On December 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued another groundbreaking amendment to the Declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act). ...more
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued two new advisory opinions dramatically illuminating the wide scope of the PREP Act and its immunities for organizations using covered countermeasures in...more
To assist in the response of the nation’s health care providers to the COVID-19 pandemic, on August 24, 2020, the Secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Third Amendment to his March 10,...more
On June 4, 2020, the Secretary for the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Amendment (Amendment) to his March 10, 2020 Declaration that had applied the federal immunities of the Public...more