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Covid and the world
Ten million reasons to vaccinate the world
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There have been 7m-13m excess deaths worldwide during the pandemic
The rich world suffered relatively badly, but most of the dying has been elsewhere
How can more covid-19 vaccines be made available?
The nuts and bolts of scaling up production matter more than intellectual property
Are drug patents worth it?
Politicians are attacking IP protection, but shareholders are Big Pharma’s bigger headache
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Israel and Palestine
Israel’s missile defences blunt Palestinian attacks from Gaza
But they may not do enough to prevent a full-scale war
America’s Democrats are increasingly divided over Israel
As the fighting in Gaza worsens, so does the split between President Joe Biden and the left of his party
Israel bombards Gaza as it confronts mob violence at home
Things continue to escalate in the Holy Land
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