CourtsDiscriminationHealthcare
January 23, 2023By Amanda Cruz
The Florida Board of Medicine and Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine recently voted on a new standard of care banning gender-affirming treatments for new minor patients. The decision by the state’s medical boards prohibits Florida doctors from prescribing puberty blockers, cross-hormonal treatment, and gender-affirming surgeries to treat gender dysphoria in patients under 18 years old. […]
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CourtsHealthcareJCL Blog
April 29, 2022By Alexander Maza
The epidemic of opioid addiction has caused approximately 500,000 deaths. Purdue Pharma has largely been held responsible for the opioid epidemic: “Purdue filed for bankruptcy in 2019 in the face of thousands of lawsuits accusing it and members of the Sackler family of igniting the opioid epidemic through deceptive marketing of OxyContin, a highly addictive […]
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COVID-19EconomyGovernmentHealthcare
April 16, 2021By Paola Medina
A global pandemic has affected millions of lives and countries, yet Puerto Rico may be one of the few facing two pandemics. Why? Because in addition to the coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”) it is also dealing with “second-class” citizenship treatment. La Isla Del Encanto (The Enchanted Island), also known as Puerto Rico, is still dealing with […]
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COVID-19Healthcare
October 23, 2020By Brittany Hatchett
As we all know by now, the United States joined the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic back in early 2020. The effects varied from state-wide shelter in place orders and imposed curfews to state held exam postponements and school campus shutdowns, with a plethora of others in between. Another significant consequence of the Covid-19 public […]
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COVID-19Healthcare
October 16, 2020By Krystle Johnson
According to the CDC, the elderly population are more susceptible to becoming severely ill after contracting COVID-19. In addition, the elderly are more likely to require hospitalization, intensive care, or ventilators to help them breathe, and they may even die from the virus. Meanwhile, COVID-19 continues to spread across the nation. In particular, COVID-19 […]
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