O'Neill Institute

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Premier research center for global health law, domestic health policy, and scholarship

Georgetown Law, Washington, DC
Joined September 2013

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  1. Jan 31

    ’Self‐Help Plus provides strategies for managing distress arising in the context of a range of adversities including interpersonal violence, armed conflict, and chronic poverty.’

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  2. Jan 31

    Every 39 seconds a child dies from pneumonia. “If we are serious about saving the lives of children, we have to get serious about fighting pneumonia”, said Executive Director Henrietta Fore

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  3. Jan 31

    The 's exemption for disposable e-cigarettes is a relevant loophole in the efforts to regulate :

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  4. Jan 31

    “I think we need to set aside our political differences and come together as one common humanity to fight this global threat” comments in on creating a Global Action Plan for 2019-nCoV.

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  5. Jan 31

    Starting on Feb. 6 sales restrictions on will target the products most popular with young people, and if minors switch to menthol-flavored vapes or other e-cigarette products, the agency will take further action.

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    Jan 30

    Calling 2019-nCoV a PHEIC fulfills the legal criteria established in the International Health Regulations. Now it is time to come together as a common humanity to create a Global Action Plan to address this great global health threat.

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  7. Jan 30

    Following the PHEIC declaration, the international community must develop a global action plan to bring the outbreak under control

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  8. Jan 30

    . declares 2019-nCoV a PHEIC, following the legal criteria established in the International Health Regulations. The declaration can lead to great international support and mobilization of efforts to address the virus.

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  9. Jan 30

    New push by states to ban puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones & gender reassignment for transgender children

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  10. Jan 30

    New in , global health experts state that to manage 2019-nCoV, the international community must use the lessons learned from the 2003 SARS outbreak.

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  11. Jan 30

    Efforts to manage the 2019-nCoV must be based in human rights, if not they can create more public mistrust leading to lessened cooperation with health authorities, say global health law experts in .

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    Jan 30

    It is better to act decisively now rather than wait to see how the 2019-nCoV outbreak unfolds globally. New in with and on challenges presented by the growing outbreak.

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  13. Jan 29

    . admired China's effort to prevent coronavirus transmission and announced that it'll reconvene the expert meeting tomorrow to decide on whether the outbreak constitutes a PHEIC.

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  14. Jan 29

    “I think there’s a narrative that people don’t want healthy food [...] and I’ve never found that to be the case.” Read how Baltimore is fighting by trying to solve the problem of

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  15. Jan 28

    Around the world, countries are treading new paths that reject the criminalization of people who use drugs, build more constructive responses to drug-related challenges. explains how

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  16. Jan 28

    "Declaring a PHEIC is inherently a political, economic and legal decision, as well as a technical one. But the [EC] members are scientists and epidemiologists — these are medical experts, which means the group may not be well-equipped to analyze an outbreak’s other dimensions."

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  17. Jan 28

    Our Associate and global health expert Mara Pillinger, , discusses the decision-making process:

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  18. Retweeted
    Jan 28

    Is the World Prepared for the Next Pandemic? and global health expert and 's weigh in on

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  19. Jan 27

    The will announce Medicaid plan – a plan to cap Medicaid spending could lead to recipients losing access to

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  20. Jan 27

    US Supreme Court allows rule to go into effect while litigation continues - the use of benefits like Medicaid, housing assistance or food stamps could make it harder for immigrants to receive permanent residency, undermining

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