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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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How the Supreme Court’s Judicial Activism Compromises Public Health

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By John Culhane The United States Supreme Court poses a serious threat to public health, but not because the majority of the justices are necessarily opposed to laws and policies designed to protect and further public health and safety. Yet OSHA has rules governing ladder safety.) In West Virginia v.

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New Legal Mapping Method Highlights Recent Laws Limiting Public Health Emergency Orders

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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, legislators in almost every state have introduced bills that would limit state executive authority to respond to the current pandemic or future public health emergencies. Between January 1, 2021, and November 5, 2021, one or more of these bills were enacted into law and became effective in 19 states.

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Vaccine credentials enabling wider progress on public health interoperability

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First announced in January 2021, the Vaccine Credential Initiative – co-founded by MITRE Corporation and others including Cerner, Change Healthcare, Epic, Mayo Clinic, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce and others – has made big progress over the past year-plus on new approaches to interoperable record-keeping.

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Federal Failures to Protect Incarcerated People During Public Health Crises

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In the fall of 2021, incarcerated people in a jail in Arkansas were given ivermectin to treat COVID-19 without their knowledge , and a lawsuit in Oregon alleges that corrections staff spread misinformation about the pandemic, causing vaccine hesitancy among incarcerated people. That guidance was slim and worded in permissive language.

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More than 591 million EU Digital COVID Certificates issued since June 2021

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The European Parliament and the Council adopted the Regulation on the EUDCC in June, which requires the Commission to submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 31 October 2021. THE LARGER CONTEXT. After an urgent investigation, this has been fixed and COVID Passes are available via the NHS App and online.”

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Judging in the Pandemic – A Malawian Perspective

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By Zione Ntaba Malawi is not a stranger to public health crises in the last number of years, having faced a severe HIV epidemic and several cholera outbreaks continuing into 2023. It is with this context in mind that I turn to reflecting on the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies (“Principles”).

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