How are the most vulnerable workers effected by COVID-19, and more importantly, what can be done to protect them?
What are the ramifications of the Wisconsin decision on the response to the COVID-19 crisis?
How is OSHA helping to protect workers who have been on the frontline of the COVID-19 crisis?
Drug companies must be held accountable even in the race to discover a cure to COVID-19.
How has the substance use disorder population been effected by COVID-19? Learn more here.
A brief discussion of why Public Health Law Watch and the George Consortium signed onto this amicus brief
In June, members of the George Consortium were among the 750 scholars and experts in global public health, U.S. constitutional law, and international law and relations who wrote to Congress in opposition to U.S. withdrawal from WHO.
It’s always tempting to look back and imagine what-ifs. Had our nation’s leaders acted differently in times of crises past, where might we be today?
Disease mitigation and economic revival are both, of course, desperately needed, but they are inseparable. Just as a house can’t be solid if the foundation isn’t, an economy can’t be healthy if the population isn’t.
Unhoused populations are always vulnerable to health risks and disease, a vulnerability now heightened by the coronavirus epidemic and the spread of COVID-19.
But for all the political tumult, the time when social distancing can successfully end is no mystery. Public health officials know exactly when it will be - when the country has broadly implemented three crucial steps: testing, more testing, and still more testing.
The lessons of a crisis are of little use if they are not kept in mind after it has passed.
This week, public health and legal experts posted an open letter to Vice President Mike Pence and other government leaders detailing the necessary steps for a successful response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This post is third in a series aimed at identifying and exploring some of the public health issues and policies under consideration by candidates in the 2020 Presidential Election.
This post is second in a series aimed at identifying and exploring some of the public health issues and policies under consideration by candidates in the 2020 Presidential Election.
Each day, over 130 people die from opioid-related overdoses. This includes both prescription and illicit opioids. The National Institute on Drug Abuse attributes the opioid overdose crisis to unscrupulous pharmaceutical companies, who misled healthcare providers to believe opioid pain relievers were not addictive. Other researchers, while agreeing that increased drug supply was an important factor, argue that economic and social issues fueled the crisis, viewing the issue through the lens of a structural and social determinants of health framework.
U.S. Healthcare reform remains a central issue in any policy debate, especially during an election year, such that many candidates in the 2020 Presidential Election have indicated healthcare as one of their “signature issues.” To better understand where each candidate stands on issues, Public Health Law Watch is launching a new blog series aimed at identifying and exploring some of the public health issues and policies under consideration by candidates.
Since taking office, the Trump Administration has instituted a wide-ranging crackdown on immigration. A surprising number of the policies the Administration has instituted as part of that crackdown relate directly or indirectly to health.
In this two-part post for the Promises and Perils of Emerging Health Innovations blog symposium, Ignacio Cofone engages in a discussion centered on the importance of addressing patients’ concerns when introducing new health technologies.
This piece is part of a blog symposium featuring commentary from participants in the Center for Health Policy and Law’s annual conference, Promises and Perils of Emerging Health Innovations, held on April 11-12, 2019 at Northeastern University School of Law. The symposium was originally published on the Northeastern University Law Review Online Forum.
Join us for a day of solidarity in support of World AIDS Day 2019. Brought to you by Northeastern University School of Law's Center for Health Policy and Law, Center for Law, Innovation and Creativity, Center for Public Interest Advocacy and Collaboration, and Northeastern University's Partners in Health Engage.