Fabulous resource from Michelle Mello, David Jiang, and Wendy Parmet on how the courts constrained public health powers during COVID-19. www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...

Judicial Decisions Constraining Public Health Powers During COVID-19: Implications For Public Health Policy Making | Health Affairs Journal

Public health legal powers are increasingly under pressure from the courts in the United States. During the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals and organizations successfully challenged many community miti...

Here, here. www.statnews.com/2024/05/23/c...

Making the case for fair compensation in clinical trials

Everyone working in clinical trials must embrace this opportunity to re-evaluate and standardize reimbursement policies as a way to get more people to participate.

There is so much here that is just awful. But this+other details about how scrutiny of the case has been legally inhibited may be the most jaw-dropping: “Lawyers in England can be sanctioned for making remarks that would undermine confidence in the judicial system.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

A British Nurse Was Found Guilty of Killing Seven Babies. Did She Do It?

Colleagues reportedly called Lucy Letby an “angel of death,” and the Prime Minister condemned her. But, in the rush to judgment, serious questions about the evidence were ignored.

The Hopkins-Oxford Psychedelic Ethics (HOPE) Working Group Consensus Statement, led by Eddie Jacobs, Brian Earp, and David Yaden, w/ several signatories (including me). The group didn't agree on everything but we hit consensus on some important issues and recs. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/K7F9Q...

The Hopkins-Oxford Psychedelics Ethics (HOPE) Working Group Consensus Statement

Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Ahead of Print, 2024)

Don't forget to remind your grad students about ASLME's writing competition. Deadline is July 1 to give them time to account for your comments on their seminar papers! aslme.org/aslme-inside...

4th Annual Health Law and Anti-Racism Graduate Student Writing Competition

The American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics (ASLME) is pleased to announce its 4th Annual Health Law and Anti-Racism Graduate Student Writing Competition with the goal of encouraging students to...

Thanks for the rec, just added to my list!

Thrilled and grateful to have 3 fabulous leaders at the helm of @pennmehp.bsky.social@stevejoffe.bsky.social as department chair, Emily Largent as Division Chief of Medical Ethics, and Harsha Thirumurthy as Division Chief of Health Policy.

Ppennmehp.bsky.socialApr 26, 2024 4:19pm

Congratulations to Dr. Harsha Thirumurthy on his appointment to Division Chief of Health Policy effective July 1! Read the full announcement here: medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/events/in-th...

So helpful! This is exactly what I've been looking for - and my Instagram is just a deluge of ads for what I'm sure are terrible products. Will try the Tozo's :)

Any bone conduction versions you'd recommend?

It's funny u posted about this! I've been searching for open ear headphones + they all seem to have terrible reviews. Will try the ones you recommended! (My new year resolution was to listen to audio books and walk every day, so I'm wearing earbuds more than ever and my ears do not appreciate it...)