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AI’s Ability to Manipulate Decision Making Requires a Moratorium on Its Use in Obtaining Consent for Biomedical Research

Bill of Health

The federal government’s commitment to assuring that participants in human subject research provide fully informed consent dates back to the U.S In 2017, Congress acted again to update the Common Rule and strengthen the provisions related to consent. While the U.S. These warnings echo those of the U.S.

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Risks of dispensing ivermectin

Natalia Mazina

The associations reminded the public that (1) ivermectin is not approved by the FDA for human use to prevent or treat Covid-19 and (2) Clinical trials and observational studies to evaluate the use of ivermectin to prevent and treat COVID-19 in humans have yielded insufficient evidence to recommend its use.

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OIG Advisory Opinion Alert: Yet Another Favorable Decision for Medical Device Manufacturers

Healthcare Law Blog

The three-component Therapy includes the following: (1) a device to process patient bone marrow (after an extraction procedure); (2) a device to re-inject processed bone marrow into cardiac tissue; and (3) an FDA-approved guide catheter to facilitate placement of processed bone marrow into cardiac issue.

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | Monthly Update 2023 – January

SQA

Of interest is a reference to the FDA’s draft document “Computer Software Assurance for Production and Quality System Software,” which was recently published on 13 September 2022. PCPC looks forward to working with the FDA and key stakeholders to implement this important legislation.

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Can Children Consent to the COVID Vaccine? The Case of Foster Care and Juvenile Justice

Bill of Health

Some children may be unvaccinated by no choice of their own, but instead because of decisions made by parents, guardians, or state or local government officials. In this post, I argue that young people should have the opportunity to consent to vaccines.

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Health Provider News – February 10, 2023

Hall Render

over Claims Practices Where things stand in Central California 1 month after a community hospital’s closure California hospital names Kelly Linden CEO Upcoming California health bills to watch, including a conversation with Rep. Blue Shield of California is counting on it. million to UMass Memorial Health Care for COVID-19 costs Four Mass.

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Health Care Is Front and Center as DeSantis and Newsom Go Mano a Mano

Kaiser Health News

“We’re not going to be like California and have massive numbers of people on government programs without work requirements,” DeSantis said at a presidential primary debate in Southern California earlier this year. California bans short-term health plans.