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Public Health Product Hops

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My latest article, Public Health Product Hops (forthcoming 2023, American University Law Review, available on SSRN ), represented my long-form attempt to reconcile our differing opinions on product hopping. Glenn Cohen’s Health Law Policy, Bioethics, and Biotechnology Workshop at HLS.

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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. health care and public health are not the same.

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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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When Crafting Public Health Policy, the Perfect Shouldn’t Be the Enemy of the Good

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For example, public health officials at virtually every level have resisted implementation or reinstatement of mask mandates in part by arguing that either some percentage of the population will not mask or that mask mandates alone will be ineffective. ., Sound familiar?

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Bill of Health’s Top 10 Posts of 2022

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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. The post Bill of Health’s Top 10 Posts of 2022 appeared first on Bill of Health. Thanks for reading!

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The Only Moral Abortion is…

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The Association of Bioethics Program Directors ’ (ABPD) Bioethics Guidance for the Post Dobbs-Landscape helped crystalize my position on this matter. In its position statement, the ABPD “affirms a commitment to reproductive health care services in accordance with core healthcare ethics principles.”

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The Pandemic Policy Excuse of ‘Meeting People Where They Are’

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were justified by some public health pundits as “ meet[ing] where most Americans are.” Regarding the significance of “meeting people where they are” in public health, the underlying premise of the argument here is sound. support mask mandates during surges, for example.