Bill of Health

OCTOBER 21, 2022

COVID-19 vaccines are extremely safe , and serious harms are rare. In an emergency, the concern is even higher: COVID-19 came with a large vaccination effort, and however safe the vaccines, claims of harm after them were inevitable. By Dorit Reiss. Nevertheless, rare injuries do happen.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 25, 2023

This excerpt from the new book titled “ We Want Them Infected ” is printed with permission from Jonathan Howard, MD and Redhawk Publications. By Jonathan Howard On June 29, 2021, Dr. Harriet Hall penned an essay on the website Science Based Medicine titled “A New COVID-19 Myth?” That’s obviously a myth.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

By Rossella De Falco Strong, well-coordinated and resilient public health care services play a vital role in preventing and responding to public health crises. What are, however, the specific legal and ethical implications of involving private actors in health care vis-à-vis public health emergencies?

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 24, 2022

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is failing parents by preventing off-label use of our existing COVID-19 vaccines in the under-five set. The CDC, through its vaccine provider agreements, prevents physicians and parents from pursuing off-label use of COVID-19 vaccinations in young children.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 15, 2021

A research letter published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open found that physicians saw a "small but sustained" increase in patient message volume during the first 15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the message increase did not displace patient calls. ON THE RECORD.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

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.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 12, 2022

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.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 18, 2024

While receiving significant global traction and acceptance since their publication in 1985, the Siracusa Principles, the authors argue, proved to be simply “unequal to the task” of guiding States’ conduct in the context of COVID-19 because they are “unable to speak in any significant detail to the particular concerns of public health crises.”

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

By December 2020, the world had astonishingly powerful tools against COVID-19. New mRNA vaccines, underpinned by decades of public investment , had been authorized by global regulators. The answer to one of the most important public health questions of our time — who gets access to vaccines? — By Zain Rizvi.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

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?

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

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?

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

With rising case numbers in across the DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) region and the rest of Europe, a fully vaccinated status might become compulsory for the use of the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EUDCC) soon – at least in some countries. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 28, 2022

Public health and policy experts have published commentaries on the challenging issues underlying New York’s COVID treatment guidelines and others have offered more detailed guidance, including on this blog, on what criteria should be used in allocating scarce COVID treatments. Emphasis in original.)

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Healthcare Dive

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The vaccines also reduced infections and hospitalizations, which freed up hospital resources, researchers at the Commonwealth Fund and Yale School of Public Health concluded.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 12, 2023

Last month, the patent battle between COVID-19 mRNA vaccine manufacturers continued with BioNTech/Pfizer filing a strong defense and counter-claim to Moderna’s allegations of patent infringement. Indeed, as made public, the U.S. Moderna has since made over $30 billion in COVID-19 vaccine sales. By Aparajita Lath.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Despite these experiences, Kenya failed take a human rights-based approach to responding to COVID-19, as was also the case in many other countries. Deepening this challenge, the enactment of new legislation during the COVID-19 pandemic — and especially in its early stages — was near impossible.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

By Eduardo Arenas Catalán The Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies (the Principles), entail a notable attempt to consolidate lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. The critical notion of shared but differentiated responsibilities is thus strengthened within global public health.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 2, 2022

One of the lasting lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic is the insidious and corrosive power of mis- and disinformation to undermine public health efforts. Fraud and the Gates foundation stand to make billions from a forced COVID vaccine!" But it has been impacting our health behavior for a number of years.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Wolf With our recent (and continuing) experience of the devastating COVID-19 global pandemic, one might think that our collective appreciation for public health efforts and the people advancing those efforts would be high. An essential first step is to refocus on the “public” in public health.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 15, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pervasive inequities experienced by historically marginalized communities, including people with disabilities. Although disabled people have always experienced inequities concerning economic security, these disparities have grown substantially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 7, 2023

By Anita Gholami The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which brings together parliamentarians from 46 member States, has been a vigilant guardian of respect for the European Convention on Human Rights and other international standards throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 11, 2022

Long COVID has left an estimated 1.6 Those experiencing Long COVID face long-term neurological issues, heart problems, lung damage, and myriad other complications following an initial bout with COVID-19. Though some who are incapacitated by Long COVID will eventually be able to return to work, others may never work again.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 10, 2023

There is no shortage of data demonstrating that low income and minoritized individuals suffer disparate health outcomes in the United States. Conclusion We are in desperate need of a meaningful public health messaging campaign that explains both the harms of natural gas appliances and the availability of excellent electric alternatives.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 14, 2022

When pandemic response efforts are hampered by inadequate enforcement resources and political polarization, tort liability could, potentially, be a powerful public health tool. public health infrastructure has historically relied heavily on state and local authorities. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 31, 2022

Vaccines are no longer our only medical intervention for preventing severe COVID-19. Older and medically vulnerable people who continue to face high risk of COVID-19 illness after vaccination should not be asked to wait in line behind adults who refused vaccines. By Govind Persad, Monica Peek, and Seema Shah.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 22, 2021

As communities across the nation seek new ways to bring COVID-19 vaccination rates up to levels that can more effectively mitigate the spread of variants, they are looking for new and better ways to reach those who are just hesitant, undecided or unaware of how to get vaccinated. Ninety-seven percent of adults in the U.S.

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Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 18, 2022

The shakeup includes the creation of new offices, staffing moves and steps to expedite data releases, CDC director Rochelle Walensky informed staff on Wednesday.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 5, 2021

Starting tomorrow, the Indonesian government will deliver free telemedicine services for COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms across the country in a bid to ease hospital pressure as cases hit record highs. The country's health spending has also been raised to $13.39 THE LARGER CONTEXT. ON THE RECORD.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, now entering its fourth year in 2023, legislators, executives, and judges at every level of government have sought measures to derail efficacious public health interventions. By James G. And that’s where they are wrong. Yet, only 185 of these bills actually passed.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 21, 2023

By Elizabeth Pendo Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the need for public health laws and policies that align with and reinforce civil rights protections for disproportionately impacted populations is greater than ever. reported symptoms of long COVID at some point, and 6 percent reported current symptoms.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 29, 2022

In a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, hospitals emphasized the need to be prepared for more potential disruptions to the healthcare delivery system.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 19, 2022

It is no surprise, therefore, that similar claims have been filed for damages arising from the transmission of the COVID-19 virus. For example, consider norovirus, which causes more than 19 million cases of acute gastroenteritis in the United States every year.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 31, 2023

By Calvin Wai-Loon Ho With the mainstreaming of digital technology across many spheres of social life, infodemic management must be an integral part of public health emergency prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Court placed COVID-19 in the latter category. Per the Court, such an approach would take “on the character of a general public health measure, rather than an ‘ occupational safety or health standard'” that falls within OSHA’s authority to establish. The CMS Case.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

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. Nor do we know much about public health policy.” In West Virginia v.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Introduction: The Threat to Public Health As we reach the COVID-19 pandemic’s third anniversary, the warning signs for the future of public health law are everywhere. Along the way, courts have displayed an alarming disinterest in science or the impact of their decisions on the public’s health.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

By Sheila Varadan, Ton Liefaard, and Jaap Doek The Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies (Principles) make a significant contribution towards clarifying the scope of States’ legal obligations under international human rights law during public health emergencies.

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