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More than 90 percent of the population in the world's poorest countries will go without a vaccine in 2021 (Photo: imf.org)

We need a vaccine-patent waiver. Why is the EU blocking it?

This week, the European Parliament will vote on the Digital Green Certificate regulation.

The text proposed by the European Commission raises a number of concerns in terms of data protection, data security, and possible discrimination in its use and implementation.

These are key issues for the Left: linking rights and health status is a slippery slope.

Some Europeans might be able to travel freely within the EU this ...

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