Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia have drug-induced homicide laws as of May 1, 2024, that govern the prosecution of drug-related deaths as criminal killings.
Many U.S. Cities Are Making Progress to Advance Health-Promoting Policy Solutions; Greenspace and High-Quality Pre-K Among Top Policies in 2024
Join the Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University's Beasley School of Law for the 2024 APHA Annual Meeting
The Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University Beasley School of Law received funding for three projects to support researchers from CPHLR to provide technical assistance related to health equity and the social determinants of health to public health departments. It will also support topically specific legal epidemiology projects focused on statutory and regulatory policy related to HIV and efforts to increase evidence-based decision-making about policies that support the health of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. This funding complements the parent award announced in August 2024 that supports CPHLR and the College of Public Health.
As of December 1, 2023, 40 states have laws regulating the use of opioid litigation proceeds, a 25% increase from the 32 states that had enacted laws as of August 2022, according to new data published by the Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University Beasley School of Law (CPHLR).
Boston Children’s Hospital, Brown University School of Public Health, Vital Village Networks, and Temple University’s Center for Public Health Law Research Selected for RWJF Grant to Strengthen Research, Methods, and Advocacy to Address Structural Racism
This webinar, hosted by the Center for Public Health Law Research with the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, offers insights and advice for those faced with teaching to these decisions in the coming year.
While most states and US territories have laws that specifically govern some aspect of debt collection lawsuits, the laws vary widely and offer few protections for consumers, according to new data released by the Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University Beasley School of Law.
The purpose of this project is to improve the overall capacity and performance of the public health system by serving legal epidemiologists who can promote and support the effective use of laws and policies to reduce health disparities in the populations they serve.
The Network for Public Health Law has announced the launch of the Racial Equity Dataset, an interactive online tool that provides extensive data on enacted laws in the 2021 and 2022 legislative cycles related to furthering or hindering racial equity, across the 50 U.S. states.
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