Wendy Parmet

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.

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.

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.

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.

“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.”

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 […]

“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 […]

Wendy Parmet, a Northeastern University law professor and the director of the law school’s Center for Health Policy and Law, said RFK Jr could not ban vaccines “by fiat”, or with one order or decree.