An interactive map examining laws that govern the release and use of communicable disease-related patient information is now available on LawAtlas.org, the Public Health Law Research (PHLR) website dedicated to legal and policy surveillance. The newly released map examines laws across all 50 states and the District of Columbia and clarifies the varied national lands
More than 40 percent of the antibiotics released between 1980 and 2009 were withdrawn from the market for safety concerns, lack of effectiveness compared to existing drugs, and weak sales, according to the first study to evaluate the status of 30 years of antibiotic approvals by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The study, released today in the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, found that antibiotics were withdrawn from the market at a rate three times higher than other drugs released between 1980 and 2009.
Ten new videos released today present ideas and evidence to support proposed legal and policy changes that can positively impact public health challenges.
“Laws can be cost-efficient and popular tools for achieving public health goals. This initiative captures specific actionable, evidence-based ideas for creative ways of using law or legal interventions to improve a public health problem,” said Scott Burris, JD, director of the PHLR program.
In Washington state's first study to examine driver use of electronic devices, investigators from the University of Washington found that more than 8 percent of drivers were engaged in the use of devices behind the wheel, higher than previously estimated. Among those driving distracted, nearly half (45 percent) were observed texting.
New maps outlining state laws in two public health topics were published today on LawAtlas.org, the Public Health Law Research (PHLR) website dedicated to legal and policy surveillance. The two new state law maps on child restraint laws (i.e., seat belts) and scope of practice laws for dental hygienists add to an already existing library of state law maps on important public health issues, such as distracted driving, youth concussions, and sterile syringe access for drug users.
A new study published online in the Journal of Health Economics finds no association between parental involvement (PI) laws and direct measures of sexual behavior or rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
For more than 30 years, the CDC has recommended that health care workers receive flu vaccines to prevent the spread of the illness. Despite this recommendation, less than two-thirds of health care workers were vaccinated in 2010-2011. Vaccine mandates, either by hospital policy or state law, are intended to help reach vaccination goals among health care workers.
Scott Burris, professor of law at Temple University and director of the Robert Wood Johnson Public Health Law Research Center, and Evan Anderson, senior legal fellow at PHLR, explore the unique challenges of the new field of public health law research in an editorial in the latest American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Two-thirds of Oregon school districts are substantially compliant with the current legal/statutory requirements of the Oregon Safe Schools Act, according to a new report.
Mortality due to drug overdose has risen consistently in the United States since the early 1990s, according to national statistics. But new research reveals that those numbers may not be accurate and deserve a closer look.
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