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Regulatory Responses to N95 Respirator Shortages


Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, Nicholson Price (Academic Fellow Alumnus), Rachel Sachs (Academic Fellow Alumna), and Jacob Sherkow (Fellow-in-Residence)
Written Description

From the article: Our recent posts have highlighted shortages in three COVID-19-related knowledge goods: testing, drugs (such as those needed to put patients on ventilators), and clinical trial information…

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Are stay-at-home orders ‘laws,’ as Jay Inslee said?


By Louis Jacobson, quoting I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director)
Politifact

From the article: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who issued some of the earliest social-distancing orders of any governor to combat the spread of the coronavirus, took issue with President Donald…

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Welcoming Fellow-in-Residence Mason Marks


Petrie-Flom Center

Along with our partners at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, the Petrie-Flom Center is thrilled to announce our new jointly hosted Fellow-in-Residence, Mason Marks. Dr.…

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The Ethical Care of Duty


Hosted by Christopher Robertson (Academic Fellow Alumnus)
James E. Rogers College of Law YouTube

Video hosted by Christopher Robertson on "Duty to Care," Available at Amazon.com or from dbeyda@arizona.edu law.arizona.edu/health.

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Call for Applications: Petrie-Flom Center Student Fellowship 2020-2021


Petrie-Flom Center

What do a MacArthur Genius award winner, several health law professors at top schools, executive directors of leading health law centers, an associate chief counsel of the FDA, and partners…

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Injured Athletes, Sports Leaders Face Ethical Issues Amid Pandemic


Shira Springer
WBUR (NPR Boston)

[...] for bioethicists, there’s a dangerous ripple effect when high-profile, non-essential surgeries take place during a pandemic. “We have a message that we're all in it together,…

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‘Medical debt is a violation of human rights’: At a Petrie-Flom event on medical debt, health experts and journalists raise serious concerns about the affordability of testing and hospital care


Chloe Reichel (Communications Associate)
Harvard Law Today

Medical debt “totally traumatizes people” and “discourages people from going anywhere near the health care system,” said Robert Yates, director of the Global Health Programme and…

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Emergency statutes must be passed to protect doctors and hospitals from potential lawsuits, say Harvard Law professors


Jeff Neal
Harvard Law Today

State governments must enact emergency immunity statutes to protect doctors and hospitals from potential lawsuits and criminal prosecution during the COVID-19 pandemic, Harvard Law Professors I. Glenn Cohen ’03 and…

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Truths and Lies about this Pandemic: What are the lessons for health rights and social justice?


Alicia Ely Yamin
The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Blog

From the article: Covid-19 is showcasing the good, the bad and the ugly of human nature and social ingenuity. What are the lessons that we as ESC rights advocates should…

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Life-or-Death Hospital Decisions Come With Threat of Lawsuits


by Erik Larson, quoting Carmel Shachar (Executive Director) and I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director)
Bloomberg

From the article: Doctors and hospitals overwhelmed in the pandemic will have to make their excruciating life-or-death decisions meticulously or they risk being second-guessed by a jury when the onslaught…