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; ...
I. FAMILIES FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act) requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. These provisions will apply from April 1...
In a similar vein, studies are ongoing of decoy proteins that are designed to act as viral “sinks.” There is preliminary success with this strategy using soluble human ACE2 (34) (Central Illustration). Anti-inflammatory therapy Advanced stages of COVID-19 have been likened to cytokine storm...
COVID-19 is caused by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Following infection, detectable IgM and IgG antibodies develop within days to weeks of symptom onset in most infected individuals.1-3Why some patients seem not to develop a humoral immune response,...
19 has shown us what a political response to a real pandemic looks like. We have witnessed determined and swift actions of governments around the world to the public health threat from COVID-19. And there is an opportunity for the same governmental determination to take radical decisions on ...
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 ...
To navigate COVID-19 coronavirus disruption and prepare for what’s next, organizations should act now.
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...
COVID‐19public health policyThe adoption of border restrictions is a political act that situates bodies relative to the nation state. Despite its lauded pandemic response, Aotearoa/New Zealand deviated from WHO recommendations in its use of strict border control measures. This commentary seeks to ...
new, bigger problem. Ina lettersent this week to three members of President Trump's cabinet, five congressional Democrats say the administration wrongly claimed "COVID-19 testing for surveillance or employment purposes are not required to be covered" under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act...