Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In my experience, it is not unusual for schools to offer health care law or bioethics courses, but public health law courses are rarely on the books. I would wager a guess that the vast majority of law students, law professors, and law school administrators do not even know what public health law is.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In SBS, the examining physician is presented with a baby with horrific injuries and can find no other possible cause — reminiscent of the res ipsa case. [7] 7] Rejecting a diagnosis because a causal mechanism cannot be reliably proven, is, in fact, incongruent with medical practice. This does not negate the diagnosis. City of Chicago. [4]

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Understanding the present: the complicated ethics of civil commitment These failures significantly complicate the ethics of civil commitment. Zain Khalid is Assistant Professor at Brown University’s Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and a master’s candidate at Harvard Medical School’s Center for Bioethics (M.B.E

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

PROMs often solicit very private information from patients, and if the data are not stored securely, hackers and other unauthorized personnel may have access to more sensitive details than would otherwise be present in electronic health records. Medical malpractice could occur for two reasons. Health Pol’y, Law, and Ethics 1 (2023).

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Present circumstances might make it challenging to draw a similar line for take-home exposure causing COVID-19. Boehl Chair of Law and Medicine and Director of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law at the University of Louisville. Rothstein is the Herbert F.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 19, 2023

Panelists discussed these topics during a recent webinar hosted by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics. Casey presented data that focused on ages 10 to 25 years to demonstrate observable changes in the brain’s capacity for change, also known as plasticity, throughout the emerging adolescence period.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 24, 2023

They present an opportunity for robust discussions from a diverse array of perspectives, breathing life into the notion of “rights-based approaches to public health emergencies.” Indeed they have already found their way in a resolution of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 15, 2024

Baban At present, there is a population of patients who would physiologically benefit from transplantation but are rejected based on pre-determined non-medical criteria: the presence of psychotic disorders. An upcoming opportunity for reform provides a chance to rectify this injustice.

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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.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 23, 2022

As to our present pandemic moment, it is difficult to claim that there are literally no legal or policy interventions for pandemic response and control that can be implemented; consistent majorities of people in the U.S. support mask mandates during surges, for example.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The World Bank presented a staggering estimate : climate change impacts on health could cost the world $21 trillion by 2050. Yet this progress was not abstracted from the structural bias shaping the broader climate governance regime. To put this into perspective, this figure represents 1.3% Alicia Ely Yamin J.D.,

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HIT Consultant

JULY 12, 2022

Genome editing uses molecular tools to alter the DNA already present in cells rather than introducing new genetic material. When new techniques are developed, bioethics is always present to evaluate the procedure’s hazards and moral ramifications. Later research helped to advance gene therapy methods.

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American Medical Compliance

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

According to a review by the Center for Bioethics and Health Law , patients who received early palliative care not only experienced significant improvements in their quality of life and mood but also lived 25% longer. This underscores the profound impact that compassionate and proactive care can have.

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Bill of Health

JUNE 29, 2023

At present, only one regional air medical service is permitted to initiate blood transfusions through a special waiver. In short, the logistical issues have or can be addressed to allow for this proposal to proceed. The reluctance and resistance to the proposal is more about control than about clinical care.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 29, 2022

Presenting an impairment or even a difference — even one that can be easily accommodated or that bears no relationship to performing on the job — still makes the person, unfortunately in the eyes of many, ‘disabled’ and less productive. On the other hand, this disclosure can induce unjustified assumptions and discrimination.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 8, 2023

He Jiankui’s Controversial Comeback Fast forward to the present. As a result, Dr. He was sentenced to three years in prison and was fined three million Chinese yuan ($429,000). Since being released from prison in April 2022, Dr. He has been staging a comeback.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 27, 2022

For example, as Ben White suggests , “to understand human displacements, past and present, we need to consider animals too.” I propose that a different way of approaching this dilemma is to consider a plurality of perspectives. Particularly in the context of climate change , there is a need to see animal and human migration together.

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Bill of Health

JUNE 7, 2024

Our answers are presented in the new JLB article, Ethical, Legal, and Policy Challenges in Field-Based Neuroimaging Research Using Emerging Portable MRI Technologies: Guidance for Investigators and for Oversight.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Giant corporations such as Apple and Facebook have offered funding for social egg freezing to their female employees while provoking ongoing bioethical and public debates regarding their implications, including; medicalization , (dis)empowerment , “appropriate” motherhood , medical risks, and success rates.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 12, 2021

In health care, outdated operating systems present some of the greatest risks: 15% of medical devices and 32% of medical imaging tools run on outdated operating systems. “This is because many medical devices remain in operation for a number of years and cannot be easily replaced for cost reasons,” Ordr explains in the report.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 28, 2024

That is why we regularly publish in academic journals (at the rate of approximately one paper every 10 days) and present at scientific and industry conferences. To ensure that we address any possible ethical challenges we adopt the policy of maximal transparency.

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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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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Quantum-driven healthcare innovations present quantum-specific regulatory challenges, discussed in more detail below. Improved Clinical Pathology: Quantum technology known as optical metamaterial single-photon detectors can enhance Raman spectroscopy , an analytical technique in chemistry.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Most patients with severe COVID did not present with obvious respiratory distress. I knew this would not happen. Just as there was no assurance of masking or social distancing in prisons, there was no guarantee of follow-up.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

The bar chart here was drawn on the data the CDC presented in June 2020 getting granular on coronavirus cases by age and race. Health Populi’s Hot Points: By June 2020, it became clear to the Centers for Disease Control that COVID-19 had been exacting a tougher toll on the lives of people of color in the U.S. than on white people.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 13, 2023

At present, researchers can keep these synthetic humanoid organisms alive for almost nine days; the mouse version can be kept alive for twelve days, half the full mice gestation period, which might translate to four and a half months in humans. So far, no country has adopted this rule. The original article can be found here.

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Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2024

In the Future Health Index 2024, Philips’ latest annual report presents a profile of the state of health care focused on how to provide better care for more people.

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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. John Rapp , J.D.,

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 1, 2022

When the opportunity presents itself to take a stand, I hope you choose action, as we did. The fallout from the most recent Supreme Court ruling will be vast, and it will be destructive. We all know someone who has or will need an abortion — one in four women will in their lifetime.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 11, 2024

In the words of philosopher Peter Singer , “the present generation of wealthy people will have the opportunity to embed their advantages in the genes of their offspring.”

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Bill of Health

MARCH 7, 2022

It is amid this backdrop that we are proud to present our latest digital symposium, Build Back Better? This premature and at times exclusive push to “normalcy” in the U.S. Health, Disability, and the Future of Work Post-COVID.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

TOTO’s CES 2021 presentation talked about a “new normal way of life,” with the so-called “wellness toilet” able to scan the body and record various health metrics (mental and physical) about the user.

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Compliancy Group

JUNE 17, 2022

It’s one of the most prolific tracking tools on the internet—present on more than 30 percent of the most popular sites on the web, according to The Markup’s analysis.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In exploring innovative forms of state intervention in public health, it is essential to analyze an array of national experiences that present successful precedents where the right to health has informed and facilitated meaningful policy reforms.

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Bill of Health

JULY 28, 2022

Before the Supreme Court struck down the vaccinate-or-test rule, we presented 1500 US adults with different descriptions of the same requirement. Some commentators speculated that reframing the policy as a testing mandate would boost support. This study investigates how framing effects shape attitudes toward vaccination policies.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The growing push for the constitutional recognition of fetal personhood — the idea that a fertilized egg is a constitutionally-protected being independent from the pregnant person — presents further concerns for immigrants in the U.S. The prospect of fetal personhood raises questions about when U.S.

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Bill of Health

JULY 5, 2023

They also present good ideas on the “how” side of public health. They state as a main goal in responding to pandemics is getting people back to schools and work as soon as possible. That said, they do take seriously the need for layers of protection at schools and workplaces.

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