Using Contracts to Lessen Inequities in Access to Medicines in Pandemics and Epidemics
Research funding contracts can help to safeguard against inequities in global allocation and distribution of lifesaving diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines.
Resource Allocation
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The present pandemic nightmare is an especially acute manifestation of capitalist society’s tendency to kill many, regularly.
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Read more: Employers Should Bear Responsibility for Making Remote Work Environments Accessible Employers Should Bear Responsibility for Making Remote Work Environments Accessible
Employers must take steps to ensure that remote work accommodations are not made at the expense of the employee.
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Read more: Struggles Over Care Will Shape the Future of Work Struggles Over Care Will Shape the Future of Work
The future of work and of aging will be shaped by struggles over care from both giving and receiving ends, perhaps against those profiting in between.
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Read more: The AMA Can Help Fix the Health Care Shortages it Helped Create The AMA Can Help Fix the Health Care Shortages it Helped Create
Now is a pivotal time for the American Medical Association to reconsider its aggressive scope of practice lobbying.
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Read more: Blue Booking Long COVID: Accounting for Long-Term COVID-19 Complications in Social Security Disability Benefits Evaluations Blue Booking Long COVID: Accounting for Long-Term COVID-19 Complications in Social Security Disability Benefits Evaluations
The Social Security Administration should amend the Blue Book to include Long COVID in its determination of disability benefits.
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Read more: Introduction to the Symposium: Build Back Better? Health, Disability, and the Future of Work Post-COVID Introduction to the Symposium: Build Back Better? Health, Disability, and the Future of Work Post-COVID
This symposium aims to address the critical junctures of health, disability, and work at the heart of the domestic policy response to COVID-19.
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Read more: Balancing Patient Rights and Costs in Medical Malpractice Claims Balancing Patient Rights and Costs in Medical Malpractice Claims
It is important not to forget the patient’s perspective and needs. Tort reform should not focus primarily on economics and cost containment.
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Read more: Please Keep Your Masks On Please Keep Your Masks On
Wearing masks in common, indoor spaces is such a small, easy, powerful act to help prevent the spread of disease.
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Read more: Picking Research Projects That Matter Picking Research Projects That Matter
We should strive to create an academic culture where researchers consider a project’s likely impact on the world when deciding what to work on.
