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How mental health system failures are driven by political, social policies
Senior fellow Alicia Ely Yamin explains how mental health systems around the world fail people with psychosocial disabilities for the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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Platform Progress, Transparency Gaps in the EU Pharma Package
The European Union is in the middle of revising its medicines legislation. This reform, often referred to as the “pharma package,” centers on a proposed new Pharmaceutical Regulation and a proposed new Pharmaceutical Directive. Its stated aims are to improve access to medicines, encourage innovation, and strengthen the EU’s competitiveness and security of supply.
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Beyond Guardianship: A Tiered Approach to Care for Unrepresented Veterans
“Unrepresented” veterans — those lacking both the capacity to make medical decisions on their own and surrogates to act on their behalf — face difficulty transitioning from VA hospitals to post-acute care facilities, such as nursing homes or assisted living, due to their inability to provide consent.
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The Ethics of Junk Science: It’s Time for a Reboot
Science is supposed to be self-correcting. That mechanism is broken.
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New York Enacts Medical Aid in Dying
New York is now the 14th U.S. jurisdiction to authorize Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD), concluding a decade of legislative effort.
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Fireside Chat: I. Glenn Cohen and Rochelle Walensky
Professor Glenn Cohen, Faculty Director of the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School interviews Dr. Rochelle Walensky, 19th Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Senior Academic Fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center. They discuss Dr. Walensky’s career as an infectious disease clinician focused on HIV/AIDS, her experience leading the CDC during COVID-19, and her reflections on public health infrastructure in the United States and internationally.
