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The letter by 230 prominent figures, including 100 former leaders, characterized getting lower income nations vaccinated as “the best insurance policy in the world.”

One proposal under consideration could fundamentally transform tobacco markets.

Jewish groups had pressed Biden to speak out “forcefully."

Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) insists the issue is a bipartisan winner.

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration on Wednesday threw its support behind a proposal to waive intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines, with liberals framing it as a necessary bid to speed the shots to billions of people in the developing world, while the drug industry warned of devastating effects to vaccine production.

Covid-19 live updates: U.S. to consider lifting vaccine patents with WTO to boost distribution amid India crisis Erin Cunningham © Getty Images/Getty Images A patient suffering from covid-19 is treated with free oxygen at a makeshift clinic outside the Gurdwara Damdama Sahib on May 2, 2021 in New Delhi. The United States this week will start talks with the World Trade Organization to potentially lift intellectual property rights on lifesaving coronavirus vaccines, as a deva...

The Health 202: Whether to waive coronavirus vaccine patents will be front and center this week Alexandra Ellerbeck with Paige Winfield Cunningham The United States is under heavy pressure to help suspend intellectual property rights for coronavirus vaccines. Itll be a hot topic as the World Trade Organization holds its general meeting this Wednesday. A temporary patent waiver on the vaccines would let more companies produce them. The U.S. has joined several other wealth...

The Health 202: Whether to waive coronavirus vaccine patents will be front and center this week Alexandra Ellerbeck with Paige Winfield Cunningham The United States is under heavy pressure to help suspend intellectual property rights for coronavirus vaccines. Itll be a hot topic as the World Trade Organization holds its general meeting this Wednesday. A temporary patent waiver on the vaccines would let more companies produce them. The U.S. has joined several other wealth...

It’s so weird how our COVID response went from a global disgrace to the envy of nations in late January, I wonder what changed. With vaccination rates lagging in red states, Republican leaders have begun stepping up efforts to persuade supporters to get the shot, at times combating misinformation spread by some of their own. The message is that vaccines are safe and effective. https://t.co/hri10JJgs1 ====== Workers on the march: May Day protesters are demanding more job protections as the pan...

Manchin says he doesn’t support D.C. statehood bill, dealing advocates a major blow Meagan Flynn © J. Scott Applewhite/AP Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.-Va.) Sen. Joe Manchin III told reporters in his home state of West Virginia on Friday morning that he does not support the bill to make D.C. the nation’s 51st state, according to audio provided by the Democrat’s office and a report from WVNews. Manchin, a key swing vote in the closely divided Senate, said he believes a...