Globally, infant and childhood vaccine uptake rates are not high enough to control vaccine
preventable diseases, with outbreaks occurring even in high-income countries. This has led …

The study of public health aims to protect and promote the wellbeing of the public as well as
reduce health inequalities. Public health ethics asks how far we should go to achieve these …

Objectives. To compare opioid overdose death (OOD) rates among formerly incarcerated
persons (FIPs) from 2016 to 2018 with the North Carolina population and with OOD rates …

Mandatory vaccination has been a highly disputed policy for tackling infectious diseases.
Here I argue that a universal mandatory vaccination policy for the general public against the …

The public health benefits of herd immunity are often used as the justification for coercive
vaccine policies. Yet,'herd immunity'as a term has multiple referents, which can result in …

Vaccination is a highly effective public health strategy that provides protection to both
individuals and communities from a range of infectious diseases. Governments monitor …

Introduction Mandatory policies have the potential to increase uptake of influenza ('flu')
vaccination among healthcare workers (HCWs), but concerns have been expressed about …

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Publish with us Advanced search References Anita Lavorgna (University of Southampton, UK) …

Infectious disease control measures often require collective compliance of large numbers of
individuals to benefit public health. This raises ethical questions regarding the value of the …

The COVID-19 vaccine has been a miraculous, life-saving advance, offering staggering
efficacy in adults, and was developed with astonishing speed. The time from sequencing the …