March 17, 2020
The courts and law enforcement are just a piece of this broader societal puzzle, and [in] that puzzle, the general theme is triage, Professor Daniel Medwed tells Insider.
March 13, 2020
“The federal public health power is pretty awesome … awe-inspiring in its breadth,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells Politico. “But there’s also obviously a lot of danger.”
March 13, 2020
There’s been a troubling lack of consistency in messaging and policy from Washington and that helps to sow the seeds of rumors,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells Mother Jones. “Trust is an absolutely critical ingredient to an effective public health response. If people don’t trust the leadership, that’s a bad situation. Unfortunately, we’re in that bad situation.”
March 11, 2020
Beginning Thursday, March 12, Northeastern University will transition to online and remote learning.
March 11, 2020
Northeastern University is closely tracking the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak and university leaders are making contingency plans and decisions in accordance with global public health authorities.
March 09, 2020
To get people to comply with self-quarantine requests before legal orders come into play, officials should streamline their messaging about the virus and the purpose of staying away from other people, says Professor Wendy Parmet.
March 09, 2020
Respiratory diseases don't care about walls or immigration status,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells The American Independent. “If we think we can protect the public from COVID-19 or a similar outbreak by building a wall, we are in big trouble."
March 04, 2020
With a pandemic upon us, it doesn’t require compassion to ensure that our immigration policies don’t threaten public health, writes Professor Wendy Parmet. "It just requires common sense."
March 04, 2020
In a co-authored op-ed for CommonWealth, Professor Emily Spieler makes the case in favor of H. 4174/S. 2401, An Act to Protect Injured Workers. The proposed bills would protect workers who seek their rightful access to medical care and workers' compensation from retaliation from their employer.
March 04, 2020
It’s the impulse to do something to combat the opioid crisis that has fueled the recent increase in drug-induced homicide prosecutions nationwide, Professor Leo Beletsky tells The Appeal. "These prosecutions take resources away from more effective interventions."
March 04, 2020
“Non-citizens make up a very significant proportion of the workforce in healthcare, and particularly in places like nursing homes, where patients are especially vulnerable,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells Mother Jones. “If we want to protect those patients, it’s really important that the people who are caring for them, many of whom are immigrants… are comfortable with getting health care, getting tested. Otherwise, there’s potential for exasperating the outbreak.”
March 04, 2020
“It’s mind-boggling that the United States could be at the bottom of the developed world in terms of getting testing kits out and issuing policies that mitigate the disease,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells The New Yorker. "We need a much more robust strategy to manage community transmission.”