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Employers and the Future of Public Health

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By Sharona Hoffman As state and federal public health authority erodes, employers may increasingly find themselves playing a central role in promoting public health. In the future, they may frequently take the lead in implementing public health measures. Sharona Hoffman is the Edgar A.

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A Timeline of Biden’s Pandemic Response, Part 3: We Have the Tools (Sept. – Dec. 2021)

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Over the summer of 2021, concern grew that the vaccines were not providing the near-perfect protection against symptomatic disease and transmission that had first emboldened the administration to jettison other public health measures. Read the first and second parts here. By Justin Feldman.

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A Timeline of Biden’s Pandemic Response, Part 4: Winter of Death (December 2021 – Present)

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On December 1, 2021, the CDC issued a press release announcing that it had identified a case of the Omicron variant in the U.S. And for Wall Street, the speech was meant to provide a crucial piece of reassurance: There would be no federal support for public health measures that restrict commerce. By Justin Feldman.

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Bill of Health’s Top 10 Posts of 2022

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Safety First: Potential Heart Health Risks of Microdosing. We look forward to continuing our coverage of key issues in health law policy, biotechnology, and bioethics in 2023. The post Bill of Health’s Top 10 Posts of 2022 appeared first on Bill of Health. The Mask-Optional DEI Initiative.

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Correctional Sleep: Where Litigation Falls Short and Where Research, Policymaking are Needed

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This disturbing health crisis is insidiously ingrained in the culture of corrections and surprisingly neglected in American public health scholarship. population , a troubling reality not only for COVID-19 mitigation efforts, but also health equity writ large. To address the paucity of sleep research in U.S.

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Is Preemption the Cure for Healthcare Federalism’s Restrictions on Medication Abortion?

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State pharmaceutical bans and restrictions — which are often medically unnecessary and instead based largely on policymakers’ moral and political views — impede the FDA’s mandate to protect and promote the public health. In appropriate circumstances, states could seek an exemption to address a state-specific public health need.

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The Years of Magical Thinking: Pandemic Necrosecurity Under Trump and Biden

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From early moments in 2020, the concept of a right to health — and indeed, even a right to life — has been discounted in American policy, discourse, and practice. In a recent comparison of health system performance in 11 high-income countries, the U.S. rated last , owing in part to our lack of universal coverage provision.

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