“In the Covid-19 pandemic, world leaders have allowed pharmaceutical companies to place extraordinary profits ahead of saving lives,” lamented one campaigner As Moderna reported higher-than-expected revenue driven entirely by sales of its publicly funded Covid-19 vaccine, health equity campaigners on Wednesday renewed calls for pharmaceutical companies to waive patent protections in order to share their lifesaving […]
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — North Korea reported more than 392,000 new fever cases detected Sunday, as an additional eight deaths brought the toll of known deaths in its “explosive” fever epidemic to 50, according to state media. Data released by official KCNA on Monday said a cumulative 1,213,550 people in the North had been sickened by […]
“It’s a result of poor preparation, underinvestment in public health, political polarization, and Covid minimization,” said one physician. The Biden White House is reportedly preparing to ration coronavirus vaccines as Senate Republicans continue to obstruct a multibillion-dollar Covid-19 aid package, sparking outcry from public health experts who say GOP obstruction is hampering the nation’s pandemic response […]
An estimated 234,000 lives could have been saved with primary-series vaccination, the Kaiser Family Foundation found. Three in five reported Covid-19 deaths in the United States since June 2021 could have been prevented by vaccination, according to a new analysis out Thursday. With the U.S. approaching one million deaths from Covid-19, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) estimated that […]
