Health risks in the 21st century are beyond the control of any government in any country. In
an era of globalisation, promoting public health and equity requires cooperation and …

“Legal epidemiology” is the scientific study and deployment of law as a factor in the cause,
distribution, and prevention of disease and injury in a population. 1 Its emergence as a …

A bibliometric study is performed to analyze publication patterns in a specific research area
and to establish a landscape model that can be used to quantitatively weigh publications …

Governance is an important factor in urban health, and law is an important element of
healthy governance. Law can be an intervention local government wields to influence …

Legal epidemiology is a new field, defined as the scientific study of the health effects of laws
and legal practices. 1, 2 Research on legal health effects has a long history 3 but has …

The “Legal Epidemiology” of Pandemic Control As the Covid pandemic reveals, law is a
treatment to which many millions of people are routinely exposed. We should therefore …

Background Urban environments impact negatively on the risks of non-communicable
diseases and perpetuate health inequalities. Against this, law could play a critical role …

In 2019, a group of international experts declared the United States the country most
prepared for a pandemic.'If they were right, the response to COVID-19 would have looked …

Antony van Leeuwenhoek grew lice in his socks. Curious to learn how many lice would
appear, the man who would go on to be called the father of microbiology'put two female lice …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works for a future free of HIV/AIDS,
viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB). Policy can have …