<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dadheech, Eeshika</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Growing number of state, local measures undermining public health authority: Temple University researchers tracking laws, policies that limit public health protections</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Nation's Health</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022-11-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11-11</style></pages><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">52</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nearly half of U.S. states have passed laws in recent years that limit the authority of public health officials to take action in a health emergency. Many of the laws hamper the ability of governors or local health officials from taking action to protect people from infectious disease.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>