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COVID Law Briefing: Trends, Take-Aways, and Things to Think About- Summary
Sep 5, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Trends, Take-Aways, and Things to Think About- Summary
Sep 5, 2020

What are the big takeaways from the first installment of the COVID-19 law briefing?

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Sep 5, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Domestic Violence- Summary
Sep 3, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Domestic Violence- Summary
Sep 3, 2020

In the era of COVID, what can be done to help domestic violence survivors?

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Sep 3, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Law and Political Economy- Summary
Aug 31, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Law and Political Economy- Summary
Aug 31, 2020

What steps should we take to reshape the political economy in the era of COVID-19?

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Aug 31, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Vulnerable Workers- Summary
Aug 27, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Vulnerable Workers- Summary
Aug 27, 2020

How are the most vulnerable workers effected by COVID-19, and more importantly, what can be done to protect them?

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Aug 27, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: The Wisconsin Decision- Summary
Aug 25, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: The Wisconsin Decision- Summary
Aug 25, 2020

What are the ramifications of the Wisconsin decision on the response to the COVID-19 crisis?

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Aug 25, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Workplace Safety- Summary
Aug 18, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Workplace Safety- Summary
Aug 18, 2020

How is OSHA helping to protect workers who have been on the frontline of the COVID-19 crisis?

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Aug 18, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Transmission Criminalization- Summary
Aug 12, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Transmission Criminalization- Summary
Aug 12, 2020

How has the transmission of COVID-19 be policed?

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Aug 12, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Immigration
Aug 10, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Immigration
Aug 10, 2020

How have Trump’s immigration policies shaped our COVID-19 response?

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Aug 10, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Medicaid and the ACA- Summary
Aug 4, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Medicaid and the ACA- Summary
Aug 4, 2020

How can Medicaid and the ACA help states in their response to COVID-19?

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Aug 4, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Drug Development, the Role of the FDA, and Emergency Use- Summary
Aug 3, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Drug Development, the Role of the FDA, and Emergency Use- Summary
Aug 3, 2020

Drug companies must be held accountable even in the race to discover a cure to COVID-19.

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Aug 3, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Protecting the Vulnerable Substance Use Disorder Population During COVID-19- Summary
Jul 28, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Protecting the Vulnerable Substance Use Disorder Population During COVID-19- Summary
Jul 28, 2020

How has the substance use disorder population been effected by COVID-19? Learn more here.

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Jul 28, 2020
Public Health Law Watch and George Consortium are Signatories on Amicus Brief
Jul 27, 2020
Public Health Law Watch and George Consortium are Signatories on Amicus Brief
Jul 27, 2020

A brief discussion of why Public Health Law Watch and the George Consortium signed onto this amicus brief

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Jul 27, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Issues and Boundaries of Federalism- Summary
Jul 23, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Issues and Boundaries of Federalism- Summary
Jul 23, 2020

Learn more about the role of federalism in the COVID-19 response.

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Jul 23, 2020
Letter to Congress on WHO Withdrawal from Public Health, Law and International Relations Leaders
Jul 22, 2020
Letter to Congress on WHO Withdrawal from Public Health, Law and International Relations Leaders
Jul 22, 2020

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.


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Jul 22, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Impacts and Implications for US Prisons- Summary
Jul 21, 2020
COVID Law Briefing: Impacts and Implications for US Prisons- Summary
Jul 21, 2020

Learn about the vulnerable US prison population in the era of COVID-19

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Jul 21, 2020
What if past crises had evoked leadership like we have today for COVID-19?
Jul 16, 2020
What if past crises had evoked leadership like we have today for COVID-19?
Jul 16, 2020

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?

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Jul 16, 2020
The false dichotomy of public health vs. the economy: how history shows they’re inseparable
Jun 8, 2020
The false dichotomy of public health vs. the economy: how history shows they’re inseparable
Jun 8, 2020

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.

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Jun 8, 2020
Fighting the Coronavirus and Protecting the Unhoused
May 11, 2020
Fighting the Coronavirus and Protecting the Unhoused
May 11, 2020

Unhoused populations are always vulnerable to health risks and disease, a vulnerability now heightened by the coronavirus epidemic and the spread of COVID-19.

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May 11, 2020
If protesters really want to end lockdowns, they should bring their protests to the White House
May 4, 2020
If protesters really want to end lockdowns, they should bring their protests to the White House
May 4, 2020

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.

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May 4, 2020
Social Justice in COVID-19 Response: The Legal Issues We Have to Talk About
Apr 13, 2020
Social Justice in COVID-19 Response: The Legal Issues We Have to Talk About
Apr 13, 2020
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Apr 13, 2020
Valuable public health lessons from COVID-19
Mar 19, 2020
Valuable public health lessons from COVID-19
Mar 19, 2020

The lessons of a crisis are of little use if they are not kept in mind after it has passed.

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Mar 19, 2020
Public health leaders post open letter to Pence on coronavirus response
Mar 4, 2020
Public health leaders post open letter to Pence on coronavirus response
Mar 4, 2020

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.

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Mar 4, 2020
2020 Presidential Candidates: Policies for Addressing Prescription Drug Pricing
Feb 18, 2020
2020 Presidential Candidates: Policies for Addressing Prescription Drug Pricing
Feb 18, 2020

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.

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Feb 18, 2020
2020 Presidential Candidates: Policies for Addressing Gun Violence
Feb 12, 2020
2020 Presidential Candidates: Policies for Addressing Gun Violence
Feb 12, 2020

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.

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Feb 12, 2020
2020 Presidential Candidates: Policies for Addressing the Opioid Overdose Crisis.
Jan 31, 2020
2020 Presidential Candidates: Policies for Addressing the Opioid Overdose Crisis.
Jan 31, 2020

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.   

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Jan 31, 2020
Healthcare and the 2020 Presidential Election blog series
Jan 24, 2020
Healthcare and the 2020 Presidential Election blog series
Jan 24, 2020

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.

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Jan 24, 2020
Targeting Health: How Anti-Immigrant Policies Threaten Our Health & Our Humanity
Jan 13, 2020
Targeting Health: How Anti-Immigrant Policies Threaten Our Health & Our Humanity
Jan 13, 2020

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.

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Jan 13, 2020
Measuring Health Privacy - Part I
Jan 7, 2020
Measuring Health Privacy - Part I
Jan 7, 2020

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.

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Jan 7, 2020
A Delicate Balance: Proposed Regulations May Upset the Tension Between Accessibility and Privacy of Health Information
Dec 2, 2019
A Delicate Balance: Proposed Regulations May Upset the Tension Between Accessibility and Privacy of Health Information
Dec 2, 2019

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.

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Dec 2, 2019
Event: World AIDS Day at Northeastern University
Nov 26, 2019
Event: World AIDS Day at Northeastern University
Nov 26, 2019

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. 

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Nov 26, 2019