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August 24, 2022
Adam Gaffney
Biden’s Plan to “Commercialize” Covid Care Will Have Terrible Consequences
The administration expects to stop buying vaccines and treatment by year’s end, handing over these responsibilities to for-profit companies that are salivating at the opportunity.
November 19, 2021
Natalie Shure
Covid Antiviral Pills Could Be a “Game Changer”—if Only Our Health Care System Actually Worked
New medicines are on the way in the fight against the pandemic, but these life-saving drugs might get trapped in a maze of bad policy.
September 15, 2021
Eleanor Cummins
The Chilling Popularity of Anti-Vax Deathbed Videos
Why are so many people drawn to stories and videos of the unvaccinated dying of Covid-19—and, at the final moment, wishing for the vaccine?
September 10, 2021
Melody Schreiber
The Radical Honesty of Biden’s Vaccine Plan
At long last, the White House is acknowledging that America can’t afford to respect personal choices in a pandemic.
July 29, 2021
Melody Schreiber
Please Don’t Rush to Get a Third Covid Shot
The delta variant is dangerous. A third vaccine dose could be helpful for those with weaker immune systems, but giving third doses to healthy people would be wildly counterproductive.
June 1, 2021
Alexander Zaitchik
Long, Strange TRIPS: The Grubby History of How Vaccines Became Intellectual Property
Not long ago, life-saving medical know-how was viewed as belonging to everyone. What happened?
April 12, 2021
Alexander Zaitchik
How Bill Gates Impeded Global Access to Covid Vaccines
Through his hallowed foundation, the world’s de facto public health czar has been a stalwart defender of monopoly medicine.
November 25, 2020
Melody Schreiber
Pharma Executives Are Profiting From Covid Vaccine Press Releases
The timing of the announcements, and their lack of detail, are raising worries about insider trading and unrealistic expectations.
November 9, 2020
Melody Schreiber
There’s a Lot We Don’t Know About the Promising Covid Vaccine
Experts celebrated the news that Pfizer’s vaccine could potentially prevent 90 percent of cases, but the road ahead is still very long and very uncertain.
June 9, 2010
John Austin
Promise Keeping in Kalamazoo
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