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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. public investment in the development of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines between 1985 to 2019.

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Understanding Climate and Disability Justice: Mitigating Structural Barriers to the Right to Health

Bill of Health

To achieve such intersectional approaches, the social determinants of health provide a useful framework. It explains how conditions, forces, and systems, including poverty, discrimination, underlying health disparities, and governance, not only shape daily life but also vulnerability to climate-induced disasters (Figure 1).

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Income Inequality is Fostering Mis-Trust, the Edelman 2020 Trust Barometer Observes

Health Populi

Together, these three factors erode workers’ confidence in jobs and their personal household economies and financial health. The second chart comes from the study, quantifying global citizens’ trust levels by industry sector since 2012. Technology was the only industry whose trust-equity fell in the year.

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ONC Releases a Framework for Nationwide Health Information Exchange

C&M Health Law

In the broader context, ONC has been working on governance for a nationwide health information exchange for over a decade. A proposed framework was published by ONC in 2018 and was subsequently modified after receipt of public feedback. Health Care Operations. Public Health. Governance.

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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Among her recent work, Wise is in the process of implementing an industry leading population health tool, has conducted a rapid rollout of an acute and ambulatory telehealth to meet the needs of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

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The Most Dangerous Branch: A Review of the Supreme Court’s 2021-2022 Term

Bill of Health

While national exigencies may require the political branches of government to act with expediency, Bickel counsels that the court is able to take more time in decision making and reserve its authority for deciding issues of great long-term import to American society. Bickel underscores the distinction between expediency and principle.