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Updated Rundown of State and Territorial COVID-19 Mask Requirements

Health Policy Update,
COVID Community Mitigation,
COVID Law and Policy,
State,
Territorial,
Federal,
Public Health Law,
Pandemics,
Women-Infant-Family Health,
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Wisconsin,
Andy Baker-White

Several states and territories, as well as many local governments, are going beyond recommendations and requiring individuals to wear face coverings when they are in public settings and spaces (i.e. ...

Shifting Legal Landscape of Public Health and Places of Worship

Health Policy Update,
COVID Community Mitigation,
COVID Law and Policy,
State,
Federal,
Public Health Law,
Emergency Powers,
Arizona,
California,
Colorado,
Florida,
Indiana,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Dakota,
Ohio,
Oregon,
Pennsylvania,
Utah,
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 Policy Actions to Support Long-Term Care Facilities During COVID-19 Response

Health Policy Update,
COVID Capacity,
COVID Funding,
COVID Healthcare Systems,
COVID Workforce,
COVID Law and Policy,
State,
Federal,
Public Health Law,
Pandemics,
Accreditation,
Public Health Infrastructure,
Ashley Ottewell,
Kate Heyer,
Florida,
Indiana,
Kentucky,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
New Jersey,
Texas,
COVID Preparedness,
COVID Special Population

As COVID-19 emerged and spread in the U.S., people working and residing in long-term care facilities have experienced a significant burden of COVID-19 cases and deaths. As of Oct. 8, deaths ...

Health in the 2020 Political Party Platforms

Health Policy Update,
Federal,
Public Health Law,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
COVID Funding,
COVID Healthcare Systems,
COVID Law and Policy,
Vaccine Distribution,
Pandemics,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Jeffrey O. Ekoma,
Partnership

In anticipation of the upcoming presidential election in November, the Republican and Democratic National Committees released their platforms. These platforms provide an overview of values, policies, ...

How States are Handling School Vaccination Requirements in a Pandemic

Health Policy Update,
COVID Special Population,
COVID Law and Policy,
COVID Vaccine,
Immunization,
State,
Influenza,
Pandemics,
Connecticut,
Washington DC,
Hawaii,
Massachusetts,
New Jersey,
North Carolina,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
Virginia,
Andy Baker-White,
Education,
Maine,
Illinois

Conditioning school attendance on student vaccinations is an evidence-based way of maintaining and increasing vaccine coverage. State law establishes school vaccination requirements which apply not ...

The Legal Framework for Administering COVID-19 Vaccines

Health Policy Update,
COVID Vaccine,
COVID Law and Policy,
COVID Healthcare Systems,
Federal,
State,
Vaccine Distribution,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Emergency Powers,
Public Health Law,
Pandemics,
Maggie Davis,
Delaware,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Maryland,
Minnesota,
Missouri,
New Hampshire,
Oregon

Anticipating a rapid deployment of COVID-19 vaccines as they are authorized, the CDC developed COVID-19 Vaccination Program Operational Guidance in collaboration with state and local jurisdictions to ...