The Current COVID-19 Surge, Eugenics, and Health-Based Discrimination
We have entered a new stage of erasure of children, of the disabled, and of the vulnerable.
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Read more: What Can the Federal Government Do When States Make Dangerous Decisions? What Can the Federal Government Do When States Make Dangerous Decisions?
The federal government has all the power it needs to stop the actions of individual states that put the entire nation at risk.
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Read more: Pandemic Diagnostics: Present and Future Implications of Self-Testing Reimbursement Pandemic Diagnostics: Present and Future Implications of Self-Testing Reimbursement
At-home COVID-19 testing illustrates how even the most well-financed efforts can miss opportunities to ensure equity and expand access.
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Read more: The Only Constant is Resistance to Change: A Flaw in the US Response to Public Health Crises The Only Constant is Resistance to Change: A Flaw in the US Response to Public Health Crises
Law’s inherent bias towards stability is poorly suited to the challenges of addressing rapidly evolving public health crises.
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Read more: America’s Underinsurance Crisis in the Age of COVID-19 America’s Underinsurance Crisis in the Age of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the underinsurance crisis that has long kept millions of Americans on the precipice of financial disaster.
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Read more: A Critical Analysis of the Eurocentric Response to COVID-19: Global Classism A Critical Analysis of the Eurocentric Response to COVID-19: Global Classism
As the rich get richer, those of low socioeconomic status are doubly marginalized by the classism that characterizes the international pandemic response.
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Read more: A Critical Analysis of the Eurocentric Response to COVID-19: Western Ideas of Health A Critical Analysis of the Eurocentric Response to COVID-19: Western Ideas of Health
In concentrating on largely Western conceptions of health, the international pandemic response paid insufficient attention to realities in the Global South.
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Read more: Civil Commitment for Opioid Misuse: The Need for an Ethical Use Framework Civil Commitment for Opioid Misuse: The Need for an Ethical Use Framework
Despite political investment in the use of civil commitment for opioid use disorder, evidence of its effectiveness is sparse.
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Read more: Expanding The Right to Try Unproven Treatments: A Dangerous, Deregulatory Proposal Expanding The Right to Try Unproven Treatments: A Dangerous, Deregulatory Proposal
As has been proven time and again, “gut feeling” and wishful thinking have never been shown to replace controlled clinical testing.
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Read more: Long-Term Care After COVID: A Roadmap for Law Reform Long-Term Care After COVID: A Roadmap for Law Reform
There are a series of practical reforms that could readily improve the quality of nursing home care.
