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Pharma Stocks Take a Hit as Biden Backs Vaccine Patent Waiver
The potentially seismic move came after weeks of tireless campaigning by progressive lawmakers and advocacy groups.
Modi’s Pandemic Response in India Is Turning a Profit From Death
The murderous division of labor between the state and the people needs to be reversed.
Pressure Grows on Biden to Back WTO Waiver on Vaccine Technology
More than 100 countries support the waiver, but Big Pharma has lobbied Washington to preserve its monopoly control.
Democrats Funded by Big Pharma Refuse to Back COVID Vaccine Patent Waiver
The top Democratic recipients of pharmaceutical industry cash are standing in the way of mass vaccine access.
India and Brazil’s COVID Crises Show We Must End the Fiction of Borders
The fictions of borders and “rugged individualism” must be dismissed out of hand to confront this moment.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.