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View article: Wastewater-Based Detection of a Rare SARS-CoV-2 Variant in a Hospital Setting: Implications for Individual-Level Resolution
Wastewater-Based Detection of a Rare SARS-CoV-2 Variant in a Hospital Setting: Implications for Individual-Level Resolution Open
Wastewater-based surveillance is an effective method to monitor community health by detecting pathogens excreted from large populations. Traditionally, wastewater analyses are considered privacy-preserving since samples are pooled. However…
View article: Transcending the Gender Binary under International Law: Advancing Health-Related Human Rights for Trans* Populations
Transcending the Gender Binary under International Law: Advancing Health-Related Human Rights for Trans* Populations Open
Despite a recent wave in global recognition of the rights of transgender and gender-diverse populations, referred to in this text by the umbrella label of trans*, international law continues to presume a cisgender binary definition of gend…
View article: Wastewater Monitoring for Infectious Disease: Intentional Relationships between Academia, the Private Sector, and Local Health Departments for Public Health Preparedness
Wastewater Monitoring for Infectious Disease: Intentional Relationships between Academia, the Private Sector, and Local Health Departments for Public Health Preparedness Open
The public health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic stimulated stakeholders from diverse disciplines and institutions to establish new collaborations to produce informed public health responses to the disease. Wastewater-based epid…
View article: Global Health Law and the Climate Crisis: An Unfulfilled Opportunity
Global Health Law and the Climate Crisis: An Unfulfilled Opportunity Open
The emerging global climate crisis threatens human health in unprecedented ways, yet global health concerns have not been sufficiently considered within international climate change efforts. A more collaborative pathway could advance effor…
View article: Transcending the Gender Binary under International Law: Advancing Health-Related Human Rights for Trans* Populations
Transcending the Gender Binary under International Law: Advancing Health-Related Human Rights for Trans* Populations Open
Despite a recent wave in global recognition of the rights of transgender and gender-diverse populations, referred to in this text by the umbrella label of trans*, international law continues to presume a cisgender binary definition of gend…
View article: Advancing the Human Right to Health: Eleanor Kinney's Seminal Contributions to the Development and Implementation of Human Rights for Public Health
Advancing the Human Right to Health: Eleanor Kinney's Seminal Contributions to the Development and Implementation of Human Rights for Public Health Open
Professor Eleanor Kinney long served as a foundational scholar at the intersection of law and public health, pushing scholarship forward across the fields explored in this special issue. Yet, while this special issue is largely confined to…
View article: Distancing, Movement and Gathering Restrictions, and Business and Activity Control Measures
Distancing, Movement and Gathering Restrictions, and Business and Activity Control Measures Open
Community mitigation measures that limit contacts between people can be an effective strategy to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Government powers can be used to require or encourage these measures through an array of social distancing stra…
View article: Allocating Medical Resources During Times of Scarcity
Allocating Medical Resources During Times of Scarcity Open
Scarcity of medical resources and services during public health emergencies raises challenging legal and ethical questions. The COVID-19 pandemic has strained the capacity of health systems, and revealed some of the shortcomings of previou…
View article: COVID-19: The Promise and Failure of Law in an Inequitable Nation
COVID-19: The Promise and Failure of Law in an Inequitable Nation Open
COVID-19: The Promise and Failure of Law in an Inequitable Nation Wendy E. Parmet JD, Scott Burris JD, Lance Gable JD, MPH, Sarah de Guia JD, Donna E. Levin JD, and Nicolas P. Terry LLM Affiliation Wendy E. Parmet is with the Center for He…
View article: The Legal Response to COVID-19: Legal Pathways to a More Effective and Equitable Response
The Legal Response to COVID-19: Legal Pathways to a More Effective and Equitable Response Open
COVID-19 is the new disease this country had been preparing to take on for decades.1 So far, the response has been a failure, with huge human and economic costs. While peer countries have managed to get the pandemic under a degree of contr…
View article: Global health rights: Employing human rights to develop and implement the framework convention on global health
Global health rights: Employing human rights to develop and implement the framework convention on global health Open
The Framework Convention on Global Health (FCGH) represents an important idea for addressing the expanding array of governance challenges in global health. Proponents of the FCGH suggest that it could further the right to health through it…
View article: Assessing Legal Responses to COVID-19
Assessing Legal Responses to COVID-19 Open
In August 2020, as the nation continued to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which had resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths and a severe economic recession, 50 top national experts offered an assessment of the U.S. policy respo…
View article: Mass Movement, Business and Property Control Measures
Mass Movement, Business and Property Control Measures Open
Government powers support the use of physical distancing measures as a strategy to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. This Chapter examines the efforts of governments to limit mass movement and large gatherings, close businesses and schools,…
View article: Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources and Crisis Standards of Care
Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources and Crisis Standards of Care Open
Potential shortages of medical resources and services related to COVID-19 present government officials and emergency planners with difficult choices. If resources become too scarce, health care professionals and institutions may need to im…
View article: Advancing Legal Epidemiology: An Introduction
Advancing Legal Epidemiology: An Introduction Open
Thompson, Betsy L. MD, MSPH, DrPH, RADM; Cloud, Lindsay K. JD; Gable, Lance JD, MPH Author Information
View article: Legal and ethical implications of wastewater monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 for COVID-19 surveillance
Legal and ethical implications of wastewater monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 for COVID-19 surveillance Open
Scientists have observed that molecular markers for COVID-19 can be detected in wastewater of infected communities both during an outbreak and, in some cases, before the first case is confirmed. The Centers for Disease Control and Preventi…
View article: Learning from the Flint Water Crisis: Restoring and Improving Public Health Practice, Accountability, and Trust
Learning from the Flint Water Crisis: Restoring and Improving Public Health Practice, Accountability, and Trust Open
The Flint water crisis demonstrates the importance of adequate legal preparedness in dealing with complicated legal arrangements and multiple statutory responsibilities. It also demonstrates the need for alternative accountability measures…
View article: Criticized, Fired, Sued, or Prosecuted: Hindsight and Public Health Accountability
Criticized, Fired, Sued, or Prosecuted: Hindsight and Public Health Accountability Open
The charges filed by Michigan prosecutors against state public health officials related to the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Flint raise difficult questions about accountability and responsibility for public health officials. Judging b…
View article: Criticized, Fired, Sued, or Prosecuted: Hindsight and Public Health Accountability
Criticized, Fired, Sued, or Prosecuted: Hindsight and Public Health Accountability Open
The charges filed by Michigan prosecutors against state public health officials related to the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Flint raise difficult questions about accountability and responsibility for public health officials. Judging b…
View article: Global Health Governance and a Framework Convention on Global Health
Global Health Governance and a Framework Convention on Global Health Open
Global health governance continues to be a complex and challenging undertaking. A remarkably complicated patchwork of institutions at the international, national, and local levels contribute to global health outcomes. The formal, global-le…