Public Health Law and Civil Rights Laws Must Work Together to Rise to the Challenge of Long COVID
The need for public health laws and policies that align with and reinforce civil rights protections is greater than ever.
Disability
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Read more: Call for Submissions – Symposium on Disability and Climate Change Call for Submissions – Symposium on Disability and Climate Change
Contribute to a digital symposium on the rights and agency of persons with disabilities in the climate crisis.
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Read more: Could Amtrak’s Quiet Car Be a Model for COVID-19 Travel Policies? Could Amtrak’s Quiet Car Be a Model for COVID-19 Travel Policies?
Amtrak, airlines, public transit, and other transportation companies should provide must-mask options for passengers who need or want them.
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Read more: The Struggle to Survive in the Pandemic Prison The Struggle to Survive in the Pandemic Prison
The mental health strain of increased isolation, only sporadic access to showers, and a lack of programming pushed many over the edge.
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Read more: Federal Failures to Protect Incarcerated People During Public Health Crises Federal Failures to Protect Incarcerated People During Public Health Crises
For over a year prisoners were denied our most fundamental support systems.
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Read more: COVID-19 as Disability Interest Convergence? COVID-19 as Disability Interest Convergence?
During the pandemic, disability rights have been negotiable and vulnerable to sacrifice in service of the needs of able-bodied, neurotypical people.
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Read more: We Haven’t ‘Learned the Lessons of COVID’ Until We Remake the Political Economy of Health We Haven’t ‘Learned the Lessons of COVID’ Until We Remake the Political Economy of Health
No one will have learned from COVID, or any such crisis, until we undo this fundamental, toxic relationship of health to capital once and for all.
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Read more: Synthetic Cannabinoids and the Lack of Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Carceral Settings Synthetic Cannabinoids and the Lack of Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Carceral Settings
The inability of prisons and jails to address the drivers of and treat substance use disorders is leading to underexplored health ramifications.
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Read more: A Mind Is A Terrible _____ To Waste A Mind Is A Terrible _____ To Waste
For over a year prisoners were denied our most fundamental support systems.
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Read more: The Mask-Optional DEI Initiative The Mask-Optional DEI Initiative
I will be direct: schools that have officially departed from masking are stating an ongoing commitment to purposeful exclusion.
