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Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Security and Nutrition
From the Executive Summary: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic is a health and human crisis threatening the food security and nutrition of millions of people around the world. Hundreds of millions of people were already suffering from hunger and malnutrition before the virus hit and, unless immediate action is taken, we could see a global food emergency. In the longer term, the combined effects of COVID-19 itself, as well as corresponding mitigation measures and the emerging global recession could, without large-scale coordinated action, disrupt the functioning of food systems. Such disruption can result in consequences for health and nutrition of a severity and scale unseen for more than half a century."
United Nations
2020-06
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Targeting and Prioritization of Impoverished and Food-Insecure Populations Affected by COVID-19: Safeguarding and Scaling Up Assistance for People Most at Risk
From the Introduction: "The outbreak of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] comes with unpredictable primary and secondary impacts on vulnerable and food-insecure populations across the world. Mortality and morbidity appear to be most acute for elderly people, and those with underlying health conditions. At the same time, the widely anticipated economic downturn could have a more devastating effect on the world's poor than the virus itself. According to the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the food and nutrition security implications of the pandemic will manifest itself in two waves: a massive short-wave shock will be followed by long wave that will affect the world for years to come. IFPRI estimates that, globally, over 140 million people could fall into extreme poverty (measured against the $1.90 poverty line) in 2020-- an increase of 20 percent from present levels. As extreme poverty and food security are closely linked, this would also drive up food insecurity. The global health crisis could therefore result in a major food crisis, unless steps are taken to provide unprecedented emergency relief and safety net support."
World Food Programme
2020-05
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COVID-19 and the Crisis in Food Systems: Symptoms, Causes, and Potential Solutions
From the Document: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] health crisis has brought on an economic crisis, and is rapidly exacerbating an ongoing food security and nutrition crisis. In a matter of weeks, COVID-19 has laid bare the underlying risks, fragilities, and inequities in global food systems, and pushed them close to breaking point. Our food systems have been sitting on a knife-edge for decades: children have been one school meal away from hunger; countries - one export ban away from food shortages; farms - one travel ban away from critical labour shortages; and families in the world's poorest regions have been one missed day-wage away from food insecurity, untenable living costs, and forced migration. The lockdowns and disruptions triggered by COVID-19 have shown the fragility of people's access to essential goods and services."
International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems
2020-04
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Not Enough to Eat: COVID-19 Deepens America's Hunger Crisis
From the Document: "Prior to COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], even in the midst of a strong economy with a record streak of job growth and low unemployment rates, in 2018 nearly 8 million (4 percent) American adults reported that members of their households sometimes or often did not have enough to eat. According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey (collected April 23, 2020 through July 21, 2020), during COVID-19, that number has surged to 26-29 million, or 11 percent of adults. Who are the hungry in America today? This report provides a description of who didn't have enough to eat."
Food Research and Action Center
Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore
2020-09
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Lockdown, Lifelines and the Long Haul Ahead: The Impact of Covid-19 on Food Banks in the Trussell Trust Network
From the Executive Summary: "Well before Covid-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] hit the UK, food banks in the Trussell Trust network had been seeing year-on-year increases in levels of need, with 1.9 million emergency food parcels given out in 2019/20. Previous research has found that the overwhelming majority of people using food banks in the Trussell Trust network are destitute and, even before the pandemic, the number of people struggling to make ends meet was increasing. This crisis has landed after years of stagnant wages and frozen, capped working age benefits - leaving those on the lowest incomes vulnerable to income shocks."
Trussell Trust
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Building Resilience & Confronting Risk in the COVID-19 Era: A Parents & Caregivers Guide to Online Radicalization
From the Document: "Whether you live with a young person, or work virtually with youth, radicalization to extremism is something we all should be concerned about. Extremists looking to recruit and convert children are predatory. Like all forms of child exploitation, extremist recruitment drives a wedge between young people and the adults they would typically trust. The radicalization of young people is a threat to civil society, from the innocent people it victimizes to the family bonds it breaks apart. In addition to the anxieties of the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] era, ongoing Black Lives Matter protests against the legacy of police brutality and systemic racism are also being exploited by far-right extremists. These protests affirm the need to end and to dismantle white supremacy as an essential step to preventing extremist radicalization. Extremists are seeking to co-opt these protests in ways that heighten the risks of violence and online radicalization. This guide will help families, caregivers, and youth recognize and confront new risks posed by far-right extremists during this time. It will also help you build resilience against these risks well beyond this moment."
Southern Poverty Law Center; American University. Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab
2020-06-30?
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2020 Goalkeepers Report: COVID-19: Global Perspective
From the Webpage: "As we write, COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] has killed more than 850,000 people. It has plunged the world into a recession that is likely to get worse. And many countries are bracing for another surge in cases. In past editions of the Goalkeepers Report--almost every time we have opened our mouths or put pen to paper, in fact--we have celebrated decades of historic progress in fighting poverty and disease.[...] But we have to confront the current reality with candor: This progress has now stopped. In this report, we track 18 indicators included in the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In recent years, the world has improved on every single one. This year, on the vast majority, we've regressed. And so this essay has two goals. First, we analyze the damage the pandemic has done and is still doing--to health, to economies, and to virtually everything else. Second, we argue for a collaborative response."
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2020-09
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Supreme Court Should Not Politicize Valid Public Health Orders
From the Document: "As COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] cases began to overwhelm hospitals in the United States, state and local governments enacted public health orders in order to slow the rate of infection. [...] Yet despite the broad public support for such public health orders, businesses and religious groups have brought multiple lawsuits in response. Most of these challenges have either contended that the regulating body does not have authority to issue the order, that the order was discriminatory, or that the order constituted a regulatory taking. Moreover, these challenges largely have been partisan in nature rather than in the interest of public health. The legal validity of these orders is also supported by a long history of precedent showing that policing powers reside with the state, with courts consistently ruling that these powers include instituting protections during public health emergencies. [...] In order to ensure the safety of Americans, it is critical that courts follow the law and not succumb to partisan political arguments that are at odds with case law and scientific reality. However, it is also important for courts to be attentive to the potential for states to abuse their broad emergency authorities--especially with an election looming."
Center for American Progress
Wylie, Stephanie
2020-09-02
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COVID-19 Crisis Underscores the Need for Sustainable Domestic Worker Protections
From the Introduction: "With over 2.2 million house cleaners, care workers, and nannies working in private homes across the country, domestic workers are some of the most essential workers in our economy and homes. These workers--predominantly being workers of color, immigrants, and 91.5 percent being women --are critical in caring for our children, supporting older individuals and people with disabilities, and helping keep our households clean. People doing this work assist in supporting families, and, in many cases, allow working families to become more economically secure and prosper. However, this prosperity is often at the expense of the health and economic wellbeing of domestic workers who have the fewest labor protections, are paid some of the lowest wages, and work in some of the most isolated environments. [...] COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] exacerbates existing threats to the economic livelihoods of domestic workers since many-- especially those who provide home care or elder care--are considered essential workers and must continue to work through the pandemic or face high rates of unemployment. In fact, domestic workers may be the most vulnerable among the millions of workers currently unemployed or working in conditions that could endanger their own health or that of their families."
Center for Law and Social Policy
Maye, Adewale
2020-09
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, November 27, 2020
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "Sexual Violence in the Media: An Exploration of Traditional Print Media Reporting in the United States, 2014-2017"; "Decline in SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] Antibodies After Mild Infection Among Frontline Health Care Personnel in a Multistate Hospital Network -- 12 States, April-August 2020"; "Implementation of Hospital Practices Supportive of Breastfeeding in the Context of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] -- United States, July 15-August 20, 2020"; "COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with a 10-Day Motorcycle Rally in a Neighboring State -- Minnesota, August-September 2020"; "Trends in County-Level COVID-19 Incidence in Counties With and Without a Mask Mandate -- Kansas, June 1-August 23, 2020"; "The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' Ethical Principles for Allocating Initial Supplies of COVID-19 Vaccine -- United States, 2020"; "Timing of Introduction of Complementary Foods -- United States, 2016-2018"; "Prevalence and Trends in Cigarette Smoking Among Adults with Epilepsy -- United States, 2010-2017"; and "'QuickStats': Percentage of Adults Aged ≥20 Years Who Had Chronic Pain, by Veteran Status and Age Group -- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2019." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link: [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2020.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-11-27
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Congress Must Help Rural America Respond to the Coronavirus
From the Introduction and Summary: "America has entered the fifth month of the coronavirus pandemic. Daily case counts continue to rise, even as the virus' spread slows in many other countries around the world. Though the number of cases is rising, much of the national discourse has focused on the economy--specifically, how the government can help spur an economic recovery. In many cases, however, these discussions and debates have not centered the residents of hard-hit rural communities. [...] This report analyzes the dynamics of recent household expenditures and business activity in rural America and offers three key takeaways: [1] Many rural areas, particularly rural communities of color, are experiencing coronavirus case numbers and deaths that now surpass those of the large metropolitan areas that dominated the news cycle early on during the pandemic. [2] The $1,200 direct payments given directly to households as part of the relief provided by the CARES [Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security] Act boosted spending and business revenues in April, especially in Southern rural communities. [3] While the percentage of small businesses that were open rose in May and early June, this number plummeted through the end of June along with small-business revenues; this trend coincides with the recent spikes in COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] cases, especially in the Sun Belt region." This material was published by the Center for American Progress.
Center for American Progress
Ajilore, Olugbenga
2020-07
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5 Cybersecurity Threats Intensified by COVID-19 'and How to Address Them'
From the Document: "In recent years, state and local governments have had to navigate turbulence and uncertainty brought on by citizen expectations for new digital services and a host of other factors. The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic is intensifying those challenges by spawning a rise in costly and sophisticated cybersecurity threats. [...] To defend against the latest risks and protect government organizations from new and evolving attacks, CIOs [chief information officers] and CISOs [chief information security officers] should focus on five of today's leading threats to government systems and citizen data."
Center for Digital Government
2020
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Countering Stigmatization in the Humanitarian Response to COVID-19
From the Document: "The societal stigma attached to certain people or demographic groups based on their perceived attributes or their role in society leads to pervasive and overt discrimination. It can also lead to violence and exclusion that limits access to basic services and humanitarian assistance. During health crises, societal stigma often takes root and proliferates rapidly. This was the case during both past Ebola outbreaks and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Indeed, humanitarians and other first responders have identified stigma as a key challenge in the rapidly expanding global COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] crisis. It is, therefore, critical that humanitarian organizations integrate strategies to counter stigma in the COVID-19 response. These strategies may also pave the way to improve how stigma is prevented and addressed beyond this pandemic"
InterAction (Organization: U.S.)
2020-10-10
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, December 1, 2020: Increase in Hospital-Acquired Carbapenem-Resistant 'Acinetobacter Baumannii' Infection and Colonization in an Acute Care Hospital During a Surge in COVID-19 Admissions -- New Jersey, February-July 2020
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This early release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "Increase in Hospital-Acquired Carbapenem-Resistant 'Acinetobacter Baumannii' Infection and Colonization in an Acute Care Hospital During a Surge in COVID-19 Admissions -- New Jersey, February-July 2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2020.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-12-01
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Continuity of Essential Health Services: Facility Assessment Tool
From the Introduction: "The 'Continuity of essential health services: Facility Assessment Tool' can be used by countries to rapidly assess the capacity of health facilities to maintain the provision of essential health services during the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic. It can help to alert the authorities and other stakeholders about where service delivery and utilization may require modification and/or investment. The tool collects information on health workforce capacities, financial management of the facility, changes in health service delivery and utilization, infection prevention and control (IPC) capacities and COVID-19 primary care services. It also includes optional sections on therapeutics, diagnostics, vaccine readiness and infrastructure. The tool can be used in multiple types of health facilities. It can be used once to provide a rapid snapshot of current service capacity, or on a regular basis for tracking and monitoring the continuity of essential health services during the different phases of the pandemic. This assessment tool is informed by relevant WHO [World Health Organization] tools and guidance on the continuity of essential health services and readiness planning for COVID-19."
World Health Organization
2020-11-20
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Ensuring a Safe Environment for Patients and Staff in COVID-19 Health-Care Facilities
From the Introduction: "On 30 January 2020, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), declared the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] outbreak to be a global public health emergency of international concern under the International Health Regulations. Following the spread of COVID-19 cases in many countries across continents, COVID-19 was characterized as a pandemic on 11 March 2020 by the Director-General, upon the advice of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee. The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to shine a light on the fragility of health services and public health systems globally. It has revealed that even robust health systems can be rapidly overwhelmed and compromised by an outbreak. Against this rapidly evolving situation, many countries are facing challenges in the availability of accurate and up-to-date data on capacities to respond to COVID-19 while maintaining the provision of essential health services. Few countries have reliable and timely data on existing and surge health workforce and service capacities. In response to this situation WHO has developed the 'Ensuring a safe environment for patients and staff in COVID-19 health-care facilities' monitoring tool. This tool has been designed to assess the structural capacities of hospitals to allow safe COVID-19 case management, maintain the delivery of essential services and enable surge capacity planning."
World Health Organization
2020-10-20
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Infection Prevention and Control Health- Care Facility Response for COVID-19
From the Introduction: "This self-assessment tool is designed for acute health-care facilities (i.e. tertiary and secondary) but can be modified for the use in long-term care facilities, to help identify, prioritize and address the gaps in infection prevention and control (IPC) capacity in managing their response to COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. The tool should be used by IPC professionals and/or those responsible for disaster planning or outbreak management in the facility (such as the response to the COVID-19 outbreak) at the start of the improvement process. A sample workplan template is provided to address gaps identified and record required actions. Repeat assessments are recommended (i.e. once a month), in order to correct actions and maintain an adequate response to the COVID-19 outbreak. In order to best evaluate the facility's improving opportunities, it is suggested to answer the questions carefully and critically. This tool focuses on the readiness, response and maintenance of the COVID-19 outbreak for IPC. It takes into account the most essential elements to prevent and control COVID-19 in acute health facilities as well as long-term care facilities."
World Health Organization
2020-10-20
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COVID-19 and the Right to Housing: Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing
From the Introduction: "Amnesty International welcomes the call for inputs by the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to nondiscrimination in this context (hereafter the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing), to inform his report to the General Assembly in October 2020. Amnesty International appreciates the present and previous Special Rapporteurs' efforts in highlighting the importance of the right to adequate housing in the context of the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic. Access to adequate housing is critical to protecting oneself from COVID-19, stopping its spread and recovering from it. [...] The following submission draws on Amnesty International's research and monitoring of the right to adequate housing in several countries around the world. It focuses on some key developments, highlights some violations in the COVID-19 context and elaborates some fundamental steps that states must take in in order to ensure compliance with their obligation to guarantee the right to adequate housing."
Amnesty International
2020-06
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Anti-Vax Censorship on Social Media: Limiting or Lifesaving?
From the Document: "Freedom of speech is arguably the most valued right granted in the American constitution, but how should it be limited in speech that potentially affects the health of communities and individuals? This controversy has recently hit the world of social media in regard to the growing number of 'anti-vax' [anti-vaccine] groups, or communities of parents concerned about the supposed dangers of vaccinating their children. As the online presence of anti-vaccine messages continues to increase--and potentially threatens the health of children and communities--the calls for limiting the reach of such messages have grown louder. Should communication asserting messages that seem to be wrong, unhelpful, or potentially harmful be censored or 'deplatformed' by private social media companies?"
University of Texas at Austin. Center for Media Engagement. Media Ethics Initiative
Trotter, Page; Stroud, Scott R.
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COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S. COVID-19 Activity, Week 49 [December 5, 2020]
From the Key Updates: "Nationally, surveillance indicators tracking levels of SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] circulation and associated illnesses have been increasing since September; however, the percentage of emergency department (ED) visits for COVID [coronavirus disease 2019]-like illness (CLI) decreased slightly during week 49. The percentage of deaths due to pneumonia, influenza and COVID-19 (PIC) has been increasing since October. Both COVID-19-associated hospitalizations and PIC mortality for the most recent weeks are expected to increase as more data are received."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-12-05
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COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S COVID-19 Activity, Week 52 [December 26, 2020]
From the Key Updates: "Nationally, surveillance indicators tracking levels of SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] circulation and associated illnesses declined or remained stable during the week ending December 26, 2020; however, there were regional differences. The percentage of deaths due to pneumonia, influenza and COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] (PIC) has been increasing since early October. Both COVID-19-associated hospitalizations and PIC mortality for the most recent weeks are expected to increase as more data are received."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-12-26
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COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S COVID-19 Activity, Week 51 [December 19, 2020]
From the Key Updates: "Nationally, surveillance indicators tracking levels of SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] circulation and associated illnesses declined or remained stable during the week ending December 19, 2020. The percentage of deaths due to pneumonia, influenza and COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] (PIC) has been increasing since early October. Both COVID-19- associated hospitalizations and PIC mortality for the most recent weeks are expected to increase as more data are received."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-12-19
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COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S COVID-19 Activity, Week 50 [December 12, 2020]
From the Key Updates: "Nationally, surveillance indicators tracking levels of SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] circulation and associated illnesses declined slightly or remained stable during the week ending December 12, 2020. The percentage of deaths due to pneumonia, influenza and COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] (PIC) has been increasing since October. Both COVID-19-associated hospitalizations and PIC mortality for the most recent weeks are expected to increase as more data are received."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-12-12
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COVID-19 Resource Guide
From the Webpage Description: "Dickinson Wright created the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Resource Guide as an easy-to-use document for businesses and individuals. We thank our knowledgeable authors and contributors, who provided their time and talent to produce these articles. We wanted to make this resource as easy-to-use as possible, so we have included an index that contains the articles by topic, by location-specific information, and by date. We dedicate this PDF [portable document format] compilation to the thousands of people whose lives have been impacted or lost prematurely to COVID-19."
Dickinson Wright
2020-08
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How Culture Wars Delay Herd Immunity: Christian Nationalism and Anti-Vaccine Attitudes
From the Abstract: "Prior research demonstrates that a number of cultural factors--including politics and religion--are significantly associated with anti-vaccine attitudes. This is consequential because herd immunity is compromised when large portions of a population resist vaccination. Using a nationally representative sample of American adults that contains a battery of questions exploring views about vaccines, the authors demonstrate how a pervasive ideology that rejects scientific authority and promotes allegiance to conservative political leaders--what we and others call Christian nationalism-- is consistently one of the two strongest predictors of anti-vaccine attitudes, stronger than political or religious characteristics considered separately. Results suggest that as Americans evaluate decisions to vaccinate themselves or their children, those who strongly embrace Christian nationalism--close to a quarter of the population--will be much more likely to abstain, potentially prolonging the threat of certain illnesses. The authors conclude by discussing the immediate implications of these findings for a possible coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine."
American Sociological Association
Whitehead, Andrew L.; Perry, Samuel L.
2020
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COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S. COVID-19 Activity, Week 48 [November 28, 2020]
From the Key Updates: "Nationally, surveillance indicators tracking levels of SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] virus circulation and associated illnesses have been increasing since September. The percentage of deaths due to pneumonia, influenza and COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] (PIC) increased during October and through mid-November. Both COVID-19-associated hospitalizations and PIC mortality for the most recent weeks are expected to increase as more data are received."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-11-28
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COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S. COVID-19 Activity, Week 42 [October 17, 2020]
From the Key Updates: "Nationally, surveillance indicators tracking levels of SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] virus circulation and associated illnesses have been increasing since September, driven primarily by activity in the Southeastern and Central parts of the country. COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] related hospitalization rates and pneumonia, influenza and COVID-19 (PIC) mortality for the most recent weeks may increase as more data are received."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-10-17
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P.L. 111-292, the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010: Summary of Provisions and Possible Issues for Oversight [May 11, 2011]
"The Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 (H.R. 1722), enacted as P.L. 111-292, requires the head of each executive agency to establish and implement a policy under which employees shall be authorized to telework. [...] The law amends Title 5 of the United States Code by adding a new chapter, Chapter 65, entitled 'Telework,' and defines telework as a work flexibility arrangement under which an employee performs the duties and responsibilities of his or her position, and other authorized activities, from an approved worksite other than the location from which the employee would otherwise work. [...] As executive agencies implement the law on telework, Congress may wish to examine several issues, including the policies and guidance that the Office of Management and Budget and OPM, respectively, will be prescribing on the security of information and systems during telework, and the operation of executive agency telework programs. This report summarizes the provisions of P.L. 111-292 and identifies several possible issues for congressional oversight of telework. It will be updated as the law is implemented."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Schwemle, Barbara L.
2011-05-11
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Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB): Emerging Public Health Threats and Quarantine and Isolation [November 26, 2010]
"The international saga of Andrew Speaker, a traveler thought to have XDR-TB, a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis, placed a spotlight on existing mechanisms to contain contagious disease threats and raised numerous legal and public health issues. This report presents the factual situation presented by Andrew Speaker. It also discusses the application of various public health measures available to contain an emerging public health threat posed by an individual who ignores medical advice and attempts to board an airplane or take other forms of public transportation. These measures include quarantine and isolation authorities, the 'Do Not Board' List, and application of certain provisions of the International Health Regulations. This report also examines constitutional issues relating to due process and equal protection. Legal issues which may be raised by application of federal nondiscrimination laws when emergency public health measures are used to contain emerging public health threats are also discussed."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Swendiman, Kathleen S.; Jones, Nancy Lee
2010-11-26
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Survey of the Fifty States and the District of Columbia Statutes Generally Concerning the Quarantine and Isolation of Persons Having a Contagious or Infectious Disease [September 8, 1987]
"This report is a survey of the statutes of the fifty states and the District of Columbia which generally concern the quarantine and isolation of persons having a contagious or infectious disease. In this survey only those statutes were included which concern the quarantine and isolation of persons with contagious or infectious diseases generally. Except for those statutes which concern the quarantine and isolation of persons with venereal disease or specifically AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), as is the case with the newly enacted statute in Colorado, statutes which discuss the quarantine and isolation for tuberculosis or any other specific disease were not included. It should be noted that statutes which are being enacted in the 1987 legislative year have not been thoroughly searched for this report since not all states have completed their 1987 sessions."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Wolfe, M. Ann
1987-09-08
