How Does Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Work, and Who Is Funding Its Development?
Moderna’s vaccine works using a completely novel mechanism, unlike any other vaccine currently approved anywhere in the world.
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Read more: COVID-19 Vaccine Advance Purchases Explained COVID-19 Vaccine Advance Purchases Explained
No vaccine for the novel coronavirus has been approved. Nevertheless, governments and organizations are making deals for tens of millions of doses.
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Read more: Running healthcare, research and public trust up the flag pole Running healthcare, research and public trust up the flag pole
By Paul McLean While I was aghast earlier this week that the White House struggled over whether to fly the flag at half-mast or full for the death of John McCain, and relieved that it was still the American flag, I distracted myself from the drama in Washington with other news: Item: In Europe, there…
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Read more: California Court of Appeal Rejects Challenge to Vaccine Law California Court of Appeal Rejects Challenge to Vaccine Law
By Dorit Reiss The Second Appellate District’s Court of Appeal upheld the California law that removed California’s Personal Belief Exemption (PBE) from school immunization requirements earlier this month. The decision is a strong endorsement of immunization mandates and is binding on all state courts until another appellate decision is handed down, or the Supreme Court…
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Read more: How the New York Court of Appeals Applied the Soda Cap Criteria to Vaccines How the New York Court of Appeals Applied the Soda Cap Criteria to Vaccines
By Dorit Reiss New York’s Court of Appeals reversed an Appellate Division decision and reinstated New York City’s influenza mandate for city daycares in Garcia v. New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in June. Applying the same criteria the court used in 2014 to overturn the city’s controversial Soda Cap, the court…
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Read more: More on the ECJ Vaccine Liability Decision More on the ECJ Vaccine Liability Decision
By Alex Stein My friend and mentor, the former Israeli Chief Justice Aharon Barak, used to say that when neither side likes the court’s decision, chances are that the court was right. This is likely to be the case with the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision on vaccine manufacturers’ liability, N.W. et al. v. Sanofi…
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Read more: Vaccine Liability in Europe: A New Development Vaccine Liability in Europe: A New Development
By Alex Stein Yesterday, the European Court of Justice has issued an important ruling on vaccine manufacturers liability. N.W. et al. v. Sanofi Pasteur MSD, C‑621/15. This ruling triggered a hailstorm of criticism from different media outlets, including CNN. These outlets, however, have largely misreported the ruling and its underlying reasons, partly because of this misleading…
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Read more: New Research: Legal Epidemiology in the Literature New Research: Legal Epidemiology in the Literature
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research It’s a rainy day on the East Coast; what better way to get through the damp than four new legal epidemiology articles? Our colleagues have published papers examining vaccine policies, telehealth reimbursement policies, scope of practice laws for health care providers, and the field of legal…
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Read more: Violations of federal antifraud provisions alleged against two hepatitis B treatment producers Violations of federal antifraud provisions alleged against two hepatitis B treatment producers
By Wendy S. Salkin Two investor class-action suits have been filed within days of one another against two different California-based pharmaceutical companies both of which produce hepatitis B treatments, Dynavax Technologies and Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals. The named plaintiffs in both shareholder class-action suits, David Soontjens and Yaki J. Meller, are represented by counsel at Pomerantz, LLP.[1] Meller…
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Read more: The Great Vaccination Debate Rages On: Is There Any Solution? The Great Vaccination Debate Rages On: Is There Any Solution?
By Allison M. Whelan For many years now, there has been ongoing debate about childhood vaccinations and the recent measles outbreak in Disneyland and its subsequent spread to other states has brought vaccinations and questions about communicable diseases back to the headlines. Politicians, including potential presidential candidates such as Hilary Clinton, Rand Paul, and Chris…