The COVID-19 Pandemic and Efforts to Release People in Custody
The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on prisons and jails, where proper social distancing is nearly impossible to maintain.
Criminal Law
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Read more: Promises and Perils of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Workshop Report Promises and Perils of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Workshop Report
This piece was part of a symposium featuring commentary from participants in the Center for Health Policy and Law’s annual conference, Promises and Perils of Emerging Health Innovations, held on April 11-12, 2019 at Northeastern University School of Law. The symposium was originally posted through the Northeastern University Law Review Online Forum. Promises and Perils of Emerging Health…
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Read more: Denying the Insanity Defense: A Repudiation of Science and Justice Denying the Insanity Defense: A Repudiation of Science and Justice
By Laura Karas The Supreme Court this term faces a difficult question: Is it unconstitutional for a state to abolish the insanity defense? In the case before the court, Kahler v. Kansas, a plaintiff who suffered from multiple psychiatric disorders, including severe depression, shot and killed his wife, two daughters, and mother-in-law. He was denied…
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Read more: Health Law Cases in the Upcoming Supreme Court Term Health Law Cases in the Upcoming Supreme Court Term
By Alexa Richardson The next Supreme Court term is shaping up to include a number of critical cases that will impact health law. From insurance, the Affordable Care Act, abortion access, and mental health, the decisions made this term could have significant impacts on public health moving forward. Here are some of the key health…
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Read more: Court Upholds Manslaughter Charge of Pregnant Mother For Death of Her Baby Court Upholds Manslaughter Charge of Pregnant Mother For Death of Her Baby
By Alexa Richardson A woman whose hours-old baby was dying admitted to her care providers that she had abused prescription and over-the-counter medications shortly before the birth. This summer, in United States v. Flute, 929 F.3d 584 (2019), the Eighth Circuit held that she could be charged with federal manslaughter for the death of her…
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Read more: Call for Proposals: Addressing the Health Care Needs of Justice-Involved Populations Call for Proposals: Addressing the Health Care Needs of Justice-Involved Populations
The Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy at Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Annals of Health Law & Life Sciences invite original submissions for presentations at our Thirteenth Annual Health Law Symposium: Addressing the Health Care Needs of Justice-Involved Populations. The Symposium will take place at Loyola University Chicago School of Law…
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Read more: Spitting at Science: The Unjustified Criminalization of Spitting While HIV-Positive Spitting at Science: The Unjustified Criminalization of Spitting While HIV-Positive
Saliva doesn’t transmit HIV, yet a number of states explicitly criminalize the act of spitting if one is HIV-positive. These laws are grossly out of step with our current medical and social understanding of HIV.
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Read more: Security and Health: Police as Key Players in Public Health Security and Health: Police as Key Players in Public Health
A global set of authors make the case that military and police forces should be recognized as key players, rather than intruders, in public health.
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Read more: How Scott Gottlieb is Wrong on the Gene Edited Baby Debacle How Scott Gottlieb is Wrong on the Gene Edited Baby Debacle
Gottlieb’s comments on the news that gene edited embryos in China had led to live births were wrong.
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Read more: Out of Touch NRA tells Front-line Healthcare Providers to “Stay In Their Lane” on Gun Control Out of Touch NRA tells Front-line Healthcare Providers to “Stay In Their Lane” on Gun Control
An unnamed columnist writing for the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action blog advised physicians and other healthcare providers to “stay in their lane” when it comes to advocating for gun control. This appears to have been sparked by the position paper published in the October, 2018 Annals of Internal Medicine authored by the…
