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  • Read more: Harvard Undergraduate Bioethics Society event: Big Brother Is Watching–Paternalism and Bioethics
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    Harvard Undergraduate Bioethics Society event: Big Brother Is Watching–Paternalism and Bioethics

     You are invited to the Harvard Undergraduate Bioethics Society 2015 Conference: “Big Brother Is Watching: Paternalism and Bioethics” Saturday, March 28th, 3.30-6.30pm, Harvard Hall 104 RSVP Here Coffee and desserts will be served A panel discussion and talks by David Buchanan, PhD University of Massachusetts, Amherst Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Promotion & Policy, and Director of…

  • Read more: REGISTER NOW: ReSourcing Big Data – A Symposium and Collaboration Opportunity (3/23)
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    REGISTER NOW: ReSourcing Big Data – A Symposium and Collaboration Opportunity (3/23)

    From Harvard Catalyst: REGISTER NOW! March 23: Symposium 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Joseph B. Martin Conference Center Harvard Medical School Extant data is an inexhaustible resource that is not yet very well understood and is underutilized. The focus of this symposium is to explore this area from various perspectives – privacy and security, policy, open clinical…

  • Read more: TOMORROW (3/11): Identified versus Statistical Lives: An Interdisciplinary Approach Book Launch
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    TOMORROW (3/11): Identified versus Statistical Lives: An Interdisciplinary Approach Book Launch

    Book Launch: Identified versus Statistical Lives: An Interdisciplinary Approach March 11, 2015 12:00 PM Wasserstein Hall, Room 2012 Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA Identified versus Statistical Lives: An Interdisciplinary Approach is an edited volume that grew out of the 2012 conference “Identified versus Statistical Lives: Ethics and Public Policy,” cosponsored by the Petrie-Flom Center, Edmond…

  • Read more: Pakistan’s “Last-Ditch Effort” To Eradicate Polio
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    Pakistan’s “Last-Ditch Effort” To Eradicate Polio

    By Allison M. Whelan, J.D.Senior Fellow, Center for Biotechnology & Global Health Policy, University of California, Irvine School of LawGuest Blogger In a previous post, I discussed three possible methods of increasing vaccination and decreasing vaccine refusals in the United States. One of these options was using tort law and allowing lawsuits against parents for…

  • Read more: Bioethicist Art Caplan: Why Are Guns a Taboo Topic on Campaign Trail?
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    Bioethicist Art Caplan: Why Are Guns a Taboo Topic on Campaign Trail?

    By Arthur Caplan A new piece by contributor Art Caplan on NBC News: Guns are a medical issue — no matter how often the NRA denies it. Eight national health groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, just released a joint statement echoing that sentiment. But among the barrage of media questions leveled at politicians…

  • Read more: Naturopaths — Not What The Doctor Ordered For Vaccine Exemptions
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    Naturopaths — Not What The Doctor Ordered For Vaccine Exemptions

    By Arthur Caplan A new piece by contributor Art Caplan in Forbes: There are lots of reasons why measles, having gone to Disneyland, is enjoying a comeback around the United States and Canada. Unfounded fears of autism scare some parents. Others buy the daffy conspiracy theory that pharmaceutical companies are just pushing vaccination to make…

  • Read more: An Opening for Measles: Anti-Vaccination Trend a Growing Concern
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    An Opening for Measles: Anti-Vaccination Trend a Growing Concern

    An article in the Harvard Gazette about our panel “Measles, Vaccines, and Protecting Public Health,” convened on February 25, 2015: The numbers paint a telling picture. In the United States of the 1950s there were between 3 million and 4 million annual cases of measles, a highly infectious virus that causes severe flu-like symptoms and a…

  • Read more: Hospital-Based Active Shooter Incidents: Sanctuary Under Fire
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    Hospital-Based Active Shooter Incidents: Sanctuary Under Fire

    By I. Glenn Cohen Petrie-Flom Faculty Director I. Glenn Cohen has published a new co-authored article in the The Journal of the American Medical Association on active shooter incidents in hospital settings. From the article: On January 20, 2015, Michael J. Davidson, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon, was fatally shot on the premises of the Brigham…

  • Read more: Experts Talk Vaccine Opt-Out Parameters
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    Experts Talk Vaccine Opt-Out Parameters

    An article in the Harvard Crimson about our panel “Measles, Vaccines, and Protecting Public Health,” convened on February 25, 2015: There is a delicate balance between preserving individual rights and protecting public health when it comes to vaccines, experts argued at a panel discussion at Harvard Law School on Wednesday. In the wake of the…

  • Read more: What Happens When A Retail Pharmacy Decides To Stop Selling Cigarettes?
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    What Happens When A Retail Pharmacy Decides To Stop Selling Cigarettes?

    This new post by Andrew Sussman appears on the Health Affairs Blog, as part of a series stemming from the Third Annual Health Law Year in P/Review event held at Harvard Law School on Friday, January 30, 2015. The sale of cigarettes and tobacco products at retailers with pharmacies has received considerable attention over the past year. The national debate reignited…