Just 10 days before the war began last February, Ukrainian officials launched a nationwide vaccination campaign to stop a rare polio outbreak in the country. But the war has made controlling the outbreak nearly impossible.
The biggest challenge for vaccine workers in Pakistan? Staying alive.
Harriet Washington writes about the consequences of profit-driven medical research in her new book, “Deadly Monopolies: The Shocking Corporate Takeover of Life Itself – And the Consequences for Your Health and Our Medical Future.”