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News Category: Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights

• guns

  StudyFinds

  Raising Legal Age for Handgun Sales to 21 Could Prevent Hundreds of Teen Suicides — refers to study co-authored by Julia Raifman, assistant professor of health law, policy & management; Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences; Michael Ulrich, assistant professor of health law, ethics & human rights; and Dean Sandro Galea

  Published on August 3rd, 2020 Tagged adolescents, firearm, firearms, gun violence, guns, suicide, teenagers

• coronavirus

  Wyoming Public Media

  Meatpackers Panned for Lack of Transparency During Pandemic — quotes Nicole Huberfeld, professor of health law, ethics & human rights 

  Published on July 30th, 2020 Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, infectious disease, slaughterhouse workers

• coronavirus

  Journalist’s Resource

  Covering Medicaid During the COVID-19 Pandemic: 6 Things Journalists Should Know — quotes Nicole Huberfeld, professor of health law, ethics & human rights

  Published on July 28th, 2020 Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, infectious disease, medicaid

• coronavirus

  WBUR

  BU Prof: Nursing Home COVID Deaths Point to Discrimination Against People With Disabilities — interview with George Annas, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished professor of health law, ethics & human rights

  Published on July 28th, 2020 Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, disability, discrimination, infectious disease

• immigrant health

  Medical Ethics at the Border

  

  The medical profession should (and can) do more to support and protect physicians who work with migrants in and around detention facilities, where inhuman government policy conflicts with medical ethics and human rights principles.

  Published on July 23rd, 2020 Tagged ethics, immigrant, immigrant health, immigration, medical ethics, politics and health, refugee, refugees, violence

• coronavirus

  Boston Globe

  Somerville Is Delaying Its Reopening. Will It Make a Difference? — quotes George Annas, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished professor of health law, ethics & human rights

  Published on July 21st, 2020 Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, infectious disease

• aging

  Daily Beast

  What Do We Actually Know About Our Aging POTUS Candidates’ Health? — quotes George Annas, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished professor of health law, ethics & human rights

  Published on July 21st, 2020 Tagged aging, aging and well-being, politics and health

• coronavirus

  StarTribune

  REI Faces Employee Backlash Over Response to COVID-19 Cases — quotes Nicole Huberfeld, professor of health law, ethics & human rights 

  Published on July 21st, 2020 Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, infectious disease

• coronavirus

  Boston.com

  Photos: Some Social Distancing, but Mostly Crowds as People Flock to Local Beaches — quotes George Annas, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished professor of health law, ethics & human rights

  Published on July 20th, 2020 Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, ethics, infectious disease

• coronavirus

  New York Times

  REI Faces Staff Backlash over Response to COVID-19 Cases — quotes Nicole Huberfeld, professor of health law, ethics & human rights

  Published on July 20th, 2020 Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, ethics, infectious disease