Trump's EEOC targets businesses that required COVID vaccines – Baptist News Global The Trump administration is using the EEOC to punish businesses that required employees to get COVID vaccinations

"EEOC said it recovered $55 million for workers affected by vaccine mandates during the first 200 days of Trump’s presidency, including several from major hospital systems."

#Medsky #IDsky #healthpolicy #healthlaw #vaccines #COVID

Is it right to restrict access to one’s health records? Author: Prof. Edward S. Dove, School of Law and Criminology & ALL Institute member, Maynooth University In nearly every interaction we have with a health practitioner – be it a GP, nurse, denti…

Did you know you don’t always have the right to see your own medical records, even under GDPR?

In our latest blog, we explore the issue, & why it may be time for a wider debate.

#PatientRights #GDPR #HealthLaw #IrishHealthcare #PatientAutonomy #HealthcareEthics
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A new Issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics is now available

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This chapter examines the 2008 Ryan Haight Act's #regulation of #online prescription drugs, its impact on opioid addiction teleprescription, & the roles of states in managing the opioid crisis.

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Interested in hands-on health policy work?

Students in the HLPC work on real-world issues—from access to care to public health advocacy.

📅 Clinic fair is tomorrow: hls.harvard.edu/events/clinical-program-...

#HealthLaw #StudentSpotlight

Deaths in ICE Custody Are Growing. ‘They Let Him Rot in There.’

#healthlaw Deaths in ICE Custody Are Growing. ‘They Let Him Rot in There.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/u...

NY Senate Bill S8442 would prohibit non-physician-owned MSOs from controlling majority shares or board seats of professional medical corporations. Read more about the potential impact of these changes for physician groups in our latest blog. #HealthcareCompliance #NYLawyer #HealthLaw

If you are in Brussels on April 15th and working in the field of EU
#healthlaw and #healthpolicy and want to be part of this event on EU #healthvalues (11-13h), please DM

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Big thanks to @doritreiss.bsky.social both for joining us today at @slulaw.bsky.social for our annual #healthlaw symposium AND for keeping Bluesky updated on the day’s proceedings. We are so glad you’re here for these critical convos!

Exclusive | Autism-Therapy Firm Paid $340,000 per Patient Is Getting Barred From Medicaid Indiana officials moved to terminate Piece by Piece Autism Centers after a Journal investigation.

The company had been profiting off Medicaid for years, @wsj.com investigation showed. Also, its billings soared, the founder bought $2.5 million home on Florida’s Sanibel Island and $600,000 waterfront house in Indiana. 

#Medsky #healthlaw #fraud #healthpolicy #pediatrics #autism

The latest issue (vol 36 no 2) of the Canadian Journal of Family Law is now available on CanLII! With contributions from Régine Tremblay, Vanessa Gruben, Stefanie Carsley, Kévin Lavoie, Kathleen Hammond, Pahul Gupta, and more. #familylaw #healthlaw #fertilitylaw #legalcommentary zurl.co/U2JiS

Court rejects AIDS Healthcare Foundation's bid for emergency injunction to stop cuts • Florida Phoenix A circuit court judge has ruled that the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis can push ahead with reductions to a program that helps people with HIV and AIDS purchase life-saving drugs. Circuit Judge J...

Florida's cuts to Ryan White program can proceed. Some 32,000 people may lose access to HIV/AIDS medications.

#Medsky #healthlaw #healthpolicy #IDsky #publichealth #drugcosts #pharma #HIV #virology

'The 1980s Called': CMS Rule Aims to Phase Out Fax Machines for Health Claims Agency estimates electronic submission standards will generate $781 million in annual savings

"it was 'notable' that prior authorization standards were not included in the final rule" via @joycefr.bsky.social @medpagetoday.com

But what happens if, like on The Pitt, there's a cyberattack? Maybe don't trash the fax just yet!

#Medsky #healthpolicy #healthlaw #TVdrama #bureaucracy

New on CanLII: "Delivering Culturally Competent Mental Health Care: A Legal Intervention for Black Immigrants in Ontario" by Emmanuel Ihuoma Nwatu ; as featured in McGill Journal of Law and Health vol 18 no 1 (2026) #healthlaw #antidiscrimination #antiracism #legalcommentary zurl.co/abiTM

FDA Withdraws Proposal to Prohibit Minors From Tanning Beds ‘Restricting teens’ access to indoor tanning and informing the public about the dangers of indoor tanning are critical to preventing skin cancer,’ AAD President Susan C. Taylor, MD, said.

Slipped under the radar: FDA has given up on the idea that it should prohibit tanning for minors.

My story for @medscape.com

#Medsky #Dermsky #pediatrics #skincancer #oncology #melanoma #publichealth #epidemiology #healthpolicy #healthlaw

Working on EU #healthlaw and #healthpolicy and around Brussels on April 15, if you are interested in this event on EU #healthvalues, please DM

A federal judge heard arguments as Minnesota fights the Trump administration’s withholding of ~$259M in Medicaid funding, saying it violated due process.
https://ow.ly/BOiC50YtLHw

#Medicaid #FederalPolicy #HealthLaw

Healthcare building boom in SW FL: What's coming that you may need? SW Florida is experiencing a healthcare boom with billions invested in new hospitals, specialty centers, and maybe a medical school.

In America, health is an industry. SW Florida population is booming; so is construction of new health care facilities.

#Medsky #epidemiology #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthlaw #hospitals #primarycare #oncology

RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers drop proposal to revisit covid-19 shot Some members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel have publicly questioned the safety and manufacturing of the shots, including raising a debunked theory that DNA contaminants in the vaccines are harmf...

@washingtonpost.com reporting that ACIP will not examine COVID vaccine at its meeting next week. Agenda has still not been posted.

#IDsky #vaccines #pediatrics #geriatrics #healthpolicy #healthlaw #publichealth #science #medicine

Life B.Braun Lecture: Science, Public Health and Democracy The spring edition of the LIFE B. Braun Lecture at the University of Lucerne addresses the relationship between science, public health, and democratic governance. Professor Lawrence O. Gostin discusse...

As part of the LIFE B. Braun lecture series, Lawrence O. Gostin, a leading expert in global #healthlaw and #publichealthpolicy, spoke at the University of Lucerne about the relationship between #science, #publichealth and #democracy.

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Have we learned enough from COVID-19 to face the next pandemic?

We need to get ready for the next health crisis, warns legal scholar Pramiti Parwani. Although the COVID-19 pandemic now seems far behind us, we would like to keep it that way. Read more about her research. bit.ly/4l0EtVU #COVID #HealthLaw @lawhealthlife.bsky.social

New York has just improved access to life-saving medication for substance abuse patients through S3416D/A5892. Physician groups: Have your clinicians been updated on these new guidelines? #HealthLaw #NYHealthcare

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Policy is not abstract. It directly impacts:
• Modality availability
• Insurance design
• Patient autonomy
• Care equity

Our latest episode explores the legislative forces influencing dialysis patient choice.

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#HealthLaw #ESRD #Nephrology

Autism Experts Strike a Committee to Counter Federal Panel Autism scientists and other experts have launched an independent advisory committee to respond to what it describes as a non-evidence-based narrative from a long-standing federal government panel.

Prominent autism researchers convening their own advisory panel as a counterbalance to the federal panel appointed by RFK. First meeting is March 19. My story for @medscape.com

#Medsky #PsychSky #pediatrics #HHS #healthpolicy #healthlaw #research #science

For our latest #CRNSpotlight, we spoke with @utah.edu Professor Leslie Francis, who co-chairs CRN 9: Law and Health alongside @doritreiss.bsky.social (@uclawsf.bsky.social) and @amwhelan.bsky.social (Georgia State University)!

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#HealthLaw #VaccineLaw

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A new issue of the American Journal of Law & Medicine is now online.

Read articles on food safety, OB/GYN travel after Dobbs, health care and AI, equity in Medicaid, employment of people with disabilities, and the financialization of healthcare:

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#PublicHealth #HealthLaw

Too Fat to Succeed at Work? 'Overweight' Could Soon Be a Protected Class | Law.com "A lot of people think that being fat is a choice," noted Law Professor Doron Dorfman, who said overweight people historically had minimal legal protection because the issue of weight was saddled with...

Seton Hall Law Professor Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social says that overweight people have long lacked legal protection because weight is seen as a moral failing — a bias growing with the rise of effective weight-loss drugs.

#SetonHallLaw #Employment #HealthLaw

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Have we learned enough from COVID-19 to face the next pandemic? The COVID-19 pandemic now seems far behind us – and we would like to keep it that way. But we need to get ready for the next health crisis, warns legal scholar Pramiti Parwani. In her PhD research on ...

The COVID-19 pandemic now seems far behind us – and we would like to keep it that way. But we need to get ready for the next health crisis, warns legal scholar Pramiti Parwani. @lawhealthlife.bsky.social bit.ly/4l0EtVU #COVID #HealthLaw

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A new issue of the American Journal of Law & Medicine is now online.

Read articles on food safety, OB/GYN travel after Dobbs, health care and AI, equity in Medicaid, employment of people with disabilities, and the financialization of healthcare:

📚 https://cup.org/3MzFl7o

#PublicHealth #HealthLaw

I look forward to leading a discussion about dissents in panel arbitrations during the March 24 virtual meeting of the #ABA #HealthLaw Section’s #ADR Interest Group. Hope to see many of you on screen.

I guess that gives me about a month to figure out what I’m going to say.