Economics

Climate exchange Opinion: The needed innovations are financial , not technological

Mon, 2021-05-24 20:27 — mike kraft

To solve climate change, the innovations we need are financial We have all the technology we need to solve the climate crisis. And if we implement them fast enough, it’ll save us tons of money Andreas Karelas, opinion contributor TheHill

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ANALYSIS: The Vaccination Gap--class and education are major overlooked factors

Mon, 2021-05-24 10:38 — mike kraft

It is common to hear about two different demographic groups that are hesitant to receive a Covid-19 vaccination: Republican voters and racial minorities, especially Black and Latino Americans.

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COLUMN: Rethinking Disaster Readiness Before a Potentially Active Summer

Sun, 2021-05-23 14:16 — mike kraft

COLUMN: Rethinking Disaster Readiness Before a Potentially Active Summer - Homeland Security Today As we have seen with the ongoing COVID-19 response, the private sector truly controls a community’s destiny. Homeland Security Today

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G20 draft statement snubs COVID patent waiver, waters down pledge on WHO’s funding

Tue, 2021-05-18 11:47 — mike kraft

EXCLUSIVE G20 snubs COVID patent waiver, waters down pledge on WHO’s funding Leaders of the world's largest economies back "voluntary licensing" of COVID-19 vaccine patents, the draft conclusions of a summit show, watering down a U.S.

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In Depth: Vaccinating the world against Covid--the complications and challenge

Sun, 2021-05-16 14:36 — mike kraft

In delivering vaccines, pharmaceutical companies aided by monumental government investments have given humanity a miraculous shot at liberation from the worst pandemic in a century.

But wealthy countries have captured an overwhelming share of the benefit. Only 0.3 percent of the vaccine doses administered globally have been given in the 29 poorest countries, home to about 9 percent of the world’s population.

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Los Angles Times billion owner pledges $210 million to help South Africa produce coronavius vaccines.

Thu, 2021-05-13 21:13 — mike kraft

LA Times owner pledges $210 million to transfer vaccine technology to South Africa

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the billionaire biotechnology entrepreneur who owns The Los Angeles Times, announced on Wednesday that his corporation and his philanthropic foundation would commit an initial 3 billion South African rand (about $210 million) to transfer the latest technology for producing vaccines and biological therapies to South Africa, where he was born.

Companies there, he said, could then use them to make a second generation of vaccines to address variants of the coronavirus that might make current vaccines less effective.

Dr. Soon-Shiong spoke at an international meeting on the equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics that was co-chaired by the director-general of the World Health Organization.

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