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  • Read more: Simplification or Back to Square One? The Future of EU Medical AI Regulation

    Simplification or Back to Square One? The Future of EU Medical AI Regulation

    As part of a recent effort to simplify and harmonize its digital framework, the European Union (EU) is considering two interlinked regulatory proposals that could fundamentally reshape the governance of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical devices.

  • Read more: The Federal Government Undermines its Own HIV Targets by Restricting Gender-Affirming Care for Youth

    The Federal Government Undermines its Own HIV Targets by Restricting Gender-Affirming Care for Youth

    During his first term in office, President Trump vowed in a 2019 State of the Union speech to “eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States within 10 years.”

  • Read more: Can Pharma Companies Reverse String of Judicial Defeats at SCOTUS?

    Can Pharma Companies Reverse String of Judicial Defeats at SCOTUS?

    Following the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) provision granting Medicare the authority to negotiate drug prices, pharmaceutical companies and allied organizations have brought a dozen lawsuits challenging the legality of the negotiation program. 

  • Read more: Hippocratic Quantum: The Ethics of Biomedical Discovery in the Quantum Age

    Hippocratic Quantum: The Ethics of Biomedical Discovery in the Quantum Age

    Quantum technology is increasingly described as the telescope of the 21st century: a scientific instrument that expands what humans can observe, simulate, and engineer.

  • Read more: Rethinking Maryland v. King Amid the Changing Landscape of Technology and Privacy

    Rethinking Maryland v. King Amid the Changing Landscape of Technology and Privacy

    In a landmark 2013 decision, Maryland v. King, the Supreme Court upheld mandatory DNA collection from arrestees as part of booking procedures, likening cheek swabs to fingerprinting. But 13 years later, renewed public concern about genetic privacy seriously undermines the assumptions underlying King.

  • Read more: An International Comparison: Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Approaches to AI in Health Care

    An International Comparison: Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Approaches to AI in Health Care

    In this webinar, speakers will describe the international legal, regulatory, and ethical frameworks governing applications of AI in health care. They will compare approaches, discussing the opportunities and challenges, as well as the need for transparency, accountability, and guiding ethical principles in developing AI systems in health care. Panelists This event is organized by the…

  • Read more: Snow Shovel Politics

    Snow Shovel Politics

    Boston is slowly waking from its snowy slumber. Weeks after one of the snowiest storms in the city’s history, drifts still rise several feet along streets and sidewalks as residents pick their way through narrowed passages and over icy curbs.

  • Read more: Why It Matters: HR1’s Change to Medicaid Waiver Budget Neutrality Rules

    Why It Matters: HR1’s Change to Medicaid Waiver Budget Neutrality Rules

    The 2025 budget reconciliation bill (“HR1” or “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) significantly amended Medicaid, the federal public health insurance program for low-income people. HR1 has garnered significant attention surrounding new rules like work reporting requirements that limit the ACA’s Medicaid eligibility expansion.

  • Read more: The Deadly Cost of Ignoring Clinical Need

    The Deadly Cost of Ignoring Clinical Need

    Iryna Zarutska immigrated to North Carolina in August 2022, fleeing war-torn Ukraine. Exactly three years later, she was taking the subway home from a shift at a local Charlotte pizzeria when, abruptly, Decarlos Brown fatally stabbed her. 

  • Read more: Voting Rights in Jeopardy: Implications for Health Care Disparities

    Voting Rights in Jeopardy: Implications for Health Care Disparities

    Health care is consistently ranked among the top concerns of the nation’s voters. A special issue for health care voters is electing candidates who are committed to making high-quality health care accessible and affordable to all.