Yesterday, President Obama’s Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues released its fifth report: Privacy and Progress in Whole Genome Sequencing. I haven’t had a chance to digest it yet, but for now, just wanted to…
Here’s this week’s (slightly abridged) edition. Enjoy!
By Kathy Wang and Hyeongsu Park Despite protests, Rhode Island instituted a mandate for flu shots for all healthcare workers. This includes doctors, nurses, other employees, and volunteers at hospitals, nursing homes, and health-related organizations.…
Glenn Cohen and his co-author, Eli Adashi, have a new blog post out at the JAMA Forum on reproductive freedom and the presidential election: It is commonly assumed that the economy will constitute the key,…
By Patrick O’Leary A friend and I were having a conversation about health policy the other day when he observed that drug regulators like FDA face an impossible task in terms of public expectations: as…
Human Rights and the Social Determinants of Health Thursday, November 1, 2012, 1-5:30pm Friday, November 2, 2012, 12-1:30pm Northeastern University School of Law Dockster Hall 65 Forsyth Street, Boston The Program on Human Rights and the…
We are pleased to announce plans for our annual conference, this year entitled: “The Food and Drug Administration in the 21st Century.” This one and a half day event will take place Friday and Saturday,…
Just a reminder to spread the word about the Petrie-Flom Academic Fellowship Program. We are currently accepting applications for the 2013-2015 fellowship cohort. Applications are due Nov. 16, 2012. The full call with all the…
TODAY! 4:00pm Radcliffe Gymnasium 18 Mason Street Cambridge, MA Please join us for a presentation of the 2012-2013 Radcliffe Fellows Series. Petrie-Flom Faculty co-Director I. Glenn Cohen will discuss the growing phenomenon of medical tourism, the practice of citizens of…
Fifty years ago on Wednesday, President Kennedy signed into law the US Food and Drug Amendments. The amendments radically overhauled the way in which manufacturers brought drugs to market. Most importantly, the amendments instituted the…
