Gates Announces Huge Vaccine Pledge

Staff / Truthdig Jan 30, 2010 Bill Gates made a big announcement at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday. The Microsoft entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist revealed that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $10 billion over the next 10 years to the cause of fighting disease around the globe through vaccines and immunizations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

America Faces the Music in Davos

William Pfaff / Truthdig Feb 2, 2009 The American participants in this year's World Economic Forum have been the first to confront the full international blowback to the U.S.-created world economic crisis, which has devastated the nation's reputation for competence, along with the justification for its six-decade role as world leader. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )