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Wendy Parmet
Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law and director of the Center for Health Policy and Law

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Should doctors who are public officials have the right to spread medical misinformation to the general public?
Silhouette of a person's hands filling a vaccine syringe.

Should doctors who are public officials have the right to spread medical misinformation to the general public?

A First Amendment expert says professional and regulatory boards may sanction doctors for bad advice to the public.
The Supreme Court is taking up the abortion pill. Here’s one way the justices could rule on access
A pack of Mifepristone abortion pill tablets.

The Supreme Court is taking up the abortion pill. Here’s one way the justices could rule on access

The case would mark the first major abortion decision since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year.
Texas court ‘slams the door on doctors’ in Kate Cox abortion case, legal scholar says
Abortion rights demonstrators outside of the Texas state capitol, one carrying a blue circular sign that says 'keep abortion legal' on it in white text

Texas court ‘slams the door on doctors’ in Kate Cox abortion case, legal scholar says

The Texas Supreme court’s ruling did not include an order protecting Cox’s physician, Damla Karsan, from prosecution.
The verdict is in: Northeastern program helps judges better understand the forces that affect people’s health
A stack of Salus Populi 2023 Judicial Education Program booklets

The verdict is in: Northeastern program helps judges better understand the forces that affect people’s health

Northeastern professors create a program that aims to educate judges about how the social determinants of health can affect cases.
Should Biden ignore a Texas judge’s ruling on the abortion pill?
Stacks of abortion pill boxes

Should Biden ignore a Texas judge’s ruling on the abortion pill?

What would be the consequences if President Joe Biden ignored Kacsmaryk’s abortion pill decision during this deeply divided time?
How can the US fix legal flaws exposed by COVID-19?

How can the US fix legal flaws exposed by COVID-19?

Wall off the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from politics, and let the agency focus on the core mission of public health, says law professor Wendy Parmet.
Global population, climate, and technology are changing human health. Here’s what we can do about it.

Global population, climate, and technology are changing human health. Here’s what we can do about it.

“We see how much the world is changing,” Northeastern student and 2020 Rhodes Scholar Kritika Singh told an audience of students, researchers, clinicians, and industry experts on Friday. “People, planet, and technology need to change along with it in order to have a healthier and safer world.”
How long can China’s mass quarantine stave off a coronavirus pandemic?

How long can China’s mass quarantine stave off a coronavirus pandemic?

Though the effort to head off a pandemic is centered in China now, the rest of the world cannot close itself off forever, said speakers at a panel on Northeastern’s Boston campus Wednesday convened to discuss the outbreak.
What’s in the Senate’s new healthcare bill?

What’s in the Senate’s new healthcare bill?

Senate Republicans released their bill to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s healthcare law on Thursday. We asked three faculty members to analyze the measure and what come's next.
Comey memo leaves ‘a lot of smoke pointing in the direction of obstruction of justice’

Comey memo leaves ‘a lot of smoke pointing in the direction of obstruction of justice’

Tuesday evening, The New York Times reported that President Donald J. Trump asked then-FBI director, James B. Comey, to shut down the federal investigation into Trump’s former national security adviser in a meeting earlier this year. According to Wendy Parmet, Northeastern’s Matthews Distinguished Professor of Law, if the content of the memo is confirmed, “it certainly would be further indication that there may have been some criminal conduct.”