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  • Read more: Call for Applications: Psychedelics Bootcamp 2025
    Psychedelics

    Call for Applications: Psychedelics Bootcamp 2025

    Applications are now open for Psychedelics Bootcamp 2025, an intensive training program on psychedelics-related topics in law, medicine, research, and policy from the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.  Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT on March 31, 2025 BOOTCAMP DESCRIPTION The Petrie-Flom Center is pleased to invite applications for Psychedelics…

  • Read more: Mind over Machine: Navigating the Legal and Ethical Frontier of Neurotech
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    Artificial Intelligence

    Mind over Machine: Navigating the Legal and Ethical Frontier of Neurotech

    Picture a world where a patient suffering from a debilitating neurological disorder receives not only a diagnosis but also a bespoke brain implant designed to restore lost function.

  • Read more: An End to “Springing Forward”: The Case for Permanent Standard Time
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    Government & Politics

    An End to “Springing Forward”: The Case for Permanent Standard Time

    On Dec. 13, 2024, then-President-Elect Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time… Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation.”

  • Read more: Europe Tightens Data Protection Rules for AI Models—And It’s a Big Deal for Healthcare and Life Sciences
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    Artificial Intelligence

    Europe Tightens Data Protection Rules for AI Models—And It’s a Big Deal for Healthcare and Life Sciences

    Imagine you’re a researcher developing an AI model, such as an algorithm or other computer process, that can predict early-stage cancer using data from thousands of patient records. You’ve been careful anonymizing datasets, following ethical guidelines, and ensuring patient confidentiality.

  • Read more: Could the Trump Administration Use CDC Powers to Enforce Hardline Immigration Policies?
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    Public Health

    Could the Trump Administration Use CDC Powers to Enforce Hardline Immigration Policies?

    The Trump administration has plans to use emergency public health powers to close the southern border and remove thousands of immigrants from the country. The only problem? There is no public health emergency.

  • Read more: Innovation, Law, and Ethics in International Bioscience
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    Blog Symposia

    Innovation, Law, and Ethics in International Bioscience

    Edited by Timo Minssen and Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci, the symposium convenes leading researchers from the International Collaborative Bioscience Innovation & Law Program (Inter-CeBIL), which is supported by a generous scientifically independent grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF). The Inter-CeBIL initiative fosters knowledge networks to address legal and ethical challenges in health and life science…

  • Read more: Actionable Insights from the International Collaborative Research Program in Bioscience Innovation & Law
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    Artificial Intelligence

    Actionable Insights from the International Collaborative Research Program in Bioscience Innovation & Law

    Edited by Timo Minssen and Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci, the symposium convenes leading researchers from the International Collaborative Bioscience Innovation & Law Program, which is supported by a generous scientifically independent grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF).

  • Read more: Breaking the Silence: Violence and the Fight for Dignified Abortion Care in Uruguay
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    Reproductive Health

    Breaking the Silence: Violence and the Fight for Dignified Abortion Care in Uruguay

    Thirteen years ago, Uruguay marked a pivotal moment in reproductive rights with the legalization of abortion. It was hailed as a significant advancement, a victory for autonomy and health.

  • Read more: A Second Trump Presidency: A Dangerous Time for Reproductive Health
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    Reproductive Health

    A Second Trump Presidency: A Dangerous Time for Reproductive Health

    The first few weeks of Donald Trump’s second presidential term have made clear that the civil rights and liberties of many Americans are at risk.

  • Read more: The Guardians of Professional Knowledge
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    Professional Regulation

    The Guardians of Professional Knowledge

    Early in the second Trump administration, health information started to disappear from government websites including those maintained by the CDC and NIH. Commentators have begun to wonder how to protect the agencies themselves and what role the health professions might play in responding to rapid changes in health policy and the federal government’s relationship to…