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Do No Harm: A Call for Decarceration in Hospitals

Bill of Health

They leafed through magazines or scrolled on their phones, waiting. Neither of these circumstances applied to Nebraska Twenty. Yet, I never used his real name. I routinely passed by his room with two officers posted outside at all times. They too had become part of my daily routine, but I never spoke to them directly.

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

Bill of Health

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. He has written for several legal journals and was profiled by Fortune magazine. Harrison M.A., Robert Mikos , J.D.,

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Is Preemption the Cure for Healthcare Federalism’s Restrictions on Medication Abortion?

Bill of Health

State pharmaceutical bans and restrictions — which are often medically unnecessary and instead based largely on policymakers’ moral and political views — impede the FDA’s mandate to protect and promote the public health. In appropriate circumstances, states could seek an exemption to address a state-specific public health need.

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Rebel Health: The Personal and Professional Passion of Susannah Fox

Jane Sarashon

Also, check out the following links for more on Susannah’s journey into Rebel Health — STAT Q&A: A scholar of the patient “revolution” tracks the arc from powerlessness to influence Harvard Public Health magazine Q&A: The patient-led care revolution and follow #RebelHealth on your social channels.

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The Unsurprising Surprise of Social Determinants in COVID-19 Mortality

Health Populi

“Covid-19 exposes America’s racial health gap,” asserts The Economist , the weekly news magazine based in London, UK, in an advanced essay dated 11 April 2020. The subtitle of the piece: “African-Americans appear more vulnerable to the virus.”

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The Elevator, Trust and the Data Commons: Bart de Witte Makes the Case for Open AI for Health at WHO/Europe

Health Populi

I-DAIR is a global organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with the mission of expanding access to inclusive and responsible research into AI and digital health. Dr. Baptista Leite is also a third-term Member of the Portuguese National Parliament and Head of Public Health at the Catholic University of Portugal.

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The Remarkable Rise of Pharma’s Reputation in the Pandemic

Health Populi

Most health citizens, hoping for a way out of the public health crisis, are counting on science to liberate both lives and livelihoods. In my book Health Citizenship: how a virus opened up hearts and minds , I discuss how the pandemic has moved more patients as health consumers toward their health citizenship.

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