Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Much has been made of recently discussed CAR-T cell therapies for cancer , which have been around since 2017, and in-human sickle cell treatment Casgevy. Cell-mediated and tissue-based technologies hold promise in inducing self-repair from within the body, and they’re making their way to market in traditional medicine.

FDA 113

FDA Informed Consent Bioethics 113

Health Populi

MARCH 11, 2019

“Shallow Medicine” is the theme of this discussion, which includes the word cloud shown here describing Americans’ views on doctors in 2017, published in a JAMA Surgery article called, “Patient Perceptions About Their Physician in 2 Words: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.” ” The U.S.

US Department of Health and Human Services 123

US Department of Health and Human Services Doctors Bioethics Hospitals 123

Jane Sarashon

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2017, a few years before we uttered “Covid” or “PPE,” I wrote about broadband connectivity as a social determinant of health in the Huffington Post. The pandemic made it all the more obvious to most people.

Bioethics 59

Bioethics Public Health 59

Bill of Health

OCTOBER 28, 2024

They completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Bioethics at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and received their PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Pennsylvania. Harrison M.A., is a licensed marriage and family therapist, researcher, and bioethicist.

Bioethics 113

Bioethics Licensing Regulatory Compliance Hospitals 113

Health Populi

MAY 20, 2021

Year-on-year, different spikes and ups-and-downs call out for special mention, such as: Pharma’s 13-point steep dive to 38% between 2017 and 2018, dramatically recovering by 9 points in the last year to 47% [with the wild card here of whether U.S. to approve Medicare’s negotiation of drug prices with pharmaceutical companies].

COVID-19 127

COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Health Insurance Medicare 127

Compliancy Group

JUNE 17, 2022

“Almost any patient would be shocked to find out that Facebook is being provided an easy way to associate their prescriptions with their name,” said Glenn Cohen, faculty director of Harvard Law School’s Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals HIPAA Doctors Bioethics 52

Health Populi

JULY 1, 2019

To address that challenge, in 2017 PLM secured a $100 million (controlling interest) investment from iCarbonX , a Chinese company that is amassing patient data to discover cures for disease. And they invested in people because the communities they built require a human touch.

Health Insurance 86

Health Insurance Pharmaceutical Industry HIPAA Bioethics 86

Bill of Health

DECEMBER 9, 2024

artwork by Daiara Tukano by Daiara Tukano and Maria Fernanda Gebara Last June, we had the honor of speaking at Law and Policy of Psychedelic Medicine, the 2024 Annual Conference hosted by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. You can watch our panel here.

Bioethics 209

Bioethics Pharmaceutical Industry FDA 209

Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights provided an important Advisory Opinion on state obligations with respect to environmental rights ( Advisory Opinion 23/2017 ) before the U.N. The 1997 Protocol of San Salvador to the American Convention on Human Rights was the first international instrument to formally enshrine environmental rights.

Bioethics 154

Bioethics Public Health Governance 154

Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In 2017, a similar fate befell Latice Fisher , a Black mother of three, who was charged with second-degree murder for stillbirth of her fetus. In 2015, Indiana resident and Indian immigrant Purvi Patel was sentenced to 20 years in prison for child neglect and feticide for self-managing an abortion (her sentence was later reduced).

Governance 130

Governance Bioethics Public Health 130