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  • Clinical Research

    Predictive Persons: Privacy Law and Digital Twins

    Imagine a clinical trial where the control group never sets foot in a clinic – because they don’t need to, and they don’t have feet. These “participants” are digital twins: computational models of real patients, built…

    Predictive Persons: Privacy Law and Digital Twins

  • Social Determinants of Health

    Woke Medicine: Meeting Health-Related Social Needs During Anti-DEI Discourse

    The Trump administration has set its sights on what it terms “wokeness” in health care. Health promoting interventions that address socioeconomically disadvantaged patients’ unmet social needs appear to be in the crosshairs. 

    Woke Medicine: Meeting Health-Related Social Needs During Anti-DEI Discourse

  • Government Regulation

    Civil Commitment and the Criminalization of Homelessness

    In July, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” (the Order) to address homelessness — or what his administration called “endemic vagrancy,” disorderly behavior, and violent attacks. 

    Civil Commitment and the Criminalization of Homelessness

  • Research Funding

    NIH’s Access Planning Policy for Patent Licenses: Part 2

    Beginning Oct. 1, 2025, all applicants for commercial licenses of patents owned by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) are required to submit an Access Plan outlining how they will promote patient access to…

    NIH’s Access Planning Policy for Patent Licenses: Part 2

  • Research Funding

    NIH’s Access Planning Policy for Patent Licenses: Part 1

    Beginning Oct. 1, 2025, all applicants for commercial licenses of patents owned by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) are required to submit an Access Plan outlining how they will promote patient access to…

    NIH’s Access Planning Policy for Patent Licenses: Part 1

  • Artificial Intelligence

    Bill of Health Announces New AI Policy

    Like the rest of the world, Bill of Health is grappling with how AI affects us. As Editor-in-Chief, I wanted to share our new policy for authors and invite your input.

    Bill of Health Announces New AI Policy

  • Advanced Care & Aging

    Event Recap: How Old Is Too Old to Govern?

    “People around the world are living longer, including our elected officials and judges,” remarked Petrie-Flom Center Executive Director Susannah Baruch as she opened the Center’s recent event, “How Old Is Too Old to Govern?”

    Event Recap: How Old Is Too Old to Govern?

  • Health Insurance & Coverage

    Ground Ambulances: The Last Gap in the No Surprises Act

    Katie Moraida was just feet from the hospital when her baby decided it was time. Sitting in the front seat of her car, she gave birth as her husband pulled over in a panic.

    Ground Ambulances: The Last Gap in the No Surprises Act

  • Pharmaceuticals

    Small Provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Reveals the GOP’s Next Health Care Target

    Health policy experts, patient advocates, and the news media have understandably focused on the One Big Beautiful Bill’s threat to Medicaid. The budget reconciliation law, passed with slim GOP majorities and exclusive Democratic opposition in July, included numerous reforms to…

    Small Provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Reveals the GOP’s Next Health Care Target