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Ten Considerations Regarding State Government Public Health Powers to Mandate COVID-19 Protective Measures and Vaccination in the United States
People around the world continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, the most extreme public health emergency in a century. This Top Ten discusses the public health law framework in the United States and summarizes some recent developments in the law arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. 1.
COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates: What Now?
Whether you rolled up your sleeve to get COVID-19 shots or to challenge vaccine mandates, it's vital for lawyers and clients to know the current legal status of workplace vaccination requirements. Americans continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on everyday life, both inside and outside the workplace. So far, the best defense against severe illness and death related to COVID-19 has been vaccination.
The Legal Treatment of Vaccine Injury Claims
A very small number of people suffer long-term injuries from vaccines, including vaccines for COVID-19. Vaccine injury claims present both procedural and substantive challenges for plaintiffs. The statutory processes and protections established by the Vaccine Act make assessing the probability of recovery for vaccine-related injuries difficult. Vaccines offer overwhelming public health benefits by helping reduce the spread of a number of dangerous, and sometimes fatal, communicable diseases.
COVID-19 Vaccination: Legal Landscape & Challenges
Public health officials are in almost uncharted territory in terms of devising mass-vaccination programs for COVID-19. Current Wisconsin statutes and rules and decades’ old cases regarding smallpox provide some possible parameters. The novel coronavirus that causes the disease called COVID-19 was first identified in December 2019 and now has spread around the world.
Health Care Law Advisor Alert: Vaccine Injury Claims and the Federal Vaccine Court
As the development of a potential COVID-19 vaccine continues, so too do questions about the types of vaccines being developed and how they will be administered. Vaccines offer overwhelming public health benefits, but a small number of individuals who receive vaccines are harmed by them.
Vaccine Injury Claims and the Federal Vaccine Court
As the development of a potential COVID-19 vaccine continues, so too do questions about the types of vaccines being developed and how they will be administered. Vaccines offer overwhelming public health benefits, but a small number of individuals who receive vaccines are harmed by them.
The New Wave of Litigation: An Early Report on COVID-19 Claims
The coronavirus outbreak in the United States started only a few months ago, but courts in Wisconsin and around the country already are seeing a new wave of related litigation. Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (also referred to as COVID-19) in China in late 2019 and its spread around the globe, business in the United States has slowed and in many cases ground to a halt.
Due Process in the Time of Coronavirus
A day does not go by without new, often menacing, developments regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. State and federal governments have strong tools to attempt to counter the pandemic, but individuals retain some due-process protections against potential overreach by elected and appointed officials. People around the world are in the midst of the most extreme public health emergency most of us have ever experienced.
When Measles Meets Due Process
An essential element of emergency preparedness is knowing the legality of possible responses. Learn here how governmental officials might legally respond if Wisconsin is hit with an outbreak of measles or another highly contagious disease.
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