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From The Harvard Gazette: AI is speeding into healthcare. Who should regulate it?
Medical ethicist details need to balance thoughtful limits while avoiding unnecessary hurdles as industry groups issue guidelines.
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Why Tattoo Artists Don’t Need to Be Doctors: A History of Safety Regulations in Tattooing
In the United States, we typically don’t associate tattooing with medicine — these practices appear more intertwined in other countries.
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Health Care Fraud in the New Administrative State
When the Supreme Court decided Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo in June 2024, health care fraud was not foremost on anyone’s mind.
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States, Not the FDA, Are Winning the Drug War
President Trump’s recent executive order directing federal agencies to finalize the rescheduling of cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III marks a watershed moment in American drug policy.
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Worst of Both Worlds: FDA’s Funding Structure, Corporate Capture, and Political Interference
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a unique funding structure among federal scientific and health agencies. The industries it regulates fund nearly half of its budget. The agency charges companies a user fee for each application for products requiring FDA approval like prescription drugs and medical devices.
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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.
