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Non-State Actors and Public Health Emergencies

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By Rossella De Falco Strong, well-coordinated and resilient public health care services play a vital role in preventing and responding to public health crises. A range of UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies have further contributed to interpret the human rights implications of private actors’ involvement in health care.

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Black Health Should Matter More in America: The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health

Health Populi

More than twice as many Black men believe that in 2020 compared with 2006. More than four times as many Black women believe that it’s a bad time to be Black in America in 2020 versus 2011, we learn from The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health from Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). population by a factor of 2 to 1.

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Lessons from Latin America as the U.S. Regresses on Reproductive Rights

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The Mexican Supreme Court not only stated reproductive freedom is a constitutional right that belongs to women and non-binary persons, but also reaffirmed that criminal law should not be the guide for public health policies regarding abortion.

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary 5 | Monthly Update 2021

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ISO 10651-5:2006, Lung ventilators for medical use – Particular requirements for basic safety and essential performance – Part 5: Gas-powered emergency resuscitators. government agencies and the private sector to collaborate in providing Americans with timely access to pharmaceuticals.

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Is a Federal Medical License Constitutional?

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Some scholars have interpreted this to mean that the federal government has the right under the Commerce Clause to regulate all medical licensure. Gupta cites the Dormant Commerce Clause doctrine, a court-invented principle which allows the federal government to strike down state laws deemed excessively burdensome to interstate trade.

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Prescription Drugs: From Costs and Bad Reputation to Civica Rx and Amazon to the Rescue

Health Populi

Over the ten years 2006 to 2016, deductibles increased an average of 176% and coinsurance, 67%. Wage growth over that decade was relatively flat, as workers covered by insurance through employers traded off health benefits for wage increases. This intolerable situation has escalated to a public health crisis.

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Safe Haven Laws and Anti-Abortion Politics

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Legal scholar Carol Sanger’s 2006 Columbia Law Review article exposes the “culture of life” goals of safe haven laws. Bush, a Republican, anti-abortion supporter of government funded faith-based social services. The first safe haven law was called the Baby Moses law in Texas, highlighting the biblical story of Moses’ rescue.