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Employers and the Future of Public Health

Bill of Health

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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Injustice Anywhere: The Need to Decouple Disability and Productivity

Bill of Health

Current calls for attention to a disability bioethics or a disability epistemology have heralded not only highlighting, but also actively promoting, the qualities, leadership skills, and valuable character traits associated with surviving and thriving in a world fundamentally not set up for one’s own needs.

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Re-Imagining Work in the Post-Pandemic Era: An Arendtian Lens

Bill of Health

The COVID-19 pandemic challenged this separation. For far too long, for example, maladies such as chronic fatigue, brain fog, and pain were seen with skepticism as ‘exaggerated,’ ‘made up,’ or ‘unexplained illnesses’ yet they gained legitimacy once long COVID inescapably made them a public concern.

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Bill of Health’s Top 10 Posts of 2022

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Negotiating Masks in the Workplace: When the ADA Does and Does Not Apply. Depoliticizing Social Murder in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Safety First: Potential Heart Health Risks of Microdosing. We look forward to continuing our coverage of key issues in health law policy, biotechnology, and bioethics in 2023.

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