Remove COVID-19 Remove Presentation Remove Public Health
article thumbnail

Personal Crusades for Public Health

Bill of Health

By Katherine Macfarlane Public health in the U.S. This essay describes the cost of casting aside what is best for the public’s health in favor of individual choice, especially to those who are high-risk for serious illness or death from COVID-19. In other words, public health is a group project.

article thumbnail

Human Rights Principles in Public Health Emergencies: From the Siracusa Principles to COVID-19 and Beyond

Bill of Health

Yet when COVID-19 – the greatest health emergency in a century – devastated the world, the Siracusa Principles seemed unequal to the task – too narrow, including with their remit limited to civil and political rights, not sufficiently specific, and above all, without sufficient accountability.

COVID-19 289
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Breaking down barriers in patient-centered clinical research

Healthcare It News

While decentralized clinical trials began emerging before the COVID-19 pandemic, the public health crisis accelerated the trend. Since we last spoke about the clinic’s strategy for decentralized clinical trials (a presentation at HIMSS23), how has the program progressed?

COVID-19 281
article thumbnail

A Categorical No to Categorical Accommodation Denials Related to COVID-19?

Bill of Health

Remote accommodations were granted freely during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, but in 2021, the in-person aspect of teaching and learning was suddenly deemed essential, and at many institutions, remote classes came to an end. That same medication rendered him high-risk for severe illness or death from COVID-19.

COVID-19 364
article thumbnail

COVID-19 and the Problem of Multiple Sufficient Causes

Bill of Health

Although politicians and pundits warned that businesses would drown in a “ tidal wave ” of lawsuits seeking to hold them liable for COVID-19 infections, plaintiffs face significant barriers to recovery. At the time of the lunch, both were COVID-19 positive. However, B knew she was COVID-19 positive.

COVID-19 312
article thumbnail

What Happened to the COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver?

Bill of Health

In June 2022, after almost two years of debate over a potential COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver, the World Trade Organization adopted the Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement (“WTO Decision”), which provided for a partial waiver of intellectual property rights. The post What Happened to the COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver?

article thumbnail

Public Health Law’s Future Begins in the Classroom

Bill of Health

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. What does the future hold?