Vaccine Patents, Grief Crisis, Early Alzheimer’s

Published: May 13, 2021, 8 p.m.

US and European governments spent billions of dollars subsidizing the development of COVID vaccines, but it’s private companies raking in the profits. Also, why America can do a lot better at supporting people grieving the death of a loved one. Plus, a retired neurologist shares his sobering but hopeful story about early-stage Alzheimer’s. Additionally on today’s show: the ethical problems facing museums with human bones in their collections, and why the Common Core standards failed to lift achievement for students.