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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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Introducing Petrie-Flom’s POPLAR and PULSE Affiliated Researchers on Psychedelics

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They completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Bioethics at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and received their PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Pennsylvania. Harrison M.A., is a licensed marriage and family therapist, researcher, and bioethicist. William Leonard Pickard M.P.P.,

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Peace and Health: A Causal Relationship Explored in the AMA Journal of Ethics

Jane Sarashon

With my ongoing focus on social determinants and drivers of health for health equity and access, the first essay that caught my attention is on Government Obligations and the Negative Right to a Healthy Urban Environment. The authors are affiliated with Case Western Reserve with interests in bioethics and medicine.

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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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What the Law and Bioethics Tell Us About Synthetic Human Embryos

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There is no specific regulation governing such research in the U.S.; it’s just that the federal government won’t fund the research. The post What the Law and Bioethics Tell Us About Synthetic Human Embryos first appeared on Bill of Health. To date, most, if not all, U.S. So far, no country has adopted this rule.

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