Wendy
Parmet
Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law and director of the Center for Health Policy and Law
Wendy Parmet in the Press
Critics say ‘talk to your doc’ requirement for some vaccines causes confusion
Wendy Parmet studies health care policy at Northeastern University and joins NPR’s All Things Considered.
CBS News
Amid confusion over federal vaccine recommendations, states become laboratories of public health
Public health law has long tilted toward the states. “If there was a public health issue, we’d say it’s for the states,” Wendy Parmet of Northeastern University explained.
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, said Wendy Parmet, co-director of Northeastern University law school’s Center for Health Policy and Law.
The New Republic
Trump’s Decapitation of CDC Takes Darker Turn—and Hands Dems a Weapon
First, says Wendy Parmet, a health policy professor at Northeastern University, governors can scale up clinic systems to make it easier for people to get vaccines, should Trump’s government keep making that harder.
PBS NewsHour
Can RFK Jr. take COVID vaccines off the market? Here’s what vaccine law experts say
Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern University law school’s Center for Health Policy and Law, said that if the vaccine manufacturers contested a license revocation, she expected they would have a strong case, given the reams of vaccine safety data and post-market studies of COVID-19 vaccine use around the world.
Bloomberg Law
Abortion Rule’s Demise Spells Trouble for HHS Privacy Role
The doctrine “almost invites the kind of decision that Judge Kacsmaryk made,” said Wendy Parmet, faculty director of Northeastern University School of Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law.
Bloomberg Law
RFK Jr. mRNA Cuts Threaten Vaccine Development, Crisis Response
“This is yet another one among many actions that have been taken that are undermining both the present and the potential future of vaccine infrastructure and availability,” said Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern University School of Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law. “We’re playing with fire.”
STAT News
Supreme Court to hear challenge to ACA rule requiring free preventive care, cancer screenings
The case is “one of the latest in a series of litigation attacks brought against various provisions of the Affordable Care Act,” said Wendy Parmet, a constitutional law scholar at Northeastern University. “It’s surprising because Trump is not a fan of the Affordable Care Act and vowed to replace the Affordable Care Act in his […]
Kennedy sends mixed vaccine messages amid Texas measles outbreak
Wendy Parmet, the director of the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University School of Law, described Kennedy’s op-ed as “mealy-mouthed advice.”
STAT News
On measles outbreak, the Trump administration’s messaging strikes some as off-key
“You would have imagined any other secretary of HHS from the last 60 years saying, ‘This is why we recommend the vaccinations, and we’re supporting local communities with vaccination, and we encourage everyone to talk to their doctors about vaccination and to listen to their local health officials,’” said Wendy Parmet, the director of the […]
