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RSVP for this Virtual Series on Business Ethics & the Pandemic Moderated by Christopher Michaelson, PhD

This three part series is hosted by the University of St. Thomas' Opus College of Business via the The Melrose & The Toro Company Center for Principled Leadership.
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Patients With Vulnerable Immune Systems Worry Vaccine Exemptions May Put Them in Peril

Clinical Ethicist Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C weighs in on the dilemma.
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Immunocompromised patients worry vaccine exemptions put them in peril

Clinical Ethicist, Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C discusses how hospital staff can respond to questions about their vaccination status.
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Doctors fighting racial health disparities face threats, harassment

JP Leider, PhD pushes back on the success of political agendas to remove public health policies addressing health disparities based on race.
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New Article: Using qualitative, community-based input to steer post–coronavirus disease 2019 pharmacy practice in substance use

Laura Palombi, PharmD, MPH, PAT, AE-C co-authors a new article.
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Minnesota's 2021 death toll well above expected total despite vaccine

Public Health Policy researcher JP Leider, PhD, comments on the link between deaths and vaccination status, particularly among those under 65.
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Former Trump adviser falsely claims states are rationing scarce covid treatments based largely on race

JP Leider, PhD discusses the facts.
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Are Pfizer's Covid pills going to highest-risk patients? Inside the U.S. rollout

JP Leider, PhD comments on equity guardrails when resources are scarce.
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It's Been Quite a Week in Legislation for the Public Health Workforce

JP Leider, PhD, writes in favor of recent Minnesota based bills aimed at tackling recruitment and retention of public health workers.
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As with vaccines, equity becomes an issue with COVID-19 medicines

Commentary on inequitable access to life-saving medications by JP Leider, PhD.