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Public Health Product Hops

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Sinha, Edna Besic, and Melissa Mann Members of Congress have been focused on drug pricing for the last several years, culminating recently in new drug pricing provisions within the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Glenn Cohen’s Health Law Policy, Bioethics, and Biotechnology Workshop at HLS.

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Conclusion to the Symposium: From Principles to Practice: Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

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While receiving significant global traction and acceptance since their publication in 1985, the Siracusa Principles, the authors argue, proved to be simply “unequal to the task” of guiding States’ conduct in the context of COVID-19 because they are “unable to speak in any significant detail to the particular concerns of public health crises.”

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The Only Moral Abortion is…

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Since June 24, 2022, I have spent a lot of time thinking through the post- Roe legal and ethical landscape, both publicly and privately. The Association of Bioethics Program Directors ’ (ABPD) Bioethics Guidance for the Post Dobbs-Landscape helped crystalize my position on this matter. By Carmel Shachar.

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Highlights from Petrie-Flom Center Discussion on Neuroscience and Cannabis

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Panelists discussed these topics during a recent webinar hosted by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics. Since 2022, more states have granted recreational use authorization under state law. “In This article highlights key points made during the conversation.

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Legal Preparedness for Aging and Caregiving

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As a result of my personal experiences and my professional background as a Professor of Law and Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University, I wrote a book called Aging with a Plan: How a Little Thought Today Can Vastly Improve Your Tomorrow. She is the author of over 70 articles and book chapters about health law and civil rights issues.

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Is Preemption the Cure for Healthcare Federalism’s Restrictions on Medication Abortion?

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On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , overruling almost fifty years of precedent established by Roe v. In appropriate circumstances, states could seek an exemption to address a state-specific public health need. By Allison M. Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v.

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Litigation Challenges Prioritization of Race or Ethnicity in Allocating COVID-19 Therapies

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Public health and policy experts have published commentaries on the challenging issues underlying New York’s COVID treatment guidelines and others have offered more detailed guidance, including on this blog, on what criteria should be used in allocating scarce COVID treatments. less likely to receive the treatment than whites.

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