Thursday, March 28, 2024

Tag: vaccine

How a big pharma company stalled a potentially lifesaving vaccine in...

A vaccine against tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest infectious disease, slowed after its corporate owner focused on more profitable vaccines.

New bill terminates vaccine requirement for air travelers to US

The argument against the bill states that this could put "American health care at risk."

Pfizer’s record-shattering $100 billion in revenue denounced as ‘sickening’

"A people-funded vaccine should be cheap and freely available."

‘The sheer greed is obscene’: Moderna plans 4,000% markup for COVID...

"We need to learn from this pandemic and break big pharma's monopolies."

Supreme Court blocks Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine rule for businesses

The Supreme Court ruled that under the law that created OSHA it "empowers the Secretary to set workplace safety standards, not broad public health measures."

My year and welcome to it

Here are four (million) of my own takeaways from 2021, a classic hell-on-Earth year that, if worse weren’t potentially on the horizon, could perhaps be quickly forgotten.

2.5 million nurses demand UN probe into ‘COVID-19 criminals’ blocking patent...

"Continued opposition to the TRIPS waiver is resulting in the violation of human rights of peoples across the world."

Moderna slammed for ‘cheating US taxpayers’ in COVID-19 vaccine patent dispute

Along with "being scientifically dishonest," and "trying to cheat NIH scientists," the company "is leaving people to die."

Eugenics rears its unsavory head: Vaccine schism saves the intelligent &...

Right-wing vaccine resistance could remove thousands of Trump voters in critical red states.

Big pharma secrets revealed as group uncovers portion of Pfizer vaccine...

"This info can help mRNA vaccine scientists by illustrating the kinds of requirements they need to meet critical quality standards."

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Desperation and danger: Gaza’s aid crisis turns tragic with 12 Palestinians drowned in airdrop...

Amidst a blockade and escalating starvation in Gaza, a misguided attempt to deliver aid results in unforeseen tragedy, spotlighting the dire need for secure and dignified humanitarian access.

Cori Bush calls for repeal of antiquated Comstock law amid rising anti-abortion tactics

With the U.S. Supreme Court's current review of mifepristone access—a drug fundamental to over 60% of abortions in the U.S.—the urgency of Bush's demand is palpable.

The vexing Biden-Trump rematch could purge an era of broken, bipartisan dynamics—or not

That a shameless, dimwit outlaw like Trump can humiliate both state and federal justice confirms its own devastating “conviction" as failed legal systems.

Inside the historic suit that the gun industry and Republicans are on the verge...

Gunmakers have repeatedly tried to end one city’s lawsuit over illegal gun sales. Meanwhile, illicit purchases of firearms continued at an unrelenting and hazardous pace.

What’s so green about burning trees? The false promise of biomass energy

Bioenergy companies are clear-cutting American forests to heat and electrify Europe. This broken system harms public health, the environment, and the climate.