The lessons of a crisis are of little use if they are not kept in mind after it has passed.
Read morePublic health leaders post open letter to Pence on coronavirus response
This week, public health and legal experts posted an open letter to Vice President Mike Pence and other government leaders detailing the necessary steps for a successful response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more2020 Presidential Candidates: Policies for Addressing Prescription Drug Pricing
This post is third in a series aimed at identifying and exploring some of the public health issues and policies under consideration by candidates in the 2020 Presidential Election.
Read more2020 Presidential Candidates: Policies for Addressing Gun Violence
This post is second in a series aimed at identifying and exploring some of the public health issues and policies under consideration by candidates in the 2020 Presidential Election.
Read more2020 Presidential Candidates: Policies for Addressing the Opioid Overdose Crisis.
Each day, over 130 people die from opioid-related overdoses. This includes both prescription and illicit opioids. The National Institute on Drug Abuse attributes the opioid overdose crisis to unscrupulous pharmaceutical companies, who misled healthcare providers to believe opioid pain relievers were not addictive. Other researchers, while agreeing that increased drug supply was an important factor, argue that economic and social issues fueled the crisis, viewing the issue through the lens of a structural and social determinants of health framework.
Read moreHealthcare and the 2020 Presidential Election blog series
U.S. Healthcare reform remains a central issue in any policy debate, especially during an election year, such that many candidates in the 2020 Presidential Election have indicated healthcare as one of their “signature issues.” To better understand where each candidate stands on issues, Public Health Law Watch is launching a new blog series aimed at identifying and exploring some of the public health issues and policies under consideration by candidates.
Read moreTargeting Health: How Anti-Immigrant Policies Threaten Our Health & Our Humanity
Since taking office, the Trump Administration has instituted a wide-ranging crackdown on immigration. A surprising number of the policies the Administration has instituted as part of that crackdown relate directly or indirectly to health.
Read moreMeasuring Health Privacy - Part I
In this two-part post for the Promises and Perils of Emerging Health Innovations blog symposium, Ignacio Cofone engages in a discussion centered on the importance of addressing patients’ concerns when introducing new health technologies.
Read moreA Delicate Balance: Proposed Regulations May Upset the Tension Between Accessibility and Privacy of Health Information
This piece is part of a blog symposium featuring commentary from participants in the Center for Health Policy and Law’s annual conference, Promises and Perils of Emerging Health Innovations, held on April 11-12, 2019 at Northeastern University School of Law. The symposium was originally published on the Northeastern University Law Review Online Forum.
Read moreEvent: World AIDS Day at Northeastern University
Join us for a day of solidarity in support of World AIDS Day 2019. Brought to you by Northeastern University School of Law's Center for Health Policy and Law, Center for Law, Innovation and Creativity, Center for Public Interest Advocacy and Collaboration, and Northeastern University's Partners in Health Engage.
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