Webinars

June 11, 2020 | 3:00 p.m. EST. In this webinar, Prof. Gostin discussed public and global health law and ethics in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including balancing public health with human rights.

This webinar focused on how child nutrition programs, specifically the Summer Food Service Program and Seamless Summer Option, could be used to support students during the pandemic.

This webinar focused on emerging constitutional and other legal and policy challenges to state and local efforts to re-open their economies despite concerns of public health officials and health care practitioners over the potential for significant impacts on communal health.

This webinar provided an overview of the mental health implications of COVID-19 and the role of laws and policies in the initial stages of the mental health response.

This webinar provided attendees with a legal and ethical framework for executive decision-making, covering mandatory and discretionary actions and the exercise of professional judgment in responding to COVID-19.

This webinar focused on the key emerging constitutional challenges to ongoing public health responses in real-time based on actual litigation, policymaker objections, advocacy positions, or other sources.

This webinar reviewed the actions taken by the federal government to prevent foreclosure and by state and local governments to prevent evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This webinar identified various federal and state laws, including HIPAA, that impact public health’s ability to share COVID-19 information.

This webinar examined the decisions health care workers must make to address scarce resource allocation including, ethical decision-making, provider liability and other legal issues, and the role of Crisis Standards of Care.

This real-time session centered on the legal and policy challenges faced by counties, cities, and other localities, as well as their departments of health and emergency management, across an array of public health powers and issues.