Taking Data Sharing Seriously: Public Interest and Solidarity as Principles for an International Pandemic Treaty
Only a legally enforceable framework can ensure that solidarity is matched with reciprocity that is in the global public interest.
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Either through hard or soft law, there is a strong case to be made in favor of designing positive “rewarding” mechanisms to encourage cooperation.
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Read more: Medical Schools Need to Do More to Reduce Students’ Debt Medical Schools Need to Do More to Reduce Students’ Debt
Today, the average medical student graduates with more than $215,000 of debt from medical school alone.
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Read more: Leverage COVID-19 Frameworks to Prepare for the Next Pandemic Leverage COVID-19 Frameworks to Prepare for the Next Pandemic
How should scientists, policy makers, and governments balance efforts to address the current pandemic with initiatives to prevent the next one?
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Read more: FRAND Terms for Pandemic-essential Intellectual Property Rights FRAND Terms for Pandemic-essential Intellectual Property Rights
The use of fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (“FRAND”) terms in the licensing of intellectual property rights could foster cooperation in pandemics.
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Read more: Limiting Human Rights During Pandemics: Recommendations for Closing Reporting Gaps and Increasing International Oversight Limiting Human Rights During Pandemics: Recommendations for Closing Reporting Gaps and Increasing International Oversight
A pandemic instrument should enhance roles for and communication between regional and global governmental bodies and especially non-governmental actors.
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Read more: The Devil is in the Details with Biden’s Free COVID Testing Plan The Devil is in the Details with Biden’s Free COVID Testing Plan
This policy doesn’t seem to encourage frequent and convenient testing now, which is particularly important as we face the current delta surge.
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Read more: Promote Trust, Avoid Fraud: Lessons in Public Health Messaging from the Booster Roll Out Promote Trust, Avoid Fraud: Lessons in Public Health Messaging from the Booster Roll Out
The discrepancy between past booster messaging and the current, broad recommendation has spawned public health communications problems.
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Read more: Killing Locally or Killing Globally? Inequalities in Framing Cooperation Through Pandemics Killing Locally or Killing Globally? Inequalities in Framing Cooperation Through Pandemics
The international community must avoid entrenching in international law a system indifferent to right-to-health core obligations.
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Read more: HHS’ New Prescription Drug and Health Care Spending Rule HHS’ New Prescription Drug and Health Care Spending Rule
A new interim final rule requires health insurance plans and issuers on the marketplace to report data on prescription drug and health care spending.
