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Reclaiming Global Public Health

Bill of Health

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. Monopoly control presents profound questions for public health governance. The vaccines were first authorized in December 2020.

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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. Yet OSHA has rules governing ladder safety.) In West Virginia v.

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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. Between January 1, 2021, and November 5, 2021, one or more of these bills were enacted into law and became effective in 19 states.

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Vaccine credentials enabling wider progress on public health interoperability

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First announced in January 2021, the Vaccine Credential Initiative – co-founded by MITRE Corporation and others including Cerner, Change Healthcare, Epic, Mayo Clinic, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce and others – has made big progress over the past year-plus on new approaches to interoperable record-keeping.

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Federal Failures to Protect Incarcerated People During Public Health Crises

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In the fall of 2021, incarcerated people in a jail in Arkansas were given ivermectin to treat COVID-19 without their knowledge , and a lawsuit in Oregon alleges that corrections staff spread misinformation about the pandemic, causing vaccine hesitancy among incarcerated people. That guidance was slim and worded in permissive language.

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More than 591 million EU Digital COVID Certificates issued since June 2021

Healthcare It News

The European Parliament and the Council adopted the Regulation on the EUDCC in June, which requires the Commission to submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 31 October 2021. THE LARGER CONTEXT. After an urgent investigation, this has been fixed and COVID Passes are available via the NHS App and online.”

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FBI: At Least 148 Healthcare Organizations Suffered Ransomware Attacks in 2021

HIPAA Journal

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its 2021 Internet Crime Report , which reveals there were at least 649 ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure organizations from June 2021 to December 2021. billion in 2021 – a 28% increase from 2020.