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Why the military can use emergency powers to treat service members with trial COVID-19 drugs


Jennifer Bard (Former Visiting Scholar)
The Conversation

Infectious disease has always been one of the military’s greatest threats. By its own estimates, the U.S. Army lost almost as many soldiers from the 1918 flu as…

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HHS Debated Wider Use for Hydroxychloroquine, Official Says


Shira Stein and Jeannie Baumann, quoting Holly Fernandez Lynch (Former Executive Director)
Bloomberg Law

From the article: A request from Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to make an established malaria treatment available for Covid-19 patients set off an internal debate about how…

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Neuroscience, Memory, and Credibility in Immigration Court


Aldis Petriceks, Erin Shortell, and Francis X. Shen (Senior Fellow)
The Asylumist

From the article: The success of an asylum claim relies, to a large degree, on the perceived credibility of an asylum seeker’s memory. The Real ID Act of 2005…

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Some countries, against advice, mull certifying ex-virus patients immune


by Helena Humphrey and Annabel Coleman, quoting I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director)
NBC News

From the article: Governments and health agencies around the world are considering issuing “immunity passports” to help restart their economies — documents certifying that the holders are immune…

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Hong Kong Tests Travelers’ Saliva to Thwart Spread of Coronavirus


by Jamie Tarabay, quoting I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director)
Bloomberg

From the article: Layla Keith had just gotten off a flight from Singapore when she and her fellow passengers were met at the gate by Hong Kong government officials and…

What you know about coronavirus victims in Pennsylvania depends on where you live


Sarah M. Wojcik and Manuel Gamiz Jr., quoting I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director)
The Morning Call

From the article: Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure said he knew what he wanted when it came to tracking and disclosing the county’s coronavirus-related deaths: useful public information…

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COVID-19 Does Not Change The Right To Abortion


Erica Turret, Sara Tannenbaum, Blake Shultz, and Katherine Kraschel
Health Affairs Blog

From the article: During this public health emergency, some states are illegally using the legitimate need to preserve health care resources to stop people from exercising their constitutional right to…

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Why Americans are more willing to share their personal information for drug trials than contact tracing efforts


Elisabeth Buchwald, quoting I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director)
Market Watch

From the article: Contact tracing and drug trials could be two key milestones on the path forward to safely reopening America’s economy. But Americans have differing views on…

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Barr signals DOJ support for lockdown protesters


by John Kruzel, quoting I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director)
The Hill

From the article: When Attorney General William Barr this week directed U.S. prosecutors to safeguard civil liberties amid state-level pandemic orders, he signaled Justice Department support for lockdown protesters…

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Are infertility treatments ‘essential’? How to ethically determine what kind of care must go on amid Covid-19


Shailin Thomas (Student Fellow Alumnus) and Arthur Caplan
STAT

From the article: As the Covid-19 epidemic began to put an unprecedented strain on the U.S. health care system, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services along with many…