This fact sheet outlines efforts, both legislative and other, to evaluate and improve public health authority and emergency response in the aftermath of the pandemic.
Overview Eviction is costly and damaging for all parties involved. For tenants, “[e]viction is a cause, not just a condition, of poverty,” precipitating a “spiral…
Overview The consequences of eviction do not end with a tenant’s removal from their home. Many tenants fail to recognize that a trip to housing…
Overview More than two million eviction cases are filed against tenants each year in the United States. That’s roughly one eviction filing every four minutes.
Voting impacts public health policies ranging from healthcare access to gun control and LGBTQ rights. In this Q&A, Network Southeastern Region Office Director Dawn Hunter discusses the newly launched Health & Democracy Index, which shows measures of health status (individual and population health and other population characteristics, including self-rated health, premature mortality, infant mortality, poverty rates, and community and family safety) relative to the Cost of Voting Index for each state. Dawn also outlines legal and policy strategies to improve voter participation and health.
Overview National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor and Ohio v. Department of Labor (U.S. Supreme Court, Jan. 13, 2022): On request by…
Overview The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, Inc. v. U.S. Food & Drug Administration (U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, July 6, 2021): The U.S. Court…
Overview Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc. v. Reynolds (Iowa Supreme Court, June 30, 2021): Planned Parenthood of the Heartland (PPH) challenged an Iowa statute…
Overview Death by suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people ages 10-24. Certain youth populations, children and young people, are particularly…
Overview Bryant v. Woodall (U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, June 16, 2021): The 4th Circuit held that a group of abortion providers had standing…
This report, co-authored by attorneys from the Network for Public Health Law and the University of Michigan School of Public Health, details why shortcomings in the structure and implementation of laws related to public health, safe drinking water, and emergency financial management failed to stop or mitigate the Flint water crisis. Along with key findings, the report provides recommendations to help prevent similar crises from happening in other communities.
Overview California v. Texas (U.S. Supreme Court, June 17, 2021): In a brief, 7-2 majority Opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected all constitutional and other…
