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Public Health Product Hops

Bill of Health

Regulatory and patent exclusivity periods govern the timing of generic entry, and because market share and revenue is often quickly lost upon market entry of generic drugs, extending market exclusivity for any duration can be extremely profitable. But perhaps other forms of public health benefit would outweigh these harms?

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Human Rights Principles in Public Health Emergencies: From the Siracusa Principles to COVID-19 and Beyond

Bill of Health

One of us (LG) was involved in the drafting of the Siracusa Principles, which have become the chief international instrument governing permissible human rights limitations during national emergencies. The inadequacy of Siracusa in the the context of public health emergencies Then came COVID-19.

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Old Dogs and New Tricks: A Case for the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights & Public Health Emergencies

Bill of Health

One of the most glaring reasons for this failure was that the Kenyan government simply did not know how to do so. They clarify these obligations within the context of public health emergencies and provide clear guidance for States and members of society on how to navigate these emergencies.

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Failures of Imagination in Public Health Policy

Bill of Health

By Daniel Swartzman If public health is to prosper, we will need to overcome the after-effects of several failures of imagination. Failing to use litigation against inadequate public health actions, as did the early civil rights and environmental movements. Failing to demand moral leadership of governmental actors.

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The Public Health Case Against Gas Appliances

Bill of Health

Oliva Gas appliances’ health impacts pose a grave danger to tenant health and safety. In a forthcoming article , we argue that the mere presence of natural gas appliances in the home renders a dwelling uninhabitable due to their potential health harms. By Heather Payne and Jennifer D.

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Bioethics Experts vs Ordinary South Africans on the Governance of Human Genome Editing

Bill of Health

In the same year that the deliberative public engagement study on heritable HGE was conducted in South Africa, an expert advisory committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) published its policy proposals for a global governance framework for HGE.

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Tort Liability is a Potentially Powerful Tool for Pandemic Response

Bill of Health

When pandemic response efforts are hampered by inadequate enforcement resources and political polarization, tort liability could, potentially, be a powerful public health tool. public health infrastructure has historically relied heavily on state and local authorities. Neither the U.S. Neither the U.S.

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