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A Democratic presidential administration. A Democrat-controlled Congress. A conservative Supreme Court. What are the likely implications for health and rights as these three powerful entities intersect under the Biden administration? A cadre of experts will examine a range of issues from the Affordable Care Act, to voting rights, to gun safety. For background to the discussion, The Forum event will draw on a March report in JAMA on how U.S. health policy may evolve, given the sharp partisan divide in the U.S. Congress. Though Democrats have control over the three bodies of national government...

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Why much more coronavirus relief is needed Government aid on a large scale is needed to help Americans facing deep financial hardship because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to experts from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In a February 18, 2021 article in The Conversation, three experts from the Department of Health Policy and Management—Mary Findling, research associate, John Benson, senior research scientist, and Robert Blendon, Richard L. Menschel Professor of Public Health and Professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis, emeritus—wrote that public opinion surve...

Biden’s first month of covid-19 response marked by larger federal role U.S. President Joe Biden speaks after a tour of a Pfizer manufacturing plant producing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S., February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner (REUTERS)Premium Stephanie Armour , The Wall Street Journal Efforts to keep mask rules in place have had mixed results, and many school districts are still grappling with a return to in-person instruction Share Via Read Full Story In his first month in office, President Biden has positioned the federal government squarely a...