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Using Contracts to Lessen Inequities in Access to Medicines in Pandemics and Epidemics

Bill of Health

Consider, for instance, the case of COVID-19 vaccines. Even those relying on a new type of vaccine technology, such as mRNA vaccines , resulted from well over a decade of R&D in mRNA vaccinology and used vaccine components that were developed well before the COVID-19 pandemic began.

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What the New York City Marathon Can Teach Us About Equitable Access to Vaccines

Bill of Health

In imagining how such a reconciliation might work, the article looks at a current embodiment of such a reconciliatory scheme: the allocation of participation slots at a highly subscribed event, the New York City Marathon. Yes, the analogy has an apples-and-oranges quality to it. working a fluid station at a race). something else?)

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

Bill of Health

Judge Zione Ntaba’s contribution highlights how courts in Malawi decided cases relating to the Government’s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic , including, in particular, the provision of social security measures in parallel with lockdown measures, and the policy proposals relating to mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations.

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

Bill of Health

This week marks the two-year anniversary of World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom declaring COVID-19 a pandemic. By Chloe Reichel, Marissa Mery, and Michael Ashley Stein.

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Reimagining The Future of Pharmacovigilance (PV): Regulations, Tech, Public Perceptions

HIT Consultant

Since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, the rate of reporting of safety data has been unprecedented with the EMA reporting a 93% increase in the volume of adverse event reports reported in 2021 compared to 2020 1. . New advances in technology (e.g.,

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The COVID-19 Pandemic, the Failure of the Binary PHEIC Declaration System, and the Need for Reform

Bill of Health

The alarm mechanism based on the declaration of Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), in particular, has been severely tested. A PHEIC is an extraordinary event that constitutes a potential public health risk through the international spread of a disease outbreak.

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Biden Administration Unveils Long-Awaited COVID-19 Rules For Large Employers and Healthcare Workers

Health Law RX

An employee is considered “fully vaccinated” two weeks after completing primary vaccination with a COVID-19 vaccine with, if applicable, at least the minimum interval between doses as recommended by the CDC, World Health Organization (“WHO”), or if administered as a part of a clinical trial.