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

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In doing so, we encouraged contributors to comment on the Principles’ potential usefulness as guidance in addressing real emergency situations, as well as any possible gaps and weaknesses. They also were intended to be of application to a wide range of emergencies, not public health emergencies specifically.

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Biosafety Labs, Public Safety, and Politics

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By Barbara Pfeffer Billauer On May 25, 2023 , merely six weeks before the Wuhan Biosafety lab lost its NIH funding amid the controversy of possible lab leaks and connection with COVID-19, the United States proudly opened the doors of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), the 14th biosafety level 4 lab in the U.S.,

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Hundreds of industry groups call on Congress to advance permanent telehealth reform

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"Much of this transformation is dependent on temporary flexibilities extended to health systems and providers that are limited to the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration," the letter read.

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Telehealth, supply chain monitoring key areas of investment during pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic has helped shed light on the longer-term structural reforms needed in the US healthcare system, which include telehealth investment and medical supply chain tracking and coordination improvements.

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 Are Hospitals Ready for Alzheimer’s Treatment Approval?

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John Showalter, MD, Chief Product Officer at Linus Health The FDA’s recent accelerated approval of Leqembi was welcome news across the Alzheimer’s community. It is expected to be more than six times the size of the public health campaign for COVID-19. billion marketing the medication.

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Bipartisan TIKES Act would improve telehealth access for kids

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The Telehealth Improvement for Kids’ Essential Services, or TIKES, Act of 2020 would require the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidance to states about how to increase access to telehealth under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

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These are the compliance issues providers should be preparing for, post-PHE

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The Department of Health and Human Services once again (for the ninth time) extended the public health emergency this past month , stretching it beyond mid-July. But sooner or later, that provision of the Public Health Service Act will draw to a close. We spoke recently with Allison M.