Op-Ed | Environment & Health I Got My Second Shot Yesterday — and the US Saw 73,200 New COVID Cases COVID still rages and the more virulent B.1.1.7 variant that emerged from Britain is now the dominant strain in the U.S. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout April 8, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health India Suspends Vaccine Exports as Calls Grow to Waive Big Pharma’s Patent Rights Many of the world’s poorest countries depend on AstraZeneca vaccines that India produces. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! April 5, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Rich Countries Are Using Vaccines as a Power Play — and Everyone Could Suffer The U.S., U.K., EU and Israel are hoarding vaccines. To beat COVID, we need true global cooperation instead. By Sasha Abramsky , Truthout March 31, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Biden Needs to Treat the Climate as an Emergency — Starting Now We have proven to ourselves once again that solutions are there to be seized. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout March 30, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Drops Among All in US, New Survey Shows Among all groups, Republicans and white evangelical Christians were the most likely to say they will not get vaccinated. By Emmarie Huetteman , KaiserHealthNews March 30, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Biden Announces Goal of 200 Million Vaccine Doses Administered in First 100 Days This goal is well within reach, reports find, as the U.S. steadily ramps up vaccine administration. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 25, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Don’t Prolong COVID by Pretending It Is Over We must all stick to COVID self-defense measures. And as a country, we must become a vaccine ambassador. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout March 22, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Animal Testing Is Useless for Determining COVID Vaccine Effectiveness in Humans The future of vaccine development must move away from ineffective animal testing and focus on human biology. By Aysha Akhtar , Truthout March 20, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Biden Administration Hit Goal of 100 Million Vaccines Administered 42 Days Early As of Friday morning, over 115 million doses have been administered in the U.S. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 19, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections As I Received My Vaccine, I Remembered the Full Weight of Trump’s Negligence The vaccine's side effects hit me hard -- but I couldn't be more grateful for it. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout March 16, 2021 Truthout