Over the past five years, governments have rewritten global health law at a rapid pace. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, states revised the International Health Regulations (IHR) in 2024 and signed a pandemic treaty…
Picture a typical teenager waking up. Before even getting out of bed, they’ve already scrolled through TikTok, checked Instagram, and responded to Snapchat notifications.
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The “One Big Beautiful Bill” is now law. This legislation, considered to be the cornerstone of the second Trump administration’s policy goals, has widely been criticized for its projected impacts on public health and reduction…
Published Author Share Bill of Health is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Petrie-Flom Center. Watch this space for key moments in our history. Here, we revisit Harvard Law Today‘s coverage of the center’s opening…
In the highly polarized case of United States v. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s legislative denial of two types of medical care for gender dysphoria in young people. In so doing the decision conscripted…
My fourth guide dog, Izzie, was the final dog partner in my particular federal agency’s building when I recently retired from service as a health care lawyer with expertise in public health.
Every year, more than 350,000 Americans experience cardiac arrest in non-hospital settings. But only about 1 in 10 survive. The single most important factor in whether someone lives? Whether a bystander provides cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
The recent adoption of a Pandemic Agreement by the World Health Organization (WHO) member states has been widely hailed as a historic achievement for global health governance and security.
