Health / Covid 19
Articles about Covid 19, ordered by date. 
The Gates factor
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has a key role in shaping the global response to the pandemic. And it’s not good news for health equality. Nick Dowson investigates why.
A history of vaccines
Swagata Yadavar traces the ups and downs in the history of vaccination.
Dreams of magic bullets
Richard Swift warns against vaccine fantasy and kneejerk technophilia.
Vaccine equality - The facts
Who gets it? What's needed? What's on order? Who profits? Who lives?
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Who gets it?
Access to life-saving Covid-19 vaccines should not be reserved for the rich. But that is what’s happening on a global scale today. Heidi Chow calls for technology to be shared and patents to be suspended in order to unlock vaccine production for all.
Worse for women
The impact of Covid-19 across different genders.
View from India
Nilanjana Bhowmick on the double whammy of natural disaster and Covid-19 that has brought a vulnerable ecosystem to the brink.
Sign of the times
Manchester Metropolitan University students protest the handling of Covid-19.
Return to the wild
Sustainable living in Mexico, report by Antonio Cascio.
The hidden debt of care
Covid-19 has pushed the world’s caregivers to the limit and beyond. Amy Hall explains how their work continues to be undermined and undervalued.
View from Africa
Nanjala Nyabola on the mask mandate and personal freedom.
National disgrace
Update on Gypsies, Roma and Travellers in Britain by Hannah Vickers.
On the pink corridor
How trans women in Honduras are helping their imprisoned sisters. Frauke Decoodt reports from Tegucigalpa.
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