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1 month ago |
jamanetwork.com | Eli Cahan |Joshua M. Sharfstein |Yngvild Olsen |Sara Whaley
In the span of 30 days, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) sued both CVS and Walgreens, along with dozens of their state subsidiaries. The country’s largest pharmacy chains—which collectively operate more than 17 000 storefronts—aided and abetted the opioid epidemic, the federal lawsuits—filed last December and this January, respectively—allege.
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Jul 3, 2024 |
healthaffairs.org | Joshua M. Sharfstein |Nicole Lurie
With each new report of a human case of avian influenza, concern grows that the nation is at risk for repeating the surveillance mistakes of COVID-19. Back in 2020, CDC's delay in making a functional COVID-19 test left the nation in the dark about the scale and nature of the threat for many months. Today, even as avian influenza spreads among thousands of cattle (and numerous other species of mammals), testing of farm workers remains opaque, with limited release of test results.
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Jun 19, 2024 |
thebaltimorebanner.com | Joshua M. Sharfstein |Beth Blauer
Soaring overdose rates. Front page stories. Baltimore getting a national reputation as a a city succumbing to heroin. It was the year 2000, and the city took action. A new mayor, Martin O’Malley, made state funding to expand drug treatment his top legislative priority. A health commissioner, Peter Beilenson, who had identified barriers to drug treatment by posing as a person in need, fiercely advocated for more resources.
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May 6, 2024 |
angrybearblog.com | Joshua M. Sharfstein |Lawrence O. Gostin |Bill Haskell
I believe Angry Bear can present this excellent article on how the Supreme Court is evolving its interpretation of the Public Health. I am using it as informational and instructional to Angry Bear readers. A brief analysis of the SCOTUS philosophy on Public Health and their impact on the government and its legislation. It is brief enough and stated in nontechnical terms allowing a layman to pickup on it rather easily.
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Feb 27, 2024 |
publichealth.jhu.edu | Joshua M. Sharfstein
The Alabama Supreme Court issued a ruling on February 16 declaring that embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) should be considered children. Several of the state’s IVF clinics have since paused services, and lawmakers, doctors, and patients are raising concerns about the far-ranging impacts of the ruling on health care, including reproductive technology.
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