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Unmasking Public Health

Bill of Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s stated “essential public health services” is to “create, champion, and implement policies, plans, and laws that impact health.” As CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky famously said, “ your health is in your hands.”

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Personal Crusades for Public Health

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By Katherine Macfarlane Public health in the U.S. This essay describes the cost of casting aside what is best for the public’s health in favor of individual choice, especially to those who are high-risk for serious illness or death from COVID-19.

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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.

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Rebuilding Trust in Public Health and Public Health Law

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Wolf With our recent (and continuing) experience of the devastating COVID-19 global pandemic, one might think that our collective appreciation for public health efforts and the people advancing those efforts would be high. Social isolation has led to a mental health crisis.

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The End of Public Health? An Introduction to the Symposium

Bill of Health

Bard Teaching public health law over these past three years has meant contending with a series of federal and state court rulings that in different ways have called into question many of what seemed to be the most established principles of public health law. By Jennifer S.

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Failures of Imagination in Public Health Policy

Bill of Health

By Daniel Swartzman If public health is to prosper, we will need to overcome the after-effects of several failures of imagination. Failing to use litigation against inadequate public health actions, as did the early civil rights and environmental movements.

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The Public Health Case Against Gas Appliances

Bill of Health

Oliva Gas appliances’ health impacts pose a grave danger to tenant health and safety. In a forthcoming article , we argue that the mere presence of natural gas appliances in the home renders a dwelling uninhabitable due to their potential health harms.

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The End of Public Health? It’s Not Dead Yet

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By Nicole Huberfeld Once again, health law has become a vehicle for constitutional change , with courts hollowing federal and state public health authority while also generating new challenges. Jackson Women’s Health — in overturning Roe v.

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Reclaiming Global Public Health

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New mRNA vaccines, underpinned by decades of public investment , had been authorized by global regulators. The answer to one of the most important public health questions of our time — who gets access to vaccines? — Private decisions did not match public health need.

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Against American Public Health Exceptionalism

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Americans are no doubt conditioned to expect spectacular failure in the face of public health crises. In both contexts, these reporting failures make it difficult to mount a competent public health response to prevent unnecessary mortality. By Jennifer D. Oliva.

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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.

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Countercyclical Aid Is Not Enough to Fix the Broken US Approach to Public Health Financing

Bill of Health

Yet restructuring the CDC will have little effect on pandemic preparedness if the decentralized American approach to health finance remains in place. This precludes rebuilding the decimated public health workforce. public health expenditures fell by 30 percent.

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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.

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Public Health Law and Civil Rights Laws Must Work Together to Rise to the Challenge of Long COVID

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By Elizabeth Pendo Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the need for public health laws and policies that align with and reinforce civil rights protections for disproportionately impacted populations is greater than ever.

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How the Supreme Court’s Judicial Activism Compromises Public Health

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By John Culhane The United States Supreme Court poses a serious threat to public health, but not because the majority of the justices are necessarily opposed to laws and policies designed to protect and further public health and safety.

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Tracking Public Health Authority Changes from 2021 & 2022 Legislative Sessions

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By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research COVID-19 called for quick, decisive action by public health authorities to support communities and prevent infections.

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Public Health: Got Sleep?

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There are certain public health commercials that generations will always remember. Sleep Deprivation and Public Health Effects. But when over a third of the adult American population regularly doesn’t get enough sleep, it’s a deadly public health problem.

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Improving the Future of Public Health by Applauding Appropriate Judicial Oversight

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Kapp During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Public Health Establishment (PHE)/legal enterprise collaborative fell short of constitutional standards in a number of situations, resulting in adverse judicial rulings of which the PHE and its like-minded academic advocates now complain.

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COVID-19 public health emergency slated to end in May

Healthcare Dive

The Biden administration warned that hospitals are at risk of revenue losses and care delays if the public health emergency ends abruptly

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Monkeypox declared federal public health emergency

Healthcare Dive

“We're prepared to take our response to the next level in addressing this virus, and we urge every American to take monkeypox seriously and to take responsibility to help us tackle this virus,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said Thursday

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Transdisciplinary Integration: The Only Way Forward for Public Health

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As we look toward National Public Health Week amid two long years of a pandemic, reflection for us at the Center for Public Health Law Research has focused on how we move forward in a mostly broken public health system. By Scott Burris.

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New Legal Mapping Method Highlights Recent Laws Limiting Public Health Emergency Orders

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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, legislators in almost every state have introduced bills that would limit state executive authority to respond to the current pandemic or future public health emergencies. Others require elected officials to approve health officer actions (e.g.,

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HL7 Launches Helios FHIR Accelerator For Public Health

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This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. A new initiative launched by Health Level Seven International (HL7) and jointly supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) seeks to […]. The article HL7 Launches Helios FHIR Accelerator For Public Health appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Federal Failures to Protect Incarcerated People During Public Health Crises

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Decarceration would obviously go a long way in stopping the ongoing harms of COVID-19 in prisons and jails, and preventing such harms from future pandemics and public health crises. By Rachel Kincaid.

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Electronic data sharing between physicians and public health agencies rare, new ONC data finds

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Fewer than one in five primary care physicians electronically exchanged patient health information with public health agencies in 2019, according to a new report from the Office of the National Coordinator

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Reclaiming Salus Populi

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Introduction: The Threat to Public Health As we reach the COVID-19 pandemic’s third anniversary, the warning signs for the future of public health law are everywhere. In this climate, public health law needs introspection, imagination, and regrouping.

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4 High-Paying Jobs In Public Health You Should Know About

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. The public health industry has many options for lucrative careers. However, employers prefer candidates who have relevant experience and a higher education degree in public health. The article 4 High-Paying Jobs In Public Health You Should Know About appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. Editorial public health public health jobs salaries in public health

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The UN Must Take Steps To Be an Accountable Player in Public Health

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Moreover, at the time the UN was founded, it was understood to be an organization that would promote peace, security, and health across the globe — and why would such an organization need to be sued? . One case in which the UN caused public health harms is relatively well-known.

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The Tax Code Needs to Do More for Public Health

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With the pain of tax day now a month behind us, it’s worth talking about something that we don’t often associate with the tax code: health. The post The Tax Code Needs to Do More for Public Health appeared first on Bill of Health. By Bailey Kennedy.

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Can Public Health Really Be Consumer Friendly?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Brian Yarnell, president and co-founder, Bluestream Health. The article Can Public Health Really Be Consumer Friendly? Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Monkeypox vaccine supply woes easing, federal public health officials say

Healthcare Dive

The HHS so far has made over 1 million vials available to jurisdictions, “which is nearly enough to reach the entire population that's most at risk,” Secretary Xavier Becerra said during a call with reporters Tuesday

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'Appropriate' transition period for COVID-19 test EUAs when public health emergency ends

Healthcare Dive

public health emergency declarations stopping The FDA is planning to give holders of EUAs for COVID-19 diagnostics and other devices 180 days notice of its intent to end their authorizations, in anticipation of U.S.

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CDC awards $3.2B to public health departments

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to public health departments. CDC awards $3.2B fdiamond. Fri, 12/02/2022 - 08:25

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

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Instead, like HIV, which continues to be an ongoing public health emergency , the virus continues to infect and mutate. The post 4 Years into the COVID-19 Pandemic: Where We Stand appeared first on Bill of Health. By Jennifer S.

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Improving Job Quality and Scheduling Predictability Can Advance Public Health and Reduce Racial Inequities

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Schedule unpredictability and instability have measurable negative health effects on workers and their families. Law can be a powerful tool to advance public health , and workplace scheduling is no exception. Public health agencies can play a key role in labor and employment law.