Obamacare Upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court On Wednesday, the Supreme Court, in its 7-2 decision in the Texas v. California case, refused to find that the Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional, determining that the plaintiffs (which included the state
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COVID-19 Vaccines The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine received an Emergency Use Authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for use in adults. On Saturday, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which offers guidance to the CDC concerning vaccine policy, unanimously
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Infection Control Policies – Think Dials, Not Switches COVID-19 case numbers are skyrocketing, threatening to overwhelm not only local bed capacity but also, more dangerously, our health care workforce. Without enough workers to care for the ill, hospitals will face
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Testing & School Reopening Authors of a New England Journal of Medicine perspective this week propose that making routine Covid-19 testing available in schools should be a top national response priority, and they critique the lack of inclusion of testing
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Nationwide Eviction Freeze The CDC issued an Emergency Action this week implementing a nationwide temporary freeze on evictions. The freeze runs from September 4 through December 31, 2020. Here is a link to the CDC’s Declaration Form which must be filled
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This editorial from public health, sociology, and demography experts outlines steps to address the tragic, but preventable inequities arising during the COVID-19 epidemic. According to this set of experts (which includes Indiana University sociologist Dr. Elaine Hernandez), the following steps
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This evaluation by the Eviction Lab & Columbia Law Professor Emily Benfer rates Indiana policy just above a 1/2 star out of a possible 5 star rating for the state’s pandemic-related executive, legislative, and judicial actions addressing eviction and housing.
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