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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. This has led some to ask: is this the end of public health law?

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Correctional Sleep: Where Litigation Falls Short and Where Research, Policymaking are Needed

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Crucially, the crisis of sleep deprivation among incarcerated populations is not wholly divorced from the present COVID-19 threat facing correctional systems. This presents researchers and policymakers with an opportunity. Cases and deaths due to COVID-19 remain “consistently higher” in correctional settings than the general U.S.

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Public Health Product Hops

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Regulatory and patent exclusivity periods govern the timing of generic entry, and because market share and revenue is often quickly lost upon market entry of generic drugs, extending market exclusivity for any duration can be extremely profitable. Glenn Cohen’s Health Law Policy, Bioethics, and Biotechnology Workshop at HLS.

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

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Moreover, the Principles can equip civil society, jurists, and others with the tools to hold their governments and powerful corporate entities accountable to the standards set by human rights. But the Principles bear relevance and were developed for all levels of governance in mind.

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COP29 and the UNFCCC’s Health Turn: Progress or Peril?

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But the disappointment surrounding financing outcomes was merely a symptom of deeper power imbalances, what critical legal scholar Martti Koskenniemi describes as the “structural biases” of global governance institutions. Yet this progress was not abstracted from the structural bias shaping the broader climate governance regime.

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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. For example, as Ben White suggests , “to understand human displacements, past and present, we need to consider animals too.”

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A Brief Quantum Medicine Policy Guide

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Quantum-driven healthcare innovations present quantum-specific regulatory challenges, discussed in more detail below. The EU AI Act , proposed EU AI Liability Directive , and laws under the European Strategy for Data , such as the Data Governance Act , may also play roles. The regulatory landscape in the U.S.

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