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No Take-Backs: Moderna’s Attempt to Renege on its Vaccine Patent Pledge

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government funding, announced that it felt “a special obligation … to use our resources to bring this pandemic to an end as quickly as possible.” government purchased millions of doses of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine, along with large quantities of vaccines manufactured by Pfizer. 2008)) and Germany. By Jorge L. Updating” the Pledge.

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Biosafety Labs, Public Safety, and Politics

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dollars (USD) and additional government losses at $11 billion USD due to controlling livestock movement and depopulating infected livestock. The site search was narrowed to six choices in 2008. By November of 2008, a new President was elected. The selection of the site was questioned by the Government Accountability Office.

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News from the Consumer Technology Association and Withings Further Demonstrates Private Sector’s Role in the Pandemic and Public Health

Health Populi

This week, announcements from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and Withings further bolster the case for the private sector bolstering public health in this pandemic…and future ones to come beyond the Age of the Coronavirus. On 27th July, CTA announced the Association’s launch of the Public Health Tech Initiative.

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Systemic Failures Need Systemic Solutions: COVID-19 and Macromedical Regulation

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In Macromedical Regulation , 82 Ohio State Law Journal 727 (2021), we address the nation’s systemic failure to contain an infectious contagion, and we offer solutions by deriving lessons from the 2008 financial contagion.

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Ethical Challenges Associated with the Protection of Pets in War

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Many governments have welcomed Ukrainian pets with or without their owners, and without documentation, rabies vaccine, and/or microchip. Harvard Law School 2008) is a professor of legal sociology at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo and a Research Professor in Humanitarian Studies at PRIO. Kristin Bergtora Sandvik (LL.M

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Radicalizing Kindness for Health: Learning from Bhutan

Health Populi

The GNH became part of Bhutan’s Constitution in 2008, and the first Index report came out in 2012. Health, psychological well-being. Good governance. In the context of social determinants of health, I look to the first line items that underpin the second two outcomes: physical health and psychological well-being.

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NIST Urged to Make HIPAA Security Rule Implementation Guidance More Usable by Small Providers

HIPAA Journal

Recently, NIST issued a draft update (SP 800-66r2) to its 2008 publication: An Introductory Resource Guide for Implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule, and sought feedback from industry stakeholders ahead of the publication of the final version of the guidance.

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