By Arthur Caplan A new piece by Art Caplan on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s recent statements, via Forbes: New Jersey Governor and likely presidential candidate Chris Christie is responsible for the current measles outbreak in the United States. Well that is a bit of a stretch – but not by much. The Governor just…
A Right to Health? A lecture by John Tasioulas Thursday, February 5, 2015 12:00 PM Wasserstein Hall, Room 3019 Harvard Law School 1589 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA There have been recent calls to establish a framework convention on health grounded in the human right to health. But is there really a human right…
By Lauren Taylor In recognition of how little we talk about global health, I am turning my attention back to my roots for today’s post. On Jan 22nd, Bill and Melinda Gates launched their annual letter. For those readers who live fully under a domestic health policy rock, Bill and Melinda Gates are co-chairs of…
A new piece in Forbes on suing parents who don’t vaccinate, by Dan Diamond: I heard it over dinner at a friend’s house. I talked about it on a call with a scientist. I discussed it while waiting for public health officials to issue an update on the measles outbreak. The same murmured question, the…
January 30, 2015 7:45 AM – 5:00 PM Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East AB 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA Please join us for the Third Annual Health Law Year in P/Review symposium, with leading experts discussing major developments during 2014 and what to watch out for in 2015. The discussion at this day long event will…
By Nicole Hassoun Ebola is ravaging parts of Africa, yet it is not the worst health problem facing people in the region. Millions more are infected with and die every year from diseases like malaria, TB, and HIV/AIDS because they cannot access the essential medicines they need. To change this, we need to understand where…
By Kelsey Berry A few weeks ago, I posted on this blog a discussion of an ethical dilemma in the treatment of Ebola-infected pregnant women in West Africa. I wanted to follow-up with two brief updates concerning Ebola and pregnancy in West Africa. First, Medecins Sans Frontieres has opened the first care center specializing in treatment for…
By Martín Hevia Access to drinking-water is obviously necessary to lead a healthy life. However, in Latin America, many lack access to this vital resource. Very recently, in December 2, the Argentine Supreme Court discussed the legal status of access to drinking-water in the Argentine legal system (the case is “Kersich, Juan Gabriel y otros…
By The Petrie-Flom Center An op-ed from our friends Mark Barnes and Barbara Bierer at Harvard’s Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center on recent legal changes to India’s clinical trial requirements, arguing that using the clinical trial context to promote a social or political policy agenda in India may sacrifice scientific integrity in the service of social justice. A…
By Kelsey Berry The Harvard School of Public Health Department of Global Health and Population (GHP) is hosting what promises to be a fascinating 2-seminar series on Monday Dec 8 and Wednesday Dec 10 entitled: “A Practice of Social Medicine: South Africa and Beyond.” This event should be of interest to those thinking about models for Universal…
