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New article in JAMA
President Trump’s recent executive order directing federal agencies to accelerate the development and review of psychedelic therapies has generated widespread interest and renewed optimism about expanding treatment options for serious mental health conditions. Authors I. Glenn Cohen, Holly Fernandez Lynch, and Amy McGuire argue that while the executive order represents an important federal commitment to advancing psychedelic medicine, many of its provisions rely on authorities the federal government already possesses. As a result, the practical impact may be more modest than most advocates expect.
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Intellectual Disability, Geography, and a Life-or-Death Decision
On May 21, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Hamm v. Smith, a case being heavily watched by both criminal justice and disability rights advocates for its potential impact on convictions for individuals sentenced to death involving a determination of intellectual disability.
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When Surveillance Becomes Science: The Data the FDA Should Not Trust
In 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) banned a data broker called X-Mode Social from selling sensitive location data, charging that the company sold precise phone location data that could be used to track visits to reproductive health clinics, addiction treatment centers, and other sensitive sites.
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Making Americans Smokers Again? New Article Examines Federal Cuts to Anti-Tobacco Programs
The Trump administration’s goal of “Making America Healthy Again” is beginning to look more like “Making Americans Smokers Again.”
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So Much Regulation of Fluids and Emissions. Why Not Semen?
Earlier this year, three members of Congress introduced what they dubbed the Clean Water for All Life Act. Here’s how this law delivers “clean water for all:” Physicians must examine the bodies of all patients to whom they prescribe abortion medication — that’s in the office, no telemedicine allowed — and hand them a medical waste…
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Supreme Court Signals Reticence to Protect Public Health
For some, the just-completed 2025-2026 term of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) represents a series of “glancing blows” related to the protection and promotion of the public’s health.
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I. Glenn Cohen and Rochelle Walensky
December 2023
This interview focuses on 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.
