies of an Effective Vaccine Plan COVID’s impacts have been felt the most by the economically marginalized who also have the least access to vaccines. By Robert R. Raymond , Truthout May 2, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health CDC Finds Anxiety Was Cause of Many Adverse Responses to J&J Vaccine Researchers suggested that those with strong aversion to needles were more likely to seek out the one-shot vaccine. By Nicole Karlis , Salon May 1, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health Lifting IP Restrictions Could Help the World Vaccinate 60% of Population by 2022 Calls grow for wealthy countries to loosen intellectual property restrictions on COVID vaccines and share excess supply. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! April 29, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Seattle City Council Calls on Biden to Support Vaccine Patent Waiver The pharmaceutical industry, meanwhile, is aggressively lobbying the Biden White House to maintain its opposition. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams April 27, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Biden Is Providing Some Vaccines to India But Hasn’t Budged on Patent Waiver COVID knows no borders. Neither should we. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout April 26, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Billionaire Bill Gates Says “No” to Sharing Vaccine Recipes With Poor Countries Earlier this month 66 organizations called on the U.S. to initiate a global vaccine manufacturing program. By Jon Queally , CommonDreams April 26, 2021 Truthout
News | Immigration Abuse and Lack of Transparency Fuel Vaccine Mistrust in ICE Jails The vaccine rollout is being derailed by the fact that the people have no trust in the ICE jailers giving the shots. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout April 25, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health 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. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout April 24, 2021 Truthout