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Conclusion to the Symposium: From Principles to Practice: Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

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While receiving significant global traction and acceptance since their publication in 1985, the Siracusa Principles, the authors argue, proved to be simply “unequal to the task” of guiding States’ conduct in the context of COVID-19 because they are “unable to speak in any significant detail to the particular concerns of public health crises.”

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Introduction to the Symposium: Build Back Better? Health, Disability, and the Future of Work Post-COVID

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This week marks the two-year anniversary of World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom declaring COVID-19 a pandemic. Health, Disability, and the Future of Work Post-COVID. Health, Disability, and the Future of Work Post-COVID appeared first on Bill of Health.

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The Biggest Threat to Our Health Isn’t the Next Pandemic or Cancer…It’s Climate Change

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Then COVID-19 joined the top-10 list of killers in the U.S. and the issue of pandemic preparedness for the next “Disease X” became part of global public health planning. There are many climate-sensitive health risks, shown in the first diagram from WHO’s report. Heat-related illness.