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It’s Time for the Federal Government to Get Back to Protecting the Nation Against COVID-19

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Over the past two years, the Supreme Court has shown unprecedented hostility to efforts by both state and federal government to stop the spread of what every day turns out to be an even more deadly pandemic. These decisions are devastating, and likely signal a continued attack on government authority , but they are not a reason to give up.

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

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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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4 Years into the COVID-19 Pandemic: Where We Stand

Bill of Health

Bard The White House is preparing to shut down their COVID Task Force this May, in conjunction with ending the public health emergency — the latest in a series of astounding and shortsighted decisions that put individual Americans at as great a risk from serious harm as a result of catching COVID-19 as at any stage in the pandemic.

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COVID-19: Vaccine mandate enforced in Austria

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With rising case numbers in across the DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) region and the rest of Europe, a fully vaccinated status might become compulsory for the use of the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EUDCC) soon – at least in some countries. In return, the Austrian government loosened public restrictions. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Blue Booking Long COVID: Accounting for Long-Term COVID-19 Complications in Social Security Disability Benefits Evaluations

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Long COVID has left an estimated 1.6 Those experiencing Long COVID face long-term neurological issues, heart problems, lung damage, and myriad other complications following an initial bout with COVID-19. Though some who are incapacitated by Long COVID will eventually be able to return to work, others may never work again.

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Employer Plan Guidance Issued on the End of the COVID-19 Emergency Periods

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7 into law, thereby ending the national state of emergency related to COVID-19 that was declared under the National Emergencies Act. Furthermore, on April 1, 2023 , state governments resumed conducting Medicaid eligibility determinations, a routine process that was halted in the spring of 2020 due to COVID-19.

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Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Future for Diagnostics

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Diagnostic tests have changed in the eyes of many Americans across the COVID-19 pandemic. The traditional site of diagnostic testing, the doctor’s office, has taken a back seat during the COVID-19 pandemic. What do current COVID-19 diagnostic tests look like? What might the ideal diagnostic test look like?

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