Health

Regulating Speech About a Drug’s Off-Label Uses

Regulating Speech About a Drug’s Off-Label Uses

Scholar argues that FDA should adopt an evidenced-based approach to regulating drug manufacturers’ speech.

Protecting Medical Privacy on Your Wrist

Protecting Medical Privacy on Your Wrist

Scholar argues for greater privacy protections of personal medical data collected by wearable health technologies.

States Renew Push for Medicaid Work Requirements

States Renew Push for Medicaid Work Requirements

Scholars evaluate the impact of work requirements on Medicaid beneficiaries.

Patents Do Not Bar Public Pharma Policies

Patents Do Not Bar Public Pharma Policies

Merck misconstrues patent law in its recent Takings Clause challenge to Medicare’s price negotiation program.

The Right to Access Your Own Health Device Data

The Right to Access Your Own Health Device Data

Scholars advocate mandated patient access to health device data.

The Troubling Reality of Wilderness Therapy

The Troubling Reality of Wilderness Therapy

Scholars claim that unregulated wilderness therapy programs fail to protect the children participants.

Patient Versus Algorithm

Patient Versus Algorithm

Scholars propose enabling patients to sue the makers and providers of discriminatory health care algorithms.

Are Older Adults Being Protected?

Are Older Adults Being Protected?

Experts offer analysis and policy ideas to promote the independence and well-being of older adults.

The Troubled Teen Industry’s Troubling Lack of Oversight

The Troubled Teen Industry’s Troubling Lack of Oversight

The federal government must step in to regulate an industry fraught with youth abuse.

Bringing Professional Regulation Into the Future

Bringing Professional Regulation Into the Future

Ireland’s Chief Nursing Officer endorses a flexible and compassionate approach to health care regulation.

A New Balance Between Health Care Privacy and Artificial Intelligence

A New Balance Between Health Care Privacy and Artificial Intelligence

A scholar highlights problematic ways that artificial intelligence and health privacy interact.

Cracking Down on Overdose Deaths

Cracking Down on Overdose Deaths

FDA approves first over-the-counter treatment to combat the opioid overdose epidemic.