Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

These five students are a fantastic cohort of health law policy, biotechnology, and bioethics scholars who join us from across Harvard. Sarah Gabriele is a second year Master of Bioethics candidate at Harvard Medical School. We are excited to welcome a new group of Student Fellows to the Petrie-Flom Center family. Louis (USA).

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Bill of Health

APRIL 26, 2022

To navigate the myriad interests and stakes involved in creating federal psychedelic policy, the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School convened a virtual panel discussion with three leading psychedelic policy advocates. By James R. A full video of the event is available below.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 12, 2024

But the disappointment surrounding financing outcomes was merely a symptom of deeper power imbalances, what critical legal scholar Martti Koskenniemi describes as the “structural biases” of global governance institutions. Yet this progress was not abstracted from the structural bias shaping the broader climate governance regime.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Singh is a nationally recognized leader in the evaluation of proprietary AI technologies and has actively influenced AI policy through his research and participation in key initiatives, including the Google Health Bioethics Summit. Carethers, MD, vice chancellor for Health Sciences at UC San Diego.

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2025

” In their methodology for curating this list, ECRI takes what they call a total systems safety (TSS) approach incorporating four pillars which together drive patient safety: Patient & family engagement Learning system Workforce safety & wellness, and, Culture, leadership, & governance.

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Bill of Health

MAY 20, 2024

Incorporating these standards and frameworks into an organization’s AI Governance Framework is essential for effectively managing risks associated with AI technologies. HUDERIA builds on traditional impact assessments to address the specific risks and benefits of AI technologies, ensuring they are ethically and legally compliant.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The EU AI Act , proposed EU AI Liability Directive , and laws under the European Strategy for Data , such as the Data Governance Act , may also play roles. US Legal Requirements for Quantum-Powered Medical Devices In the United States, some quantum-powered medical devices may be governed under the existing FDA regulatory framework.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 12, 2022

Decentralized cooperative finance enables more diverse and resilient alternatives to corporate or government control of our essential infrastructure. This avoids vendor lock-in to corporate or government interests. Many current technical initiatives are “false flag” operations under jargon such as Self Sovereign Identity or Web3.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 1, 2023

The most important skills cited by several studies and publications as being important for life sciences professionals include research ethics, scientific peer communication, bioethics, time management, research project management and scientific knowledge and methods outside of their present research area and awareness of industry trends.

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Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2021

During the height of the pandemic, there was a predisposition to give up personal health and location tracing data to government to help control the spread of the disease. By mid-2020, Edelman detected, “a decline in willingness to share personal data to fight the pandemic. Now barely more than half are willing to do so….

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Jane Sarashon

JANUARY 24, 2024

As you continue to debate the role of AI in your health/care work, as well as develop your organization’s strategy and staff complement, the WHO report (through this lens) gives us some insights into how to optimally approach governance when moving forward in this next phase of health care innovation.

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Bill of Health

JULY 17, 2023

Concluding reflections In July 2019, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on climate change and disability rights, which called on governments to adopt a disability-inclusive approach to climate adaptation.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 18, 2024

Strategies for regulating international surrogacy Developing a formal international agreement governing international surrogacy could be valuable to create a consistent regulatory regime. This could take the form of adapting and expanding an existing convention such as the 1993 Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 13, 2023

There is no specific regulation governing such research in the U.S.; it’s just that the federal government won’t fund the research. The post What the Law and Bioethics Tell Us About Synthetic Human Embryos first appeared on Bill of Health. To date, most, if not all, U.S. The original article can be found here.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 13, 2021

With government’s relaxing regulations, health care providers could move staff and resources virtually from place to place, regardless of State licensure or other barriers to providing telemedicine, remote monitoring, and other flavors of telehealth. Relaxing regulations can inspire creativity and entrepreneurial behavior.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Foreign governments’ involvement in my data in my own country. My ability to control my data. Misinformation and deepfakes flooding media, social and other, and, Fears of job loss and equity worsening due to automation (and, I’ll add, concerns about AI bias).

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Jane Sarashon

JULY 28, 2022

” This observation comes from a new report, Tech Giants in Healthcare , written by four European-based experts in healthcare and bioethics. business plan reviews, except for assessments of companies’ ESG efforts for environmental, social, and governance which is still fairly nascent in American health care reports.

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Jane Sarashon

JULY 2, 2024

The FAS asserts that we need regulatory frameworks, investment in AI accessibility, incentives for data collection and collaboration, and regulations for auditing and governance of AI systems used in CDS systems/tools. The FAS notes that the Medicare and Medicaid programs in the U.S.

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Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2021

Taken together, my trend-weave opens the over-arching umbrella of ESG goals – for Environmental, Social, and Governance pillars have become strategic and impactful talking points in C-suites across all industry sectors. This includes health care.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 25, 2021

Science is catching up to science fiction,” Smith warned, with insights for governments and consumers alike. The first image of a hacker was a teenager sitting on a bed, Smith reminded us, like Matthew Broderick’s character in War Games drawn in to playing the game. Then the threat of global nuclear war.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

We’ve witnessed the decline of trust in health care, and in institutions – government, media, NGOs – quantified and tracked in the annual Edelman Trust Barometer. Trust, as we’ve discussed over many years here on Health Populi , is a key currency for health engagement.

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Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2024

How AI can democratize and enchant health care – the WHO perspective In January 2024 I explored the World Health Organization’s report on Ethics & Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health in my Health Populi blog. Let me explain from a global to a local lens….

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Moreover, the Principles can equip civil society, jurists, and others with the tools to hold their governments and powerful corporate entities accountable to the standards set by human rights. But the Principles bear relevance and were developed for all levels of governance in mind.

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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. William Leonard Pickard M.P.P.,

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

By Taleed El-Sabawi The use of emergency public health powers by state and local governments during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic led to intense public criticism followed by legislative attempts (include some successes) to strip state executives of this authority. This has led some to ask: is this the end of public health law?

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

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. Only 46% of U.S. adults have wills , and even among seniors, the figure is only 76%.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The study engaged a diverse group of 30 South Africans in three evenings of deliberations on the governance of HHGE. Moreover, there were calls for the South African government to invest in HHGE research in order for South Africa to become an active player in this research space.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In fact, before publishing the book, the authors petitioned the government, highlighting glaring regulatory issues, but the government turned a blind eye. The book relies on primary sources of information — mainly government reports, judicial decisions, and government data.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 24, 2023

Regulatory and patent exclusivity periods govern the timing of generic entry, and because market share and revenue is often quickly lost upon market entry of generic drugs, extending market exclusivity for any duration can be extremely profitable. Glenn Cohen’s Health Law Policy, Bioethics, and Biotechnology Workshop at HLS.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

By contrast, in other countries , such as Canada and the United Kingdom, the government pays for all health care. Hahn Professor of Law, Professor of Bioethics, and Co-Director of Law-Medicine Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law. In 2021, over 50% of Americans were covered by employer-provided health insurance.

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Bill of Health

MAY 28, 2024

Notably, the recommendation was the first statement from a federal government agency that marijuana has a currently accepted medical use and a low potential for abuse. In August 2023, HHS sent an official recommendation to the DEA that it categorize marijuana under the less restrictive Schedule 3 category. Victoria Litman M.Div, J.D.,

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Delta variant led the federal government to resume control over mAb supply and promulgate allocation guidelines. Over the past few months, we have seen the arrival and wider availability of treatments such as monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), and more recently, of novel oral antiviral drugs like Paxlovid and molnupiravir.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 27, 2022

Many governments have welcomed Ukrainian pets with or without their owners, and without documentation, rabies vaccine, and/or microchip. EU initiatives and advocacy efforts by animal rights groups pushed receiving countries to modify entrance requirements, waive fees, provide veterinary services, and shorten or eliminate quarantine times.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2021

After her death in 2013, the Southwark Coroner’s Court found that air pollution “made a material contribution” to her death, “a landmark decision” according to a government advisor on air pollution. The coroner concluded that Ella was exposed to excessive levels of pollution.

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Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, could set the stage for another public health emergency given eroding trust in institutions — especially in media, government, and public health officials. The partisan divide in the U.S., I base this sobering forecast on the latest study from the Pew Research Center which polled people in the U.S.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

While his friend did not win his race, William Weld did win the governor’s post and Abner joined State government under Weld. He ended up working in Massachusetts State government for about 15 years.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 28, 2020

The concept of data well-being is emerging in the pandemic, as Americans’ trust with institutions — especially government and technology — has eroded when it comes to consumers wishing to keep their data secure and private. The bar chart illustrates this point, capturing how U.S.

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