Oxfam and other advocacy groups have placed proposals on shareholder proxy ballots asking Covid-19 vaccine makers to do more to increase shipments to lower-income countries
Socially conscious investors have added resolutions to annual proxy ballots asking the companies to make shots more available to poorer countries
Amid a surge in cases, some countries are handing out second booster shots. In Israel, early data suggest a fourth vaccine dose can increase antibodies against Covid-19, but not enough to prevent infections from Omicron. WSJ explains. Photo composite: Eve Hartley/WSJSocially conscious investors and global-health activists are turning to shareholders to press Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers
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