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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. It is generally known that the U.S. It is generally known that the U.S.

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Why Family Caregivers Need Help from the Healthcare Establishment

HIT Consultant

Consider that more seniors are aging at home or in their family members’ homes during the pandemic, especially as COVID-19 deaths in senior living facilities began to climb and facilities tightened visitor restrictions to avoid the spread of infection. Today, nearly 48 million people provided unpaid care for adults in 2020, up 16.6%

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October-December 2021 State Regulatory Developments

New Jersey Healthcare Blog

Below are the most recent health care related regulatory developments as published in the New Jersey Register from October-December 2021: On October 4, 2021, at 53 N.J.R. 103, which declared a Public Health Emergency for the state in response to COVID-19. Effective October 19, 2021. See N.J.A.C.

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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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Three Reactions to Braidwood v. Becerra

Bill of Health

Becerra is mostly read as a religious freedom case that pits the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) against the promotion of public health goals, similar to what we saw in the last few years of legal challenges to COVID-19 mitigation measures. Yet, ever since the U.S. It essentially de-medicalizes PrEP.

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Is a Federal Medical License Constitutional?

Bill of Health

Although three in four doctors support scrapping state medical boards in favor of a single federal license, such sweeping reform is likely far off. Lindsey Goehring refrains from arguing all licenses fall within the purview of the federal domain, but maintains that telemedicine would qualify as interstate commerce. By Timothy Bonis.

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A Texas Mess

Drug & Device Law

2012), we hailed it as the best decision of 2012. So we do have comments on the bizarre complaint that the Texas attorney general recently filed over COVID-19. The complaint, brought under the Texas consumer protection statute, sued a major manufacturer of COVID-19 vaccine that was used to control the recent pandemic.