Public Health
521 ABA Journal Public Health articles.
We knew this year was going to be an especially bad one for the flu. In its
November 2019 issue, Scientific American, one of the country's leading science publications, included a twenty-page article titled "The Influenza Outlook", which highlighted the escalating threat of influenza for the year 2020. Unfortunately, at present, the emergence and spread of the novel coronavirus makes the flu pale by comparison.
Mar 18, 2020 10:12 AM CDT
The number of federal and state courts taking steps to thwart transmission of the novel coronavirus continues to grow. More than 25 federal district courts are pausing jury trials, following
a trend that is still gaining ground in state courts.
Mar 18, 2020 9:45 AM CDT
From advising employers how to respond when an employee tests positive for coronavirus to counseling employees afraid of catching it at the office, lawyers are working around the clock to help clients navigate the uncharted legal waters sparked by the rapidly spreading COVID-19.
Mar 17, 2020 11:27 AM CDT
A Manhattan judge declared a mistrial Monday after an ill lawyer tried to question a witness from a speakerphone in a courthouse conference room and then acknowledged that he couldn’t continue.
Mar 17, 2020 11:15 AM CDT
The sheriff in Nelson County, Kentucky, says his deputies are stationed at the home of a man with COVID-19 to enforce a quarantine order.
Mar 17, 2020 10:05 AM CDT
Large law firms continue to grapple with the new coronavirus as employees are diagnosed with the illness.
A partner with Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz in Louisiana was hospitalized…
Mar 16, 2020 6:15 PM CDT
Full DC Circuit to hear cases on McGahn subpoena, border wall
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has granted en banc review of two cases…
Mar 16, 2020 5:22 PM CDT
The ABA has canceled several more meetings as a result of the coronavirus.
Mar 16, 2020 5:02 PM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will delay oral arguments as other courts were delaying trials or even closing in response to concerns about the new coronavirus.
Mar 16, 2020 3:57 PM CDT
The former lead counsel for the House Intelligence Committee during President Donald Trump's impeachment proceedings has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Mar 16, 2020 3:13 PM CDT
More large law firms are closing offices and requiring work at home amid mounting concerns about the new coronavirus. Law firms are emphasizing that they can continue to serve clients despite office closings and remote work.
Mar 16, 2020 12:10 PM CDT
Updated: A Davis Wright Tremaine staff member, who worked out of the firm’s office in Bellevue, Washington, was found dead Thursday after she’d left work Tuesday morning, experiencing flu-like symptoms.
Mar 13, 2020 1:37 PM CDT
When Lauren Johnson reached for a squirt of hand sanitizer on her way out of the doctor’s office, she regretted it immediately.
In the Central Texas prison where she was…
Mar 13, 2020 1:10 PM CDT
The in-person portion of ABA Day, scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C., from April 21 to 23, has been canceled because of the public health emergency created by COVID-19.
Mar 13, 2020 12:00 PM CDT
As more schools move JD instruction out of the traditional classroom setting, many are moving into uncharted territory.
Mar 12, 2020 3:05 PM CDT
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