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The newest map on LawAtlas.org analyzes state laws governing the production, sale, and regulation of cottage food operations. Typically, commercial food production is required to take place in certified commercial kitchens that are heavily regulated.…
Join us for the Policy Surveillance Program’s 3rd annual Summer Institute, June 7-8. The 2018 Summer Institute will teach public health law research methods, with a focus on policy surveillance, during a two-day intensive training…
Since their introduction to the United States market in 2006, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) have quickly transformed from a novelty product into a widely used device for the delivery of nicotine and flavored vapors. In 2017,…
Researchers from The University of California, San Francisco’s Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) and Temple University’s Policy Surveillance Program of the Center for Public Health Law Research (CPHLR) published a study yesterday in…
Three new datasets covering housing related laws were published today on LawAtlas.org, the Center for Public Health Research website dedicated to empirical legal datasets. The three datasets are: State Fair Housing Protections – covers all…
By Scott Burris, JD There is a lot of interest in civil commitment these days, as a possible tool to fight two big health problems. As we continue to watch the rates of opioid-related deaths…
Here’s the latest news from housing law and equity, for the week of November 6-10, 2017: The Public Health Institute released a study that calculates the number of children with lead poisoning in the United…
An update from the world of housing law and equity, for the week of October 30-November 3, 2017 New viewpoint article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, from Megan Sandel, MD, MPH and Matthew…
The week of Sept. 4-11, 2017 brought more housing-related news from the southeast in the wake of Harvey and Irma, and a few new resources. The latest in housing equity and the law, below: Matthew…
By Benjamin Hartung, JD, Joshua Waimberg, JD, and Nicolas Wilhelm, JD While brain injuries and studies associated with professional football get the majority of media attention, student athletes, especially young football and soccer players, are…
