Noam Chomsky Interviewed by George Yancy The election of Joe Biden has not demolished the Republican Party, or that party’s ongoing attempts to block policies … Big Pharma Cares More About Profiting From COVID Than Human SurvivalRead more
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Canada’s Refusal to Waive Intellectual Monopoly Rights on COVID-19 Vaccines Should Be a Crime Against Humanity
The U.S. surprised the world last week by throwing its weight behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines. Under pressure to respond similarly, Prime … Canada’s Refusal to Waive Intellectual Monopoly Rights on COVID-19 Vaccines Should Be a Crime Against HumanityRead more
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How Lifting Intellectual Property Restrictions Could Help
As new coronavirus cases surge across India, overwhelming hospitals and crematories, calls are growing louder for wealthy countries to stop hoarding excess supply of COVID-19 … How Lifting Intellectual Property Restrictions Could HelpRead more
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Millions of Lives Are at Stake
Pressure is growing on the Biden administration to support a temporary waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-related medicines and vaccines at the World Trade … Millions of Lives Are at StakeRead more
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A ‘Superbug’ Resistant To All Our Antibiotics
The issue of antibiotic resistance has been getting worse for quite some time. Today, well over five thousand Americans will acquire serious infections that are … A ‘Superbug’ Resistant To All Our AntibioticsRead more
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Mercy for vaccines
As the UK’s vaccination programme was “knocked off course” due to a delay in receiving five million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from India, a … Mercy for vaccinesRead more
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Daily dose of antibiotics helps bacteria develop multi-drug tolerance
Antibiotics are essential in the fight against bacterial infections and save countless lives. However, due to the overconsumption and frequent misuse of antibiotics, resistant bacteria … Daily dose of antibiotics helps bacteria develop multi-drug toleranceRead more
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Public Health and Big Pharma Monopoly Protections
With growing momentum behind the global campaign for a temporary, emergency waiver of some of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) intellectual property (IP) to boost … Public Health and Big Pharma Monopoly ProtectionsRead more
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U.S. Still Blocking the Push to Loosen WTO Rules on Vaccine Patents
As the pandemic’s death toll nears 2.5 million, stringent rules around intellectual property rights could be preventing much of the world from obtaining COVID-19 vaccines. … U.S. Still Blocking the Push to Loosen WTO Rules on Vaccine PatentsRead more
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Opioid deaths in America reached new highs in the pandemic
Fatal overdoses were marching upwards before the pandemic. But they leapt in the first part of last year as states locked down, according to provisional … Opioid deaths in America reached new highs in the pandemicRead more