What Happened to the COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver?
The negotiations leading to the WTO Decision proved once again the inadequacy of the debate over intellectual property rights.
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Read more: The Unfurling Crisis of Unfunded Isolation, Testing, and Treatment of Infectious Disease in the US The Unfurling Crisis of Unfunded Isolation, Testing, and Treatment of Infectious Disease in the US
Infection in this country can force people into (or deeper into) a viral underclass.
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Read more: U.S. Eviction Policy is Harming Children: The Case for Sustainable Eviction Prevention to Promote Health Equity U.S. Eviction Policy is Harming Children: The Case for Sustainable Eviction Prevention to Promote Health Equity
The approach to housing policy in this moment will dictate both the status of health equity and the extent of childhood well-being across the country.
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Read more: Accessing COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines for Research: The Re-emergence of the Tragedy of the ‘Anticommons’ Accessing COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines for Research: The Re-emergence of the Tragedy of the ‘Anticommons’
COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers refusing to share samples may be the latest example of the tragedy of the “anticommons” in biomedical research.
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Read more: The Struggle to Survive in the Pandemic Prison The Struggle to Survive in the Pandemic Prison
The mental health strain of increased isolation, only sporadic access to showers, and a lack of programming pushed many over the edge.
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Read more: Federal Failures to Protect Incarcerated People During Public Health Crises Federal Failures to Protect Incarcerated People During Public Health Crises
For over a year prisoners were denied our most fundamental support systems.
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Read more: COVID-19 as Disability Interest Convergence? COVID-19 as Disability Interest Convergence?
During the pandemic, disability rights have been negotiable and vulnerable to sacrifice in service of the needs of able-bodied, neurotypical people.
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Read more: A Different Future Was Possible: Reflections on the US Pandemic Response A Different Future Was Possible: Reflections on the US Pandemic Response
Elements of the early U.S. pandemic response can help us remember that the limits of what is possible are perhaps wider than we think.
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Read more: Do No Harm: A Call for Decarceration in Hospitals Do No Harm: A Call for Decarceration in Hospitals
Incarcerated patients’ suffering is sanctioned by hospitals and medical professionals, despite their pledge to do no harm.
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Read more: We Haven’t ‘Learned the Lessons of COVID’ Until We Remake the Political Economy of Health We Haven’t ‘Learned the Lessons of COVID’ Until We Remake the Political Economy of Health
No one will have learned from COVID, or any such crisis, until we undo this fundamental, toxic relationship of health to capital once and for all.
