Given this public health emergency, this guidance is being implemented without prior public comment because the FDA has determined that prior public participation for this guidance is not feasible or appropriate (see section 701(h)(1)(C)(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C; ...
Global health has never been neutral, but always embedded in and constructed through political, social and cultural contexts. In recent years, multilateralism has faced ever-growing threats to its legitimacy, but as COVID-19 is making clear, an effective response for a global pandemic cannot be ...
• Caring for an individual who is subject to a federal, state, or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19, or who has been advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine due to concerns related to COVID-19; • Caring for their child whose school or place of ...
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), a contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has reached pandemic status. As it spreads across the world, it has overwhelmed health care systems, strangled the global economy, and led to a devastating loss of...
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, many countries have implemented interventions to induce mobility restrictions and force their citizens to stay at home (i.e., confinement) to reduce the transmission rate and prevent health services from being overwhelmed. As a result, at timepoints during ...
19). On January 31, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a declaration of a public health emergency related to COVID-19 and mobilized the Operating Divisions of HHS.1 In addition, on March 13, 2020, the President declared a national emergency in response to CO...
State, local health departments and health care providers make the decisions for COVID-19 testing. There may not be enough tests available, though they are increasing. If you have symptoms and want to be tested, contact your local health department or medical provider. ...
After defining this, school systems can identify which students are at risk of dropping out due to COVID-19 and understand the factors leading to this risk (e.g., health and safety concerns, economic reasons, or disengagement) 2 Decide and design There...
Each 'Act' of our internal and external theatre is therefore a moment with a specific date, with the questions that were then pertinent. These 'Acts' were: First was the setting up of remote sessions under health pressures and the recommendations of our psychoanalytic institutions. This change ...
How Has the Defense Production Act Been Used to Combat COVID-19? The President issued an Executive Order on March 18, 2020, citing the DPA as authority for delegating to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to mandate performance of contracts necessary to respond to the spread of COVID...