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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 devastating covid-19 outbreak in India puts pressure on the White House to move more rapidly to help ste...

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. It'll 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 wealthy countries in blocking a proposal spearheaded by South Africa and India for a temporary patent wai...

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. It'll 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 wealthy countries in blocking a proposal spearheaded by South Africa and India for a temporary patent wai...

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 pandemic upends economies around the world. In Turkey and the Philippines, rallies have been blocked du...

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 constitutional amendment, rather than legislation, would be required to admit D.C. as a state. His ...