What the New York City Marathon Can Teach Us About Equitable Access to Vaccines
What can the New York City Marathon teach those hoping to increase global vaccine equity? Quite a lot, it turns out.
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Read more: The Supreme Court Threatens to Undermine Vaccination Decisions Entrusted to the States The Supreme Court Threatens to Undermine Vaccination Decisions Entrusted to the States
The Supreme Court seems poised to say that the existence of a secular medical exemption to vaccine mandates means a state must offer a religious exemption.
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Read more: Reclaiming Global Public Health Reclaiming Global Public Health
The promise of COVID vaccines has been unevenly realized: fault lines have emerged between those able to secure doses and those left behind.
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Read more: Can Children Consent to the COVID Vaccine? The Case of Foster Care and Juvenile Justice Can Children Consent to the COVID Vaccine? The Case of Foster Care and Juvenile Justice
Can young people consent to COVID-19 vaccinations?
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Read more: COVID-19, Patents, and Trade Secrets COVID-19, Patents, and Trade Secrets
Has the global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines been impacted by patent rights? David Gindler and Jasper L. Tran argue that the story is complicated.
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Read more: COVID ‘Compromise’ on International IP Underscores Need for New Approach COVID ‘Compromise’ on International IP Underscores Need for New Approach
For COVID treatments and diagnostics to be broadly available at affordable prices, their IP must be considered a global public good.
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Read more: Vaccine Mandates in the Military: Litigation Over Religious Exemptions Vaccine Mandates in the Military: Litigation Over Religious Exemptions
To date, the military branches have granted very few religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
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Read more: Using Contracts to Lessen Inequities in Access to Medicines in Pandemics and Epidemics 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.
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Read more: Private Employer Vaccine Mandates in the Courts Private Employer Vaccine Mandates in the Courts
Private employers’ discretion to establish employee vaccine mandates is generally well-accepted. Yet, legal challenges have proliferated.
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Read more: Reflections on Procedural Barriers to Pediatric COVID Vaccine Access Reflections on Procedural Barriers to Pediatric COVID Vaccine Access
Bureaucratic tape is causing delays in distributing these critical vaccines to our youngest children.
