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Public Health Law’s Future Begins in the Classroom

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By Taleed El-Sabawi The use of emergency public health powers by state and local governments during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic led to intense public criticism followed by legislative attempts (include some successes) to strip state executives of this authority. This has led some to ask: is this the end of public health law?

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Correctional Sleep: Where Litigation Falls Short and Where Research, Policymaking are Needed

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Crucially, the crisis of sleep deprivation among incarcerated populations is not wholly divorced from the present COVID-19 threat facing correctional systems. This presents researchers and policymakers with an opportunity. Cases and deaths due to COVID-19 remain “consistently higher” in correctional settings than the general U.S.

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

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Moreover, the Principles can equip civil society, jurists, and others with the tools to hold their governments and powerful corporate entities accountable to the standards set by human rights. But the Principles bear relevance and were developed for all levels of governance in mind.

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Public Health Product Hops

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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. Glenn Cohen’s Health Law Policy, Bioethics, and Biotechnology Workshop at HLS.

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What the Law and Bioethics Tell Us About Synthetic Human Embryos

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There is no specific regulation governing such research in the U.S.; it’s just that the federal government won’t fund the research. The post What the Law and Bioethics Tell Us About Synthetic Human Embryos first appeared on Bill of Health. To date, most, if not all, U.S. So far, no country has adopted this rule.

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Where Has All The Talent Gone? The Skills Gap Stalling The March of UK Life Sciences

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The most important skills cited by several studies and publications as being important for life sciences professionals include research ethics, scientific peer communication, bioethics, time management, research project management and scientific knowledge and methods outside of their present research area and awareness of industry trends.

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Do No Harm: A Call for Decarceration in Hospitals

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Though strict protocol typically governs everything in hospitals, for prisoners, those rules seem to go out the window, without deliberation. Most patients with severe COVID did not present with obvious respiratory distress. This heightens the cruelty of incarceration. I knew this would not happen.

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