Introducing New Blogger Jennifer Bard
Jennifer S. Bard contributes to the HealthLawProf Blog, and is joining Bill of Health as a regular contributor. Jennifer is the Alvin R. Allison Professor of Law and Director, Health Law Program, 2003...
View ArticleUsing Fear of Lawyers to Train Medical Students is Costing a Lot of Money!
The running joke of the Disney Monsters,Inc. movies is that there really are monsters in little kids’ closets, but they aren’t dangerous. Too often in medical education, lawyers and law suits are used...
View ArticleLax Enforcement of Vaccine Laws Put Young Adults at Risk
The news about the return of dangerous “childhood” illnesses gets worse and worse. Columbus, Ohio reports an outbreak of 225 cases—with over 50% students at Ohio State University. It is probably no...
View ArticleWaiting for Hobby Lobby–A brief refresher of the issues
Cross post from healthlawprof blog Jennifer S. Bard Since the likelihood is that many readers of this blog will be asked to comment when the Supreme Court, some time this week, announces its decision...
View ArticleEbola in the United States—Some Resources for the Law School Curriculum
[Cross-post (with some updates) from Prawfsblawg.] Law students have lots of things competing for their attention, but one topic I’ve found of general interest this fall is Ebola. Although the topic is...
View ArticleThe ‘Nazi Problem’ in Human Subject Research Regulation
As Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day draws near, it is heartening to note that our collective horror against Nazis and Nazism is still sufficiently strong as to make them the archetype...
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know About “Medicare and Medicaid-for-all” to Survive the...
By Jennifer S. Bard Just as medical students find themselves being asked at parties to look at rashes, this year health law students (and professors) are being asked about the proposals to fix our...
View ArticleHow the Internet and The Mapping of the Human Genome Disrupted the Teaching...
This piece was part of a 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...
View ArticleHuman Subjects Research in Emergencies: An Ethical and Legal Guide (Part I)
By Jennifer S. Bard This post is the first in a series about conducting human subjects research in emergencies. These posts are being written in response to a rapidly evolving situation and will...
View ArticleHuman Subjects Research in Emergencies: The Texas Nursing Home “Study” (Part II)
By Jennifer S. Bard This post is the second in a series about conducting human subjects research in emergencies. These posts are being written in response to a rapidly evolving situation and will...
View ArticleAmending the Public Health Service Act to Encourage CDC Action to Stop COVID-19
By Jennifer S. Bard The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) already has all the power it needs to limit the movement of people in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. Yet, throughout...
View ArticleConsider the Fundamentals of Viruses When Crafting Law and Policy Responses
By Jennifer S. Bard Lawyers and law professors are very much part of the ongoing efforts to make policy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like everyone else involved, we face the particular...
View ArticlePublic Health Law vs. Individual Advice: Why Discarding Indoor Mask Mandates...
By Jennifer S. Bard The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that fully vaccinated individuals no longer need to wear masks indoors or outdoors in most cases. The...
View ArticleWhat Makes a Bad Public Health Decision? And How Can We Make Good Ones?
By Jennifer S. Bard What makes a bad public health decision? What we’ve seen across both the Trump and Biden administrations is that relying on the CDC’s medical model of decision-making isn’t working....
View ArticleThe Only Constant is Resistance to Change: A Flaw in the US Response to...
By Jennifer S. Bard Law can be a wonderful tool for promoting and protecting the public’s health. But its inherent bias towards stability is poorly suited to the challenges of addressing rapidly...
View ArticleWhat Can the Federal Government Do When States Make Dangerous Decisions?
By Jennifer S. Bard The threat posed to the welfare, economy, and security of the United States by the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus is as serious as any we have ever confronted. But, at the same...
View Article6 Actions the Federal Government Should Take in Response to the Delta Variant
By Jennifer S. Bard Today, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took an important step in protecting the nation’s health by reinstating indoor masking for both vaccinated and...
View ArticleLegal and Ethical Analysis of Court-Ordered Ivermectin Treatment for COVID-19
By Jennifer S. Bard A judge in Ohio ruled on Monday that a hospital in the region must administer ivermectin to a patient very sick with COVID-19 in their ICU, despite the decision by the medical...
View ArticleDéjà Vu All Over Again
By Jennifer S. Bard The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us time and time again that whatever progress we make in curbing transmission of the virus is tenuous, fragile, and easily reversed. And yet, we...
View ArticleThe Government Needs to Construct On, Not Off, Ramps to Combat the Latest...
By Jennifer S. Bard Over the past two weeks, the news coming in about the spread of COVID-19 has been eerily familiar. Cases are rising all over Europe, not just in under-vaccinated Eastern European...
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