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Domestic Holiday Travel Pandemic Restrictions and Recommendations

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Health Policy Update,
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Maggie Davis

The 2020 holiday season is coinciding with a nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases. With great concern that holiday travel to see loved ones may exacerbate community spread of the virus, many states are increasing public health measures ...

Embedded: Reflections from Disability and Preparedness Specialists

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Video Blog Post,
People of Public Health,
Series,
Embedded,
Health Equity,
Disability Inclusion,
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Ashley Helsing,
Charles K. Tanner,
David Carey,
Sara Hart Weir,
Sydney Clark

After a year and a half of work as embedded disability specialists, 5 program participants share their reflections on important lessons learned and why disability inclusion is critical to the future of emergency preparedness.

Social Distancing: How States are Handling Business Closures

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, states are using their emergency powers to authorize a variety of social distancing measures. This post is a summary of executive orders that have led to the closure of many businesses and nonprofit ...

Considerations for Maternal Child Health Policies and Public Health Emergencies

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Women, Infant, Family Health Mental Health

This report analyzes way that public health officials can mitigate the impact of disasters on pregnant people, neonates, and infants through a variety of policies, including policies related to preparing for, responding to, and recovering ...

Shifting Legal Landscape of Public Health and Places of Worship

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Maggie Davis

Reconciling the tension between public health and civil liberties is one of the most significant challenges of public health law and ethics. The Supreme Court of the United States historically upheld state authority to enact and enforce ...

Courts Considering Challenges to States Blocking School Mask Requirements

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Infant and Child Health

Recent state laws and governor emergency orders prohibiting universal school mask protocols are complicating the implementation of CDC’s evidence-based guidance for COVID-19 mitigation measures for in-person school. Ten states have enacted ...

Measles Outbreaks and School Exclusions: Public Health’s Authority to Protect Children and Stop the Spread of Disease

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Maine,
Nebraska,
New York

States can use strategies like school vaccination requirements to help combat the spread of communicable diseases that have robust availability of a highly effective vaccine, such as measles.

Scarce Medical Resources Caused by COVID-19 Lead to Difficult Allocation Decisions

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Andy Baker-White,
Maggie Davis,
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COVID and Healthcare Systems

As the Delta variant spreads across the country and increases the number of COVID-19 cases, the strain it is placing on the nation’s health system continues to grow. The surge of COVID-19 patients is contributing to a shortage of the ...