COVAX Planning Per-Dose Vaccine Levy To Fund Compensation Scheme

“No-fault compensation schemes can be overly bureaucratic and costly to maintain and administer”, cautions Professor Brook Baker '76, policy analyst for Health GAP. “Resource poor countries with weak regulatory capacity would have particular difficulty setting up and running a no-fault compensation mechanism at the national level.”

Northeastern Law Community Gathers to Celebrate the Class of 2020

Fearless but not flawless, Northeastern Law welcomed almost 1,000 participants across Zoom and YouTube to a live, virtual commencement celebration of the Class of 2020 on Thursday, May 21, 2020. More than 200 JD, LLM and MLS graduates were joined by family and friends from the across the globe for the festivities, which included remarks by students, faculty and staff as well as celebratory videos to mark the occasion.

When Health Advice Is Hard to Come by, BIPOC Suffer the Consequences

Where access to health advice is hard to come by, BIPOC individuals and communities will suffer the gravest consequences and First Amendment doctrine will continue to exacerbate existing health disparities, writes Professor Claudia Haupt in a piece for the Petrie-Flom Center's Bill of Health blog.

State Mandated Social Media Warning Labels Open New Front in Battle Against Tech Companies

“In the case of tobacco warning labels, advocates had to demonstrate in lawsuits challenging such labels that tobacco use did cause cancer,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells Tech Policy Press. “And it’s likely that in addition to First Amendment challenges, the social media warning labels also would likely face similar tests in establishing that overuse of social media does result in mental health harms.”

RFK Jr. Allies Claim Momentum as Florida Targets Vaccines: ‘Fight Is Coming’

While attacks on vaccines at the state level and in litigation have been ongoing, the growing federal attacks led by Kennedy have made this a “multipronged attack” on vaccine infrastructure, Professor Wendy Parmet, faculty co-director of Northeastern University Law‘s Center for Health Policy and Law, tells The Washington Post.