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Considerations from Argentina on the Judicial Control of Public Health Policies

Bill of Health

By María Natalia Echegoyemberry and Francisco Verbic This article looks at the COVID-19 pandemic response in Argentina, with a particular focus on the judicial control of public health policies. We focus on a case in Argentina where a federal judge ordered the suspension of the campaign for pediatric vaccination against COVID-19.

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Do No Harm: A Call for Decarceration in Hospitals

Bill of Health

Though strict protocol typically governs everything in hospitals, for prisoners, those rules seem to go out the window, without deliberation. They leafed through magazines or scrolled on their phones, waiting. J was brought to the Emergency Department with a cough, but after a test, we learned he was COVID positive.

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The Remarkable Rise of Pharma’s Reputation in the Pandemic

Health Populi

First, check out the gainers on the list: after pharma, health insurance was the second biggest rep-winner in our COVID year, gaining 23 percentage points in the poll. Interestingly, these are two of the most prominent life science companies that have been part of Operation Warp Speed to accelerate the development of COVID-19 vaccines.

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Black Health Should Matter More in America: The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health

Health Populi

The study found that the two biggest concerns facing Americans were finances and COVID-19 — but the impacts of these two stresses varied by race/ethnicity: a greater percent of Blacks (36%) and Hispanics (29% rated financial concerns marginally higher than COVID-19, 34% and 26% respectively.

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Rebel Health: The Personal and Professional Passion of Susannah Fox

Jane Sarashon

As a noun, Merriam-Webster tells us that a rebel is a person who opposes or takes up arms against a government or a ruler. As a verb, “to rebel” is to oppose or disobey one in authority or control, or otherwise renounce and resist by force the authority of one’s government.”

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Sweeping, Limited, or No Powers at All? What’s at Stake in the Mask Mandate Appeal

Kaiser Health News

The outcome could determine the limits of federal public health officials’ power not only during the covid-19 crisis but also when the next pandemic hits. The government has not yet filed its detailed arguments, so KHN spoke with several health law experts about what to expect. This creates high stakes for the government.

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Can the U.S. Improve Health System Performance with Digital Health Tools? Pondering A Big Question for #HIMSS21

Health Populi

In the diagram here titled “The race is long,” the clever information journalists at The Economist magazine show ill that the race of vaccinations administered in the U.S. That’s what government regulation and intervention are for, to make more fair and effective the lack of a real health care market.

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