By Christopher Robertson Arizona State University hosted a symposium on “The Intersection of Law, Science, and Policy to Protect the Public’s Health,” published in Jurimetrics, with excellent contributions by Wendy Parmet, David Hymen, Bernie Black, Vickie Williams, and many others. Here is part of the abstract for the foreward by James Hodge: Revitalization, revolution,…
By Wendy Parmet Sometimes it seems as if the First Amendment is the leading legal threat to public health. Not today. In Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International the Supreme Court in a 6-2 decision struck down on First Amendment ground the so-called “anti-prostitution pledge” imposed by § 7631(f) of the…
By Scott Burris Training lay people to reverse opiate overdose with naloxone continues to gain steam in the evidence base, popular media and legislatures. Here’s a great blog post the covers recent developments and links to a new film. The Open Society Foundations and a group of harm reduction groups have launched a new website to…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Public Health Law Research has released its fifth call for proposals on studies that focus on the effects of laws and policies on public health. The new call for proposals is available online: www.rwjf.org/cfp/phlr5 The deadline for submitting proposals is July 24, 2013 at 3 p.m. ET.…
By Scott Burris A couple weeks ago, I was in a conference room at a global health organization, all ready to give my talk on monitoring and evaluating legal health interventions. The chief of the organization’s formidable M&E operation was my host, and after briefly going through my bio he wound up his introduction by…
By Mary Ann Chirba and Alice A. Noble On May 22. 2013, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee unanimously approved S.959, “The Pharmaceutical Compounding Quality and Accountability Act,” and S.957, “The Drug Supply and Security Act,” (now incorporated into S. 959 as an amendment). Congressional efforts to enact comprehensive legislation to improve…
As of Friday, June 28, this post is closed to further comments. We want to thank the many readers who have engaged in a vigorous and civil discussion on the recent posts to the Bill of Health that engage questions related to the debate over vaccines. In general, we do not moderate discussions on the…
By Ryan Abbott I read an article recently which stated that the federal government is making a 51 billion dollar profit this year from student loan borrowers. That’s more annual profit than any private American business makes. Profit margins are up thanks to record interest rates and aggressive collection policies. Having the government make money…
Check out this recent Bloomberg piece from Cass Sunstein: Don’t Mandate Labeling for Gene-Altered Foods. He raises a number of arguments that came out during the Q&A following our recent conference panel on food regulation. Video should be posted soon!
By Elizabeth Pike and Kayte Spector-Bagdady [Posted on behalf of Elizabeth Pike and Kayte Spector-Bagdady from the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues – and cross-posted here.] In the most recent issue of the Hastings Center Report, Drs. Amy Gutmann and James Wagner of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission), contributed to the lively…
