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    Jennifer Prah Ruger: The World Needs a New Global Health Architecture

    In her new book, “Global Health Justice and Governance,” Dr. Prah Ruger lays out the critical problems facing the world today and offers a new theory of justice and governance as a way to resolve these…

    Jennifer Prah Ruger: The World Needs a New Global Health Architecture

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    Seventh Annual Health Law Year in P/Review

    At the Seventh Annual Health Law Year in P/Review symposium, leading experts discussed major developments during 2018 and what to watch out for in 2019. Speakers covered hot topics including health policy under the current…

    Seventh Annual Health Law Year in P/Review

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    Consuming Genetics: Ethical and Legal Considerations of New Technologies 

    Breakthroughs in genetics have often raised complex ethical and legal questions, which loom ever larger as genetic testing is becoming more commonplace, affordable, and comprehensive and genetic editing becomes poised to be a consumer technology.…

    Consuming Genetics: Ethical and Legal Considerations of New Technologies 

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    Toxic Breastmilk: When Substance Abuse Relapse Means Death for Baby

    Recently, a nursing mother in Pennsylvania made national headlines when her infant died from ingesting a combination of fatal drugs through breastmilk.  According to the coroner’s report, the infant died from a combination of methadone,…

    Toxic Breastmilk: When Substance Abuse Relapse Means Death for Baby

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