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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Given the significant push to vaccinate the public since the start of 2021, the increasing availability of vaccines, and the need to recruit additional personnel to administer vaccinations, the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has again amended its declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) to accommodate some workforce barriers that had not been previously contemp...

The Biden administration has called for all people at least 18 to be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine by April 19, 2021. Most states have already done so. A BenefitsPro...

Naturally, with expanding availability of COVID-19 vaccination doses and widespread eligibility, organizations are asking whether setting up an on-site COVID-19 vaccination program is more involved than one offering flu shots. The short answer is yes.

March 31, 2021 by Abigail Roth Yale School of Medicine (YSM) students, in collaboration with a diverse set of other students and community members, are playing a significant role in the vaccination campaign in New Haven, in Connecticut, and nationally. Their impact ranges from designing the New Haven Health Department (NHHD) vaccine registration postcards mailed to all city residents, to influencing President Biden’s decision to order an amendment to the Public Readiness and Emergency Prepare...

Tuesday, March 9, 2021 Individuals and organizations that want to play a role in administering countermeasures to combat a disease or combat a public health emergency, such as COVID-19, worry about the potential legal exposure. The choice to cooperate with a local public health department, for example, to establish closed “point of dispensary” or “POD” to administer COVID-19 vaccines is not an easy one, particularly if there is unlimited liability. Fortunately, the  Public Re...

Senior Living Communities, Liability for COVID-19 Countermeasures, and the PREP Act: Is the Tide Turning for Providers? Monday, March 8, 2021 In a February 10, 2021 ruling (the “Garcia Ruling”) out of the CDCA Court for the Central District of California (the “CDCA Court”) in the case of  ., 20-02250JVS (C.D. Ca. Feb. 10, 2021), the CDCA Court held that the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (42 U.S.C. § 247d–6d) (the “PREP Act”) provides senior living fa...

Wednesday, February 24, 2021 The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently added government contractors to the list of entities eligible for immunity from liability under the Secretary’s March 17, 2020, Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (“PREP Act”) declaration.  The PREP Act protects individuals and companies from liability for death or other tort-like harm in connection with the pandemic response, except for cases involving “wil...

Friday, January 29, 2021 On January 28, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Fifth Amendment to HHS’s Declaration under the Public Health Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) that provides liability immunity to certain individuals and entities arising from the manufacturing, distribution, administration or use of medical countermeasures (e.g., therapeutics and vaccines) against COVID-19. According to HHS, the new Secretary of HHS “has d...

Summit. the president obama administration back here at home is uncenter fire for strategy against the islamic state strategies. iraqs foreign minister now ace world leaders have underestimated terror groups in general. who will stop at nothing to further their bloody campaigns. >>. >> translator: the world took too long to rep act in 2004. 11 years ago i said terrorism has no religion and no country. those people do not wish to see any country or any family living in piece. >> the fox news po...

International climate change summit. the president obama administration back here at home is uncenter fire for strategy against the islamic state strategies. iraqs foreign minister now ace world leaders have underestimated terror groups in general. who will stop at nothing to further their bloody campaigns. >>. >> translator: the world took too long to rep act in 2004. 11 years ago i said terrorism has no religion and no country. those people do not wish to see any country or any family living...