Maryland Introduces Health Care Reform Legislation

According to the Washington Post, public health advocates in Maryland unveiled a $15.5 billion plan for universal health care.  The plan would subsidize insurance coverage for low-income residents with a payroll tax and increases to cigarette and alcohol taxes.
The plan would also allow small businesses and individuals to join an insurance pool, giving them leverage [...]

Senator Baucus to Take the Lead on Health Care Reform

Senator Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has unveiled his plan to guarantee health insurance for all Americans.  In contrast to the plan put forward by Senator John McCain during his presidential bid, which favored individual purchases of health care in the market rather than through an employer, Senator Baucus aims to encourage [...]

Scholar’s Corner: Recent Scholarly Works in Global Health Law

Germs on a Plane!: Legal Protections Afforded to International Air Travelers and Governments in the Event of a Suspected or Actual Contagious Passenger and Proposals to Strengthen Them

Alexandra R. Harrington
McGill University – Faculty of Law
Journal of Law and Health, 2007
 

Abstract:     
In August, 2006, American moviegoers watched as passengers on an airplane were [...]

Google Tracks and Predicts the Flu

In addition to predicting outbreaks of malaria and meningitis through Google.org, it turns out the google search engine itself is quite the predictor of flu outbreaks.  According to the New York Times, people type phrases such as ”flu symptoms” into a search engine long before visiting a doctor, enabling google to identify flu outbreaks before cases are even reported [...]