Event Description Meredith Rosenthal, Sharon Block, and Meira Levinson will discuss Pandemic Resilience and Work and Schools in this conversation on the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics’ COVID-19 white paper series. The discussion will be moderated by Carmel Shachar. In order to successfully combat the COVID-19 epidemic, we need to thoughtfully mobilize and utilize…
Event Description Prisons, jails, and detention centers have been called ‘a ticking time bomb’ when it comes to COVID-19. One Ohio prison recently found that more than 70% of its inmates are COVID-19 positive. Social distancing is difficult to enact in these facilities, with some prisons stopping visitation and severely limiting the amount of time…
Event Description Danielle Allen, Ganesh Sitaraman, and E. Glen Weyl will discuss pandemic resilience and testing in this conversation on the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics’ COVID-19 white paper series. The discussion will be moderated by Carmel Shachar. In order to successfully combat the COVID-19 epidemic, we need to thoughtfully mobilize and utilize all…
Notice of Revision In light of developments with COVID-19, we converted our annual conference into a series of podcasts interviewing our contributors. Check out the episodes on The Week in Health Law: Conference Description Medical devices have historically been less regulated than their drug and biologic counterparts, both before and after coming to market. A…
Online Viewing In light of the rapidly developing COVID-19 outbreaks, Harvard University has restricted on-campus events. As a result, we will not be allowing in-person attendance at this event. Instead, the full panel discussion will be available for viewing online. To ensure that you will receive access to the livestream and be kept up to…
Event Description Personal protective equipment or PPE has been a major topic of discussion across the nation. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed major shortages of PPE and health care workers are being asked take care of patients with what some would argue is inadequate protection. The guidelines set by the CDC have changed and recommendations…
Event Description The COVID-19 Pandemic is raising difficult to answer questions regarding the allocation of scare resources, such as ventilators. Providers are struggling to triage access to ventilators ethically. Some have argued that we should consider health status and maximizing health outcomes. Others counter that using health status to determine access would discriminate against people…
Notice of Cancelation In light of developments with COVID-19, we have made the decision to cancel the International Regulators’ Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Health Care. Conference Description Join us as we bring together federal-level government regulators of artificial intelligence technologies in North American, European, and Asian jurisdictions to highlight efforts around the globe…
Online Viewing In light of the rapidly developing COVID-19 outbreaks, Harvard University has restricted on-campus events. As a result, we will not be allowing in-person attendance at this event. Instead, the full panel discussion will be available for viewing online. To ensure that you will receive access to the livestream and be kept up to…
Description Each year in low- and middle-income countries thousands of people are detained in hospitals for non-payment of medical bills, despite the fact that such detention is a violation of national and international law. Hospital detention for nonpayment of bills disproportionately affects the most vulnerable people, including post-partum women. In the US, medical debt manifests…
