Amy Maxmen

Amy Maxmen, PhD, is an award-winning science journalist based in New York City. She was the 2022-23 Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.  

a woman receives a dose of a covid mrna vaccine
Trade

The WHO's Push for Global mRNA Vaccine Access

by Amy Maxmen

Will the WHO hub realize its vision before the next global health crisis?

Hu Hushen, a 78 year old former miner, breathes using a nasal cannula for oxygen supply outside his room at Yangjia Hospital in Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province, China October 19, 2015.
Trade

Build an Oxygen Ecosystem

by Amy Maxmen

COVID drew attention to the need for medical oxygen. Now donors need a plan to make it sustainable

A rearview mirroron a bus reflects the image of assembly factory employees sitting in the bus waiting to receive COVID-19 vaccines. A health worker in a white medical coat is giving a vaccine to one of the women. Photo taken in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on May 24, 2021.
Governance

Wrangling Over the International Pandemic Pact Has Begun  

by Amy Maxmen

Drug and vaccine access are among the contentious issues