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Elizabeth Weeks

@eweeksy.bsky.social

Higher education administrator and law professor, specializing in faculty affairs, health law, public health law, and torts. Previous grounds crew worker, telemarketer, psychiatric social worker, law clerk, regulatory lawyer, and KU law faculty.

392 Followers  |  338 Following  |  11 Posts  |  Joined: 20.11.2024  |  1.5778

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SNAP benefits: Could the constitution block healthy food rules? There are efforts to increase the restrictions on SNAP-eligible foods and prevent the purchase of junk food.

Quoted in this #healthism adjacent #thoughtexercise in @newsweek.com www.newsweek.com/snap-benefit...

02.02.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, @tararagone.bsky.social and @setonhallhealthlaw.bsky.social for a great 9th Annual Health Law Works in Progress Retreat!

01.02.2025 06:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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WATCH: RFK Jr. commits to prioritizing funding for long COVID research Indiana Sen. Todd Young asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to commit to directing funding for long COVID research toward potential treatments and diagnostics if he were to be confirmed as health and human se...

RFK Jr commits to research and treatment for #longCOVID. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

30.01.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions – The White House By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, itΒ isΒ hereby ordered as

A number of health care/health law-related rescissions, including Executive Order 13997 of January 21, 2021 (Improving and Expanding Access to Care and Treatments for COVID-19), with potential impacts for #longcovid treatment and research.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

21.01.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t wait!

15.01.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Luminaries Bob Rabin, Mike Green, Adam Zimmerman, Jonathan Cardi, and the AALS Section on Torts and Compensation Systems congratulate Nora Freeman Engstrom on the 2025 William L. Prosser Award!

11.01.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Long COVID-19 is costing Americans money Low income Americans are more likely to experience food insecurity and be unable to pay their bills due to long COVID.

Solid research on the financial hardships of long-COVID, by my UGA public health colleagues. news.uga.edu/long-covid-c...

09.12.2024 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nora Freeman Engstrom Named 2025 Prosser Award Winner | American Law Institute Nora Freeman Engstrom Named 2025 Prosser Award Winner

Congratulations to @StanfordLaw Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom @TheAALS Torts and Compensation Systems William L. Prosser Award Winner. Please join us at the Section Award Ceremony in San Francisco on January 9, 2025. www.ali.org/news/article...

07.12.2024 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#torts #iykyk #lirr

30.11.2024 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

HHS guidance on #longcovid under ADA, Section 1557, Section 504 www.hhs.gov/civil-rights...

22.11.2024 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Americans Suffering From Long Covid Fight Insurers for Benefits The courts’ approach to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act governing disability benefits often stacks the cards against long Covid patients, but some judges are starting to question how the c...

Working on #healthism 2.0 project on #longcovid and subjectively experienced health conditions. Just one example: news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...

20.11.2024 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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