Introduction and Geographic Availability of New Antibiotics Approved Between 1999 and 2014
Kevin Outterson (Boston University), Eili Y. Klein (Johns Hopkins University), Morten Lindb æk (University of Oslo), John-Arne Røttingen (Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services), Introduction and Geographic Availability of New Antibiotics Approved Between 1999 and 2014, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205166 (2018): Despite the... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 6, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
The Need for a Strong and Stable Federal Public Health Agency Independent from Politicians
Jacqueline Salwa (Harvard Law School), Christopher T. Robertson (Boston University), The Need for a Strong and Stable Federal Public Health Agency Independent from Politicians, in COVID-19 Policy Playbook: Legal Recommendations for a Safer, More Equitable Future, (Scott Burris, Sarah de... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - June 25, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Disparities in Health Care: The Pandemic ’s Lessons for Health Lawyers
Danielle Pelfrey Duryea (Boston University), Nicole Huberfeld (Boston University), Ruqaiijah Yearby (Saint Louis University), Disparities in Health Care: The Pandemic ’s Lessons for Health Lawyers, Am. Health L. Assoc. Health L. Watch (2021): Population-level disparities in health and health care came... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - May 21, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Lessons Learned: Strengthening Medicaid to Address Health and Economic Emergencies
Nicole Huberfeld (Boston University), Sidney Watson (Saint Louis University), Lessons Learned: Strengthening Medicaid to Address Health and Economic Emergencies, COVID-19 Policy Playbook: Legal Recommendations for a Safer, More Equitable Future. Boston: Public Health Law Watch COVID-19 has disproportionately harmed low-income... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 7, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Paying People to Take the Vaccine - Would it Help or Backfire?
Christopher T. Robertson (Boston University), Daniel Scheitrum (University of Arizona), K. Aleks Schaefer (Michigan State University), Trey Malone (Michigan State University), Brandon R. McFadden (University of Delaware), Paul Ferraro (Johns Hopkins University), Kent D. Messer (University of Delaware), Paying People... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 26, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Fauci, Paul and ‘Following the Science’
Peter Van DorenLast week, Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R, KY) renewed theirlong-running argument over government policy and recommendations concerning reducing the transmission of the COVID-19 virus. This time, their fight centered on what should be done in cases where people had either received the full course of COVID-19 vaccine or else had contracted and recovered from the illness.In both cases,it seems unlikely such people could transmit the disease to others, but that is not known for certain. Fauci believes such people should conti...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 20, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Peter Van Doren Source Type: blogs
Laws Against Discussing Pandemics, Cont ’d: Privacy
Walter OlsonIwrote last week in this space about government ’s longstanding tendency during dangerous outbreaks of contagious disease to assert control over public discussion of medical matters on the rationale of preventing the spread of misinformation. (Some members of Congressare currently trying to browbeat platforms into taking down social media posts that promote erroneous notions about vaccines.) Citing the flu pandemic of 1918 –19, I pointed out that “rather than quieting the rumor mill and the popular spread of false ideas about the virus, the tight control of information [often does] the reverse.”The...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 8, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Walter Olson Source Type: blogs
Biden, Section 230, and the Response to Political Extremism
Matthew FeeneyLast year, Bidencalled for Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to be revoked. The law, which Biden voted for in 1996, protects interactive computer services from being held liable for the vast majority of third party content. In recent years, the law has become a popular target of conservative lawmakers, who allege that the largest social media companies implement content moderation policies that stifle conservative speech. Biden and some other members of the Democratic Party have different concerns.Biden cited online misinformation as motivating his call for Section 230 repeal, “There is no ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 29, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Matthew Feeney Source Type: blogs
Online Extremism to Dominate Section 230 and Encryption Debates
Matthew FeeneyLast week ’s attack on the Capitol removed any doubts that the regulation of social media will continue to be a Congressional priority after the Trump administration ends. The president and his allies have argued for legislative changes to address alleged anti‐conservative bias within the most popular social media companies. These complaints have often overshadowed concerns from Democratic lawmakers, who have expressed unease for years about the proliferation of extremist content online. Many of these lawmakers no doubt view last week’s tragedy as a vindication of their concerns, and they wil l act...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 15, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Matthew Feeney Source Type: blogs
COVID-19 and Digital Contact Tracing: Regulating the Future of Public Health Surveillance
Divya Ramjee (American University), Pollyanna Sanderson, Imran Malek (Boston University), COVID-19 and Digital Contact Tracing: Regulating the Future of Public Health Surveillance, Cardoza L. Rev. (2021, Forthcoming): Digital surveillance tools ⎼⎼technological means of monitoring, tracking, and notifying⎼⎼are at the forefront of... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - December 17, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Loneliness and Litigation: A Lawyer ’ s Case Study
Chronic loneliness is on the rise. But how can this be when we’re more connected now than ever? In today’s show, Dr. J.W. Freiberg, a social psychologist-turned-lawyer, explains that loneliness is not an emotion like happiness or anger. It’s a sensation like hunger or thirst.
Join us for an in-depth discussion on the cost of feeling disconnected even when we’re surrounded by people.
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J.W. Freiberg studies chronic loneliness through the unique lens of a social psychologist (PhD, UCLA) turned lawyer (JD, Harvard). A former...
Source: World of Psychology - December 10, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: General Interview Psychology The Psych Central Show Source Type: blogs
Have the ACA's Exchanges Succeeded? It's Complicated
David K. Jones (Boston University), Sarah Gordon (Boston University), Nicole Huberfeld (Boston University), Have the ACA's Exchanges Succeeded? It's Complicated, 45(4) J. Health Politics (2020): The fight over health insurance exchanges epitomizes the rapid evolution of health reform politics in... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - December 1, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Paying for Unapproved Medical Products
Kelly McBride Folkers (NYU), Alison Bateman-House (NYU), Christopher T. Robertson (Boston University), Paying for Unapproved Medical Products, 11(1) Wake Forest L. Rev. (2020): This symposium article examines the use of investigational (un-approved) medical products in the United States, with particular... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 9, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
When Causing Harm Is Unavoidable, We Prefer To Cause More Harm For More Benefits Rather Than Less Harm For Fewer
By Matthew Warren
Imagine that you’re an official faced with an unenviable decision: you must choose whether to establish a farm on existing land which can produce enough to feed 100 hungry families, or cut down an acre of rainforest to create a larger farm able to feed 500 hungry families. What choice would you make?
If you chose not to cut down the rainforest, you’re in the majority. In a new paper in Psychological Science, participants tended to avoid choosing to harm the rainforest, despite the benefits it would bring. This isn’t surprising: time and again, researchers have found that we will avoid causing...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - September 16, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Decision making Morality Source Type: blogs
A New Kind of Labor Day
By KIM BELLARD
This is probably the strangest Labor Day in decades, perhaps ever. Tens of millions of workers remain unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of those who are still working are adapting to working from home. Those who are back at their workplace, or never left, are coping with an array of new safety protocols.
Those who work in the right industries – like the NBA – may get tested regularly but most workers have to figure out for themselves when to quarantine and when to get tested. For many workers, such as health care workers, people of color, and workers ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 8, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy Kim Bellard labor day Source Type: blogs
