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February 2, 2022

Vaccination Research Sources

HeinOnline recently rolled out a new collection available to our library users - the Vaccination subcollection in their COVID-19: Pandemics Past and Present database. This collection helps researchers explore vaccination history and policy for COVID-19 and other diseases. Documents include titles on vaccine mandates and laws, as well as the development of various vaccinations. 

Learn more about what you can find on HeinOnline in their recent posts on these topics: 
New Vaccination Subcollection Now Available in Our COVID-19 Database

Mandates to Vaccinate: A Brief History



For a quick survey of some recent articles on vaccination and COVID-19, see the list below: 

Student immunization program, Wisconsin Legislative Council Issue Brief (2022)

Marguerite Z. Hammes & Grant C. Killoran, Covid-19 Vaccination: Legal Landscape and Challenges, Wis. Law., February 2021, at 36 Available in HeinOnline and Westlaw

Dorit Reiss, Politicization of Science, Hum. Rts., 2021, at 20, available in HeinOnline and Westlaw

Dana B. Taschner & Ashley Atwood, Covid-19: Legal Framework for Vaccine Distributions and Mandates, 24 SMU Sci. & Tech. L. Rev. 65 (2021) available in HeinOnline and Westlaw

Christine Tenley, What Does New Orleans' Proof of Vaccination Requirement Mean for Employers?, Bus. L. Today, August 2021, at 5 Available in Westlaw

Jonathan L. Iwry (FNd1), Fda Emergency Use Authorization from 9/11 to Covid-19: Historical Lessons and Ethical Challenges, 76 Food & Drug L.J. 337 (2021) Available in HeinOnline and Westlaw

Diane Heckman, J.D., The Legality of Mandatory Vaccinations of K-12 Public School Students and the Implications for the Covid-19 Universe, 388 Ed. Law Rep. 453 (2021) Available in Westlaw

Katherine A. Macfarlane, Disability Without Documentation, 90 Fordham L. Rev. 59 (2021) Available in HeinOnline and Westlaw

Elias Feldman, Vaccination and the Child's Right to an Open Future, 25 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 209 (2021) Available in HeinOnline and Westlaw

Rob Kahn, "My Face, My Choice?" - Mask Mandates, Bans, and Burqas in the Covid Age, 14 NYU J.L. & Liberty 651 (2021) Available in Hein Online and Westlaw

John D. Winter et. al., Vaccine-Related Liability: Past Approaches, Current Challenges, and Proposals for Encouraging Future Innovation and More Widespread Vaccine Use, 76 Food & Drug L.J. 270 (2021) (2021) Available in HeinOnline and Westlaw 

Robert Gatter, Reviving Focused Scrutiny in the Constitutional Review of Public Health Measures, 64 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol'y 151 (2021) Available in HeinOnline and Westlaw

Emily R. Jones, Who Calls the Shots?: Parents Versus the Parens Patriae Power of the States to Mandate Vaccines for Children in New York, 37 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 637 (2021) Available in HeinOnline and Westlaw

Dorit R. Reiss (FNa1) (FNr1) & Arthur L. Caplan (FNd1), Considerations in Mandating A New Covid-19 Vaccine in the Usa for Children and Adults, 7 J.L. & Biosciences 1 (2020) Available in Westlaw

Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, Litigating Alternative Facts: School Vaccine Mandates in the Courts, 21 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 207 (2018) Available in HeinOnline and Westlaw

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