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How Retailers Are the New Public Health Purveyors

Health Populi

CVS stopped selling tobacco on October 1, 2014. In that moment, a Fortune 100 company stepped an entire foot, and not just a toe, into public health waters. [I I covered that event with joy here in Health Populi as soon as it was announced months earlier on February 14th]. That was a watershed moment in U.S.

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Fighting Wildfires with Chemicals: The Controversy and Danger of Flame Retardant Materials

Bill of Health

As a flurry of social media posts floods my feed, I have noticed public health officials plea for residents to remain indoors, minimizing the risk of breathing unhealthy air. About the author Jessica Samuels is a third-year dual degree law and public health student (J.D./MPH Further, Senate Bill No.

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Using Legal Preparedness to Minimize Liability Barriers to Accessing Pandemic Vaccine and Medical Countermeasures

Bill of Health

In a public health emergency, pharmaceutical manufacturers’ liability concerns can slow the deployment of urgently needed vaccines and other medical countermeasures (MCMs). Products used during public health emergencies raise unique issues either because of their novelty, scale and type of proposed use, or regulatory pathway.

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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy

Bill of Health

Each month, members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) review the peer-reviewed medical literature to identify interesting empirical studies, policy analyses, and editorials on health law and policy issues. Government Patent Use to Promote Public Health in the United States: Overcoming Nonpatent Exclusivities.

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Trust-Busted: The Decline of Trust in Technology and What It Means for Health

Health Populi

During the height of the pandemic, there was a predisposition to give up personal health and location tracing data to government to help control the spread of the disease. This last chart from a 2014 PwC/Strategy& report on the birth of the healthcare consumer is data I often turned to as U.S.

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Legal Preparedness for Aging and Caregiving

Bill of Health

During 2013 and 2014, I endured a very difficult 18 months. If you don’t have a will, state law will govern how your assets are distributed, and they will most likely go to your spouse and your children. By Sharona Hoffman. Only 46% of U.S. adults have wills , and even among seniors, the figure is only 76%.

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One in Two Americans with Work-Based Insurance Worries That Healthcare Costs Could Lead to Bankruptcy

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: U.S. workers with private insurance more likely report poor access to health care, greater costs of care, and lower satisfaction with care versus people covered by public health insurance plans — whether Medicaid, Medicare, VHA or military coverage. One-half of U.S.

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