It happened. Our movement for vaccine equity saw a huge win when the Biden Administration announced, on May 5, that it would support a waiver of the TRIPS agreement for COVID-19 vaccines at the WTO. It means that the US and other governments–usually […]
The devastation in India could have been avoided had the TRIPS waiver been passed already. We will continue to see destruction and loss of life on a global scale if we do not make it clear to the Biden Administration that they need […]
Common Dreams highlighted the week of action in the US calling for the Biden Administration to support a waver of patent monopolies at the World Trade Organization. The week of action in the US is part of the broader People’s Vaccine weeks of […]
The University of Maine’s student newspaper The Maine Campus reported on the Free the Vaccine’s exhibit was on display at the university’s Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center until April 16. Director of the Intermedia Program Susan Smith said of the exhibit: “We […]
Come talk with leaders in our campaign about artistic activism for global vaccine equity, actions and events coming soon, and see how you can support the campaign for global COVID-19 vaccine equity. Register now!
PRESS RELEASE April 22, 2021 Total pay-outs enough to vaccinate 1.3 billion people, the same as the population of Africa Ahead of shareholder meetings for the giant pharmaceutical corporations, the People’s Vaccine Alliance calculates that Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca have paid […]
Please join the Program on Information, Justice and IP at American University for a one year retrospective of the Open COVID Pledge. We will examine the origins of the pledge and the reasons for pledgors to take the pledge, the potential of pledges to […]
We know governments can do much more to end the global pandemic, including sharing vaccine recipes and helping the world make billions more doses. Join us May 5th in Washington, DC for a Rally for a People’s Vaccine and to call on the […]
Read the press release Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) released its 2020 U.S. University Report Card: Global Equity and Biomedical Research on March 30. The report card looks at the top sixty research universities in the US and scrutinizes their biomedical research and development […]
Read the press release Over the past year, students from Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) have worked to develop a mapping tool that tracks public funding of research and development for COVID-19 vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics. Developed over the past year during […]
April is turning out to be a BIG month for taking action and putting pressure on big pharma and governments (especially rich country governments) in our call for a People’s Vaccine! What’s happening in April? Pharma shareholder meetings and more meetings of the […]
Read the letter and see the full list of signatories here. On April 14, the People’s Vaccine Alliance sent a letter to The White House and to the US Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, signed by former Heads of State and Government and Nobel […]
On April 8 2020 Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 held it’s first online meeting. Since then we’ve had over 700 people participate in our campaign. We’ve don’e actions all over the world, had some pretty special folks stop by, and kept our eyes […]
Contact Tracing: Ten Quarantine Love Stories Performed Live on Zoom One Night Only About this Event Theater of Change Presents Contact Tracing: Ten Quarantine Love Stories Contact Tracing tells ten heartwarming tales that delve into the indomitable human spirit, comradery and love in the […]
Come talk with leaders in our campaign about artistic activism for global vaccine equity, actions and events coming soon, and see how you can support the campaign for global COVID-19 vaccine equity. Register now!
The Free The Vaccine Exhibit – Creativity vs. COVID : Ending The Pandemic for Good – is now being hosted by its first in-person venue at the University of Maine. The intermedia program began hosting the virtual exhibit in February, which built community interest in […]
Big Pharma executives, in their pursuit of profits during a pandemic have had a great 2020, putting profits over people while the pandemic disproportionately affects some of the most vulnerable people among us. To this we say “Thank you Big Pharma for being […]
Join Free the Vaccine’s Open Meeting! Come talk with leaders in our campaign about artistic activism for global vaccine equity, actions and events coming soon, and see how you can support the campaign for global COVID-19 vaccine equity. Everyone is welcome! Register now! […]
Standing in global solidarity, activists worldwide took to the streets on March 11 to decry vaccine apartheid and to demand global vaccine equity. Supporters of the People’s Vaccine participated in a rally for global solidarity against vaccine apartheid in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is […]
At the Global Rally for a People’s Vaccine Netty Prasetiyani, member of the House of Representatives of Indonesia, called our attention to the human right to health, guaranteed in international law and in the constitutions of many countries. Ms. Prasetiyani called on her […]
Winnnie Byanyima joined the Global Rally for a People’s Vaccine delivering a powerful demand for justice and an inspiring call to action for activists across the globe to continue to build people power and pressure their governments in the fight for equitable access […]
At the People’s Vaccine Alliance’s Global Rally for a People’s Vaccine Heidi Chow, campaigner for Global Justice Now, spoke about the injustice of vaccine apartheid and the need for governments to support waiving patent monopolies that pharmaceutical corporations have through rules at the World Trade […]
Luciana Lopes, Executive Director of UAEM Latin America joined the Global Rally for a People’s Vaccine and highlighted that even though her country, Brazil, has manufacturing capacity they can’t make any vaccines because pharmaceutical companies won’t share their technology and know-how. She issued […]
During the People’s Vaccine Alliance March 10 Global Rally Senator Bernie Sanders delivered a message announcing his support for a People’s Vaccine and calling on the Biden administration to take the necessary steps toward global vaccine equity. It is unconscionable that amid a […]
March 10, the eve of the one year declaration of COVID-19 a pandemic by the World Health Organization, the People’s Vaccine Alliance brought together organizers, activists, and advocates for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for a global rally! Free the Vaccine was excited […]
Could you patent the sun? Check out this track by Free the Vaccine supporter Deonte Keitt aka DJ Chalant created for our campaign. Follow Deonte on instagram: DJChalant and Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DJChalant Free mp3 download This song is released into the Public Domain – no […]
OUR BEST CHANCE OF ENDING THIS PANDEMIC is to ensure that everyone, everywhere has access to Covid-19 vaccines. But pharmaceutical monopolies are restricting supply and rich governments have hoarded doses, leaving countries in the global south waiting up to 2023 for widespread vaccination. […]
Join the global day of action on March 11! Online Write to your member of CongressIn the US, ask your member of Congress to join a letter from Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL) urging the Biden administration to support a waiver of COVID-19 patent […]
Free the Vaccine launched it’s next round, Season 3, on February 17. With over 100 participants from across the globe, we are ready to continue the fight for equitable access to COVID-10 vaccines, diagnostics, and treatments. This time around, we broaden our strategy […]
The Free the Vaccine exhibit was covered in the news from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)! Laura Holzman, who curates the exhibit with other FTV members, is an associate professor and public scholar of curatorial practices and visual art at IUPUI. Herron Galleries at […]
The People’s Vaccine Alliance is calling on US President Joe Biden and the governments of the UK and EU to use their emergency powers and to leverage their massive public funding to put pressure on Pfizer/ BioNTech, Astra Zeneca, Moderna and other subsequently successful vaccine producers, to openly share their vaccine science and technology, to waive their patents and insist that all other major vaccine producers get involved in production.
Don’t miss this fantastic article co-authored by Free the Vaccine supporter and advocate Dr Reshma Ramachandran today in The Nation. Reshma will also be joining us at 12:30pm for our info session this afternoon, January 27th. Sign up on the home page of […]
Join Tayyiaba, Maanasa, Rachel and Merith tomorrow Wednesday January 27th LIVE at 11am via WeActRadio for a show called Community Thru Covid! We’ll be discussing the progress of Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 and what’s coming next! This show will be recorded so […]
We are gearing up for another round of Free the Vaccine! Even as we see vaccines start to roll out in many countries, access is still not equitable. While rich countries negotiate contracts with pharmaceutical companies to secure doses of the vaccine at […]
In support of the Free the Vaccine for Covid-19 Campaign led by UAEM and the Center for Artistic Activism, we are looking for a few part-time intern Project Managers. Project Managers will support participants in achieving the objectives of the campaign; assist in training participants […]
When asked if he would encourage the US to join the WHO’s COVID Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) so that NIH-funded COVID technology and know-how can be shared with the world, Dr. Fauci responds, “Yes, yes, yes!” Watch here:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Joyce-Zoe Farley, Ph.D. Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) +1 201.983.3787 Communications@essentialmedicine.org Students and Activists Urge Arizona State University’s President Crow to Sign Open COVID Pledge for a People’s Vaccine WASHINGTON, DC–December 10, 2020 — “…Big Pharma is […]
Critical read on the need for a People’s Vaccine by Mariana Mazzucato, Els Torrele and Henry Lishi Li (available in multiple languages) in Project Syndicate. Designing Vaccines for People, Not Profits
Washington Post reports that the new frontier of vaccine diplomacy can be characterized by two paths: stockpile or share. While entities like the United States and the European Union have been focusing on stockpiling vaccines for their respective populations, other countries, such as […]
Merith joins Jocelyn from Act.Tv and Alex from Social Security Works to discuss Free the Vaccine and what the new vaccine announcements really mean for global equity. 🔈 Download Audio only: 50MB MP3 file
Image from the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative Today, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) announced in a press release that thirteen countries in Africa, along with an international network of research institutions, are launching the largest clinical trial in Africa for […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, more than 100 high-level leaders from public health, faith-based, racial justice, and labor organizations, joined former members of Congress, economists, and artists to sign a public letter calling on President-elect Biden to make the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine a People’s […]
Kisha Patterson is a historic preservation architect, artist, and activist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. She is grateful for the health and safety of her children and urges everyone to demand a People’s Vaccine and sign the Open Covid Pledge. She has been volunteering […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC–October 9, 2020–Moderna announced yesterday, under pressure from civil society groups including Free The Vaccine for COVID-19 and its allies in their calls for a People’s Vaccine, that it will not enforce patent protections on the pending coronavirus vaccine mRNA-1273. […]
Image from Suzanne Kreiter via The Boston Globe First, last week brought news that Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine had reported 90% efficacy. Then, we heard news from another top contender for the vaccine, Moderna, who reported 94.5% efficacy for their vaccine. Finally, Pfizer […]
with your host, Tessa Marshall. https://media.blubrry.com/popculturesalvageexpeditions/p/freethevaccine.org/wp-content/uploads/podcast/ftv-podcast—week-9.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe in your podcast player via RSS: RSS
The day before the election results were declared in the US, Merith Basey on behalf of UAEM and Free the Vaccine, was invited to join allied groups Spaces in Action, Casa in action and others in DC to support the call to “Count […]
Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 participant, Caitlin Berrigan, has an essay published in the journal March titled “Atmospheres of the Undead: living with viruses, loneliness, and neoliberalism.” In it she talks about how living with Hepatitis C “reveals the structural inequalities of profit-oriented […]
Image Credit: Dado Ruvic/Reuters/Washington Post “Megan McArdle was correct that the coronavirus pandemic has revealed the drug development system is working. What she didn’t mention is that the system is working as it was designed: to maximize monopoly profits for the pharmaceutical industry.” Universities Allied for […]
18 producers of generic medicines signed on to an agreement by the Medicines Patent Pool in order to expedite access to COVID-19 health technologies. Read more here.
The Gates Foundation has often been applauded for their contributions to global research and development. Read an in-depth analysis from Health Policy Watch here.
The Duke Global Health Innovation Effort launched in order to track vaccine manufacturing deals that have been developed by countries all over the world. Read more here.
with your host, Tessa Marshall. https://media.blubrry.com/popculturesalvageexpeditions/p/freethevaccine.org/wp-content/uploads/podcast/ftv-podcast—week-7.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe in your podcast player via RSS: RSS
Last week, the U.S. government finally released the contract it made with Moderna in August for vaccine manufacturing and distribution. As with most documents of public interest released by this administration, the contract is heavily redacted. Moderna Therapeutics holds one of the current […]
with your host, Tessa Marshall. https://media.blubrry.com/popculturesalvageexpeditions/p/freethevaccine.org/wp-content/uploads/podcast/ftv-podcast—week-6.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe in your podcast player via RSS: RSS
For almost an entire year now, all eyes have been focusing on research to find a safe and effective vaccine for COVID-19. What are these clinical trials really measuring? Peter Doshi of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) reports that the current Phase III […]
According to Global Citizen, researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) in South Africa have recently launched a trial to test to see if a vaccine given for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) can serve […]
with your host, Tessa Marshall. https://media.blubrry.com/popculturesalvageexpeditions/p/freethevaccine.org/wp-content/uploads/podcast/ftv-podcast—week-5.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe in your podcast player via RSS: RSS
What do you get when you put lab coats with a message, 70’s fashion, and brightly-colored formal attire in a room with activists pushing for a People’s Vaccine? A Funk Rally! Save The Date: October 21st On October 21st, join us and our […]
Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 member, Caitlin Berrigan, published an essay called “Atmospheres of the Undead: living with viruses, loneliness, and neoliberalism” in a new journal called MARCH. Setting a price for the cure of HCV was the golden spike that has since […]
This week within the campaign we’ve been discussing moral frameworks and how people think about vaccines, healthcare, masks, and more in terms of right and wrong. The Center for Artistic Activism led a short lesson on moral frameworks this week, and supplemented it […]
WASHINGTON, DC–October 9, 2020–Moderna announced yesterday, under pressure from civil society groups including Free The Vaccine for COVID-19 and its allies in their calls for a People’s Vaccine, that it will not enforce patent protections on the pending coronavirus vaccine mRNA-1273. While such actions […]
with your host, Tessa Marshall. https://media.blubrry.com/popculturesalvageexpeditions/p/freethevaccine.org/wp-content/uploads/podcast/ftv-podcast—week-4.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe in your podcast player via RSS: RSS
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Wondering how politics plays into the pandemic? Read more about the United States’ actions (and inactions) for addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic here.
Our South African comrade Dr Zolelwa Sifumba shares why we need global solidarity and a plan to address Covid-19. Read her Op-Ed in the Scientific American here.
Priti Krishtel, an Ashoka Fellow and one of our advisors here at Free the Vaccine, talks to Manmeet Mehta of Ashoka on who will get access to the vaccine and other life-saving medicines, how those decisions are made, and what changes – culture […]
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An exhibit of the work created in the Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 campaign is listed on the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries. The Association of Academic Museums and Galleries is the leading educational and professional organization for academic museums, galleries, and […]
Dr Jocelyn Kelly, Director of the Program on Gender, Rights and Resilience at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, discussed the Coronavirus Pandemic and how it has impacted some of the world’s most vulnerable populations during this Facebook Live Q&A with The World’s Elana Gordon. […]
You still have a little time (until end of day on Sept 1st!) to join the amazing crew of hundreds of students, designers, advocates and many others around the world who want to help end this darn pandemic through creativity and community. Submit […]
Our friends at Arts Corps, under the leadership of James Miles, will be joining the UAEM and C4AA teams as an official partner organization for this next Season 2 of Free the Vaccine! The onslaught of the COVID-19 virus has shown to disproportionately impacts […]
Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 is looking for the right candidate to join us as a Campaign Manager for Season 2 of our campaign! Help us get the word out! If you know someone who would be a good match, please pass the […]
The Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 Campaign, led by Universities Allied For Essential Medicines and the Center For Artistic Activism, is calling on Moderna Sciences to make the Open Covid Pledge which would commit any relevant intellectual property to be made available globally via open access […]
Apply by filling out this form by Sept 6th 11:59pm EDT. Returning collective members, please fill out the above form also! More details on below. First, What is Free the Vaccine for COVID-19? Our campaign aims to ensure that publicly-funded diagnostic tools, treatment, […]
If you read this newsletter, we have two things to say. One, we love you! And two, we want to know what you love. Has a particular Free The Vaccine action inspired you? Do you wake up every Friday excited for the Special […]
The Seal Lab organized this incredible march of 30 demonstrators—the maximum number allowed to gather—in London this past week! From the creative costumes to the brilliant UAEM banner, we’re seeing so much inspiration for future demonstrations. Check out the video and share with […]
The devastation in India could have been avoided had the TRIPS waiver been passed already. We will continue to see destruction and loss of life on a global scale if we do not make it clear to the Biden Administration that they need […]
Common Dreams highlighted the week of action in the US calling for the Biden Administration to support a waver of patent monopolies at the World Trade Organization. The week of action in the US is part of the broader People’s Vaccine weeks of […]
The University of Maine’s student newspaper The Maine Campus reported on the Free the Vaccine’s exhibit was on display at the university’s Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center until April 16. Director of the Intermedia Program Susan Smith said of the exhibit: “We […]
Come talk with leaders in our campaign about artistic activism for global vaccine equity, actions and events coming soon, and see how you can support the campaign for global COVID-19 vaccine equity. Register now!
PRESS RELEASE April 22, 2021 Total pay-outs enough to vaccinate 1.3 billion people, the same as the population of Africa Ahead of shareholder meetings for the giant pharmaceutical corporations, the People’s Vaccine Alliance calculates that Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca have paid […]
Please join the Program on Information, Justice and IP at American University for a one year retrospective of the Open COVID Pledge. We will examine the origins of the pledge and the reasons for pledgors to take the pledge, the potential of pledges to […]
We know governments can do much more to end the global pandemic, including sharing vaccine recipes and helping the world make billions more doses. Join us May 5th in Washington, DC for a Rally for a People’s Vaccine and to call on the […]
Read the press release Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) released its 2020 U.S. University Report Card: Global Equity and Biomedical Research on March 30. The report card looks at the top sixty research universities in the US and scrutinizes their biomedical research and development […]
Read the press release Over the past year, students from Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) have worked to develop a mapping tool that tracks public funding of research and development for COVID-19 vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics. Developed over the past year during […]
April is turning out to be a BIG month for taking action and putting pressure on big pharma and governments (especially rich country governments) in our call for a People’s Vaccine! What’s happening in April? Pharma shareholder meetings and more meetings of the […]
On April 8 2020 Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 held it’s first online meeting. Since then we’ve had over 700 people participate in our campaign. We’ve don’e actions all over the world, had some pretty special folks stop by, and kept our eyes […]
Contact Tracing: Ten Quarantine Love Stories Performed Live on Zoom One Night Only About this Event Theater of Change Presents Contact Tracing: Ten Quarantine Love Stories Contact Tracing tells ten heartwarming tales that delve into the indomitable human spirit, comradery and love in the […]
Come talk with leaders in our campaign about artistic activism for global vaccine equity, actions and events coming soon, and see how you can support the campaign for global COVID-19 vaccine equity. Register now!
The Free The Vaccine Exhibit – Creativity vs. COVID : Ending The Pandemic for Good – is now being hosted by its first in-person venue at the University of Maine. The intermedia program began hosting the virtual exhibit in February, which built community interest in […]
Big Pharma executives, in their pursuit of profits during a pandemic have had a great 2020, putting profits over people while the pandemic disproportionately affects some of the most vulnerable people among us. To this we say “Thank you Big Pharma for being […]
Join Free the Vaccine’s Open Meeting! Come talk with leaders in our campaign about artistic activism for global vaccine equity, actions and events coming soon, and see how you can support the campaign for global COVID-19 vaccine equity. Everyone is welcome! Register now! […]
Standing in global solidarity, activists worldwide took to the streets on March 11 to decry vaccine apartheid and to demand global vaccine equity. Supporters of the People’s Vaccine participated in a rally for global solidarity against vaccine apartheid in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is […]
At the Global Rally for a People’s Vaccine Netty Prasetiyani, member of the House of Representatives of Indonesia, called our attention to the human right to health, guaranteed in international law and in the constitutions of many countries. Ms. Prasetiyani called on her […]
Winnnie Byanyima joined the Global Rally for a People’s Vaccine delivering a powerful demand for justice and an inspiring call to action for activists across the globe to continue to build people power and pressure their governments in the fight for equitable access […]
At the People’s Vaccine Alliance’s Global Rally for a People’s Vaccine Heidi Chow, campaigner for Global Justice Now, spoke about the injustice of vaccine apartheid and the need for governments to support waiving patent monopolies that pharmaceutical corporations have through rules at the World Trade […]
Luciana Lopes, Executive Director of UAEM Latin America joined the Global Rally for a People’s Vaccine and highlighted that even though her country, Brazil, has manufacturing capacity they can’t make any vaccines because pharmaceutical companies won’t share their technology and know-how. She issued […]
During the People’s Vaccine Alliance March 10 Global Rally Senator Bernie Sanders delivered a message announcing his support for a People’s Vaccine and calling on the Biden administration to take the necessary steps toward global vaccine equity. It is unconscionable that amid a […]
March 10, the eve of the one year declaration of COVID-19 a pandemic by the World Health Organization, the People’s Vaccine Alliance brought together organizers, activists, and advocates for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for a global rally! Free the Vaccine was excited […]
Could you patent the sun? Check out this track by Free the Vaccine supporter Deonte Keitt aka DJ Chalant created for our campaign. Follow Deonte on instagram: DJChalant and Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DJChalant Free mp3 download This song is released into the Public Domain – no […]
OUR BEST CHANCE OF ENDING THIS PANDEMIC is to ensure that everyone, everywhere has access to Covid-19 vaccines. But pharmaceutical monopolies are restricting supply and rich governments have hoarded doses, leaving countries in the global south waiting up to 2023 for widespread vaccination. […]
Join the global day of action on March 11! Online Write to your member of CongressIn the US, ask your member of Congress to join a letter from Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL) urging the Biden administration to support a waiver of COVID-19 patent […]
Free the Vaccine launched it’s next round, Season 3, on February 17. With over 100 participants from across the globe, we are ready to continue the fight for equitable access to COVID-10 vaccines, diagnostics, and treatments. This time around, we broaden our strategy […]
The Free the Vaccine exhibit was covered in the news from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)! Laura Holzman, who curates the exhibit with other FTV members, is an associate professor and public scholar of curatorial practices and visual art at IUPUI. Herron Galleries at […]
The People’s Vaccine Alliance is calling on US President Joe Biden and the governments of the UK and EU to use their emergency powers and to leverage their massive public funding to put pressure on Pfizer/ BioNTech, Astra Zeneca, Moderna and other subsequently successful vaccine producers, to openly share their vaccine science and technology, to waive their patents and insist that all other major vaccine producers get involved in production.
Don’t miss this fantastic article co-authored by Free the Vaccine supporter and advocate Dr Reshma Ramachandran today in The Nation. Reshma will also be joining us at 12:30pm for our info session this afternoon, January 27th. Sign up on the home page of […]
Join Tayyiaba, Maanasa, Rachel and Merith tomorrow Wednesday January 27th LIVE at 11am via WeActRadio for a show called Community Thru Covid! We’ll be discussing the progress of Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 and what’s coming next! This show will be recorded so […]
We are gearing up for another round of Free the Vaccine! Even as we see vaccines start to roll out in many countries, access is still not equitable. While rich countries negotiate contracts with pharmaceutical companies to secure doses of the vaccine at […]
When asked if he would encourage the US to join the WHO’s COVID Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) so that NIH-funded COVID technology and know-how can be shared with the world, Dr. Fauci responds, “Yes, yes, yes!” Watch here:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Joyce-Zoe Farley, Ph.D. Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) +1 201.983.3787 Communications@essentialmedicine.org Students and Activists Urge Arizona State University’s President Crow to Sign Open COVID Pledge for a People’s Vaccine WASHINGTON, DC–December 10, 2020 — “…Big Pharma is […]
Photo credit: Timoteo Murphy
Wondering how the COVID-19 vaccine is being divided up around the world? Start here.
Read more about the history and science behind mRNA vaccines here!
Washington Post reports that the new frontier of vaccine diplomacy can be characterized by two paths: stockpile or share. While entities like the United States and the European Union have been focusing on stockpiling vaccines for their respective populations, other countries, such as […]
Register for a virtual event to learn more about vaccine distribution and equity!
Merith joins Jocelyn from Act.Tv and Alex from Social Security Works to discuss Free the Vaccine and what the new vaccine announcements really mean for global equity. 🔈 Download Audio only: 50MB MP3 file
Image from the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative Today, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) announced in a press release that thirteen countries in Africa, along with an international network of research institutions, are launching the largest clinical trial in Africa for […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, more than 100 high-level leaders from public health, faith-based, racial justice, and labor organizations, joined former members of Congress, economists, and artists to sign a public letter calling on President-elect Biden to make the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine a People’s […]
Kisha Patterson is a historic preservation architect, artist, and activist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. She is grateful for the health and safety of her children and urges everyone to demand a People’s Vaccine and sign the Open Covid Pledge. She has been volunteering […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC–October 9, 2020–Moderna announced yesterday, under pressure from civil society groups including Free The Vaccine for COVID-19 and its allies in their calls for a People’s Vaccine, that it will not enforce patent protections on the pending coronavirus vaccine mRNA-1273. […]
Image from Suzanne Kreiter via The Boston Globe First, last week brought news that Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine had reported 90% efficacy. Then, we heard news from another top contender for the vaccine, Moderna, who reported 94.5% efficacy for their vaccine. Finally, Pfizer […]
with your host, Tessa Marshall. https://media.blubrry.com/popculturesalvageexpeditions/p/freethevaccine.org/wp-content/uploads/podcast/ftv-podcast—week-9.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe in your podcast player via RSS: RSS
Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 participant, Caitlin Berrigan, has an essay published in the journal March titled “Atmospheres of the Undead: living with viruses, loneliness, and neoliberalism.” In it she talks about how living with Hepatitis C “reveals the structural inequalities of profit-oriented […]
Image Credit: Dado Ruvic/Reuters/Washington Post “Megan McArdle was correct that the coronavirus pandemic has revealed the drug development system is working. What she didn’t mention is that the system is working as it was designed: to maximize monopoly profits for the pharmaceutical industry.” Universities Allied for […]
Check out this interview with one of our Season 1 and 2 participants: Dannie Synder!
18 producers of generic medicines signed on to an agreement by the Medicines Patent Pool in order to expedite access to COVID-19 health technologies. Read more here.
Today, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that their vaccine candidate offers 90% protection. Read more on what this news means for vaccine access here.
The Gates Foundation has often been applauded for their contributions to global research and development. Read an in-depth analysis from Health Policy Watch here.
Wondering what the participants in Season 2 of Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 have been up to? Read more here.
The Duke Global Health Innovation Effort launched in order to track vaccine manufacturing deals that have been developed by countries all over the world. Read more here.
Check out the work of our Season 2 Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 participants from Australia in the following video!
Last week, the U.S. government finally released the contract it made with Moderna in August for vaccine manufacturing and distribution. As with most documents of public interest released by this administration, the contract is heavily redacted. Moderna Therapeutics holds one of the current […]
For almost an entire year now, all eyes have been focusing on research to find a safe and effective vaccine for COVID-19. What are these clinical trials really measuring? Peter Doshi of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) reports that the current Phase III […]
Photos courtesy of Timoteo Murphy!
According to Global Citizen, researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) in South Africa have recently launched a trial to test to see if a vaccine given for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) can serve […]
What do you get when you put lab coats with a message, 70’s fashion, and brightly-colored formal attire in a room with activists pushing for a People’s Vaccine? A Funk Rally! Save The Date: October 21st On October 21st, join us and our […]
One of our participants, Zeph, shared some of their insights on the Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 campaign!
Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 member, Caitlin Berrigan, published an essay called “Atmospheres of the Undead: living with viruses, loneliness, and neoliberalism” in a new journal called MARCH. Setting a price for the cure of HCV was the golden spike that has since […]
This week within the campaign we’ve been discussing moral frameworks and how people think about vaccines, healthcare, masks, and more in terms of right and wrong. The Center for Artistic Activism led a short lesson on moral frameworks this week, and supplemented it […]
Examples of both vaccine nationalism and global collaboration have filled the news these past few weeks. Read more here.
WASHINGTON, DC–October 9, 2020–Moderna announced yesterday, under pressure from civil society groups including Free The Vaccine for COVID-19 and its allies in their calls for a People’s Vaccine, that it will not enforce patent protections on the pending coronavirus vaccine mRNA-1273. While such actions […]
India and South Africa are demanding the same thing we are: a vaccine for everyone.
Keep reading for important updates from the People’s Vaccine Alliance.
A new Phase III vaccine trial and concerns for rushed FDA approval.
Access a webinar hosted by the Alliance for Health Policy, as well as our Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 podcast, here.
Would you risk your life to test a vaccine? Read our own Thomas Gokey’s Op-Ed in The Guardian here.
Read about the work that Ishtar Lakhani, one of our community leaders participating in the Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 campaign, has been taking on!
Read about what the participants of Free the Vaccine Season 2 learned during the premier episode!
Our South African comrade Dr Zolelwa Sifumba shares why we need global solidarity and a plan to address Covid-19. Read her Op-Ed in the Scientific American here.
Priti Krishtel, an Ashoka Fellow and one of our advisors here at Free the Vaccine, talks to Manmeet Mehta of Ashoka on who will get access to the vaccine and other life-saving medicines, how those decisions are made, and what changes – culture […]
An exhibit of the work created in the Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 campaign is listed on the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries. The Association of Academic Museums and Galleries is the leading educational and professional organization for academic museums, galleries, and […]
Wondering how we’re progressing with regards to a save and effective vaccine? We are too. Here’s the latest.
Dr Jocelyn Kelly, Director of the Program on Gender, Rights and Resilience at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, discussed the Coronavirus Pandemic and how it has impacted some of the world’s most vulnerable populations during this Facebook Live Q&A with The World’s Elana Gordon. […]
Our friends at Arts Corps, under the leadership of James Miles, will be joining the UAEM and C4AA teams as an official partner organization for this next Season 2 of Free the Vaccine! The onslaught of the COVID-19 virus has shown to disproportionately impacts […]
Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 is looking for the right candidate to join us as a Campaign Manager for Season 2 of our campaign! Help us get the word out! If you know someone who would be a good match, please pass the […]
The Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 Campaign, led by Universities Allied For Essential Medicines and the Center For Artistic Activism, is calling on Moderna Sciences to make the Open Covid Pledge which would commit any relevant intellectual property to be made available globally via open access […]
Apply by filling out this form by Sept 6th 11:59pm EDT. Returning collective members, please fill out the above form also! More details on below. First, What is Free the Vaccine for COVID-19? Our campaign aims to ensure that publicly-funded diagnostic tools, treatment, […]
If you read this newsletter, we have two things to say. One, we love you! And two, we want to know what you love. Has a particular Free The Vaccine action inspired you? Do you wake up every Friday excited for the Special […]
The Seal Lab organized this incredible march of 30 demonstrators—the maximum number allowed to gather—in London this past week! From the creative costumes to the brilliant UAEM banner, we’re seeing so much inspiration for future demonstrations. Check out the video and share with […]