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Reclaiming Salus Populi

Bill of Health

Introduction: The Threat to Public Health As we reach the COVID-19 pandemic’s third anniversary, the warning signs for the future of public health law are everywhere. Along the way, courts have displayed an alarming disinterest in science or the impact of their decisions on the public’s health.

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Unlocking the mRNA Platform Technology: Walking the Talk with Investment Protection

Bill of Health

By Aparajita Lath Two articles published last month in the BMJ analyze the public investment and financing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, highlighting the extensive government funding that has supported the development of mRNA technology from 1985 to 2022. government. It is generally known that the U.S.

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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Chief Medical Information Officer, Urban Health Plan. As CMIO of Urban Health Plan, a Bronx-based Federally-Qualified Health Center, Connelly-Flores has worked to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates via texting campaigns, online vaccine registration and other patient engagement projects focused on one of the areas in the U.S.

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April-July 2022 State Regulatory Developments

New Jersey Healthcare Blog

509(a), Governor Murphy issued an Executive Order updating and clarifying timeframes for requiring covered workers at health care facilities and high-risk congregate settings to be up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccinations, including having received a booster shot. 3:19-cv-14228-BRM-LHG (D.N.J. See Executive Order No.

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary 5 | Monthly Update 2021

SQA

ISO/TS 22421 was developed by technical committee ISO/TC 198, Sterilization of Health Care Products, whose secretariat is held by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), ISO’s member for the USA. COVID-19 Response: Freely Available ISO Standards, 18 June 2021. Leveraging data to improve supply chain resilience.

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California Handed Its Medicaid Drug Program to One Company. Then Came a Corporate Takeover.

Kaiser Health News

What happened in the two years between the contract award and the start of the program is a case study in what can go wrong when government outsources core functions to the private sector. California awarded the Medi-Cal Rx program to a unit of Magellan Health, a company with expertise in pharmacy benefits and mental health.

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Is a Federal Medical License Constitutional?

Bill of Health

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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