Wendy Parmet Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law and director of the Center for Health Policy and Law w.parmet@northeastern.edu 617.373.2019 Expertise AIDS law, bioethics, Community Health, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccines, disability and public health law, discrimination, health law, Masks, pandemic, public health, Travel, Vaccine Development, Vaccines Wendy Parmet in the Press Doctors who put lives at risk with covid misinformation rarely punished “We allow the profession to police themselves. And when they fail to do that, even in the most egregious cases, what they are abetting is the erosion of trust and respect for doctors,” said Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern University’s Center for Health Policy and Law, who has written about the harms of covid misinformation. Abortion Pill Order Threatens FDA’s Power Over Drug Safety “They don’t give much credence to the FDA” and have “emphasized from their perspective the dangerousness of mifepristone,” said Wendy Parmet, a law professor at Northeastern University. Politico Covid Battle Lines Moving from Emergency Room to Courtroom The broad bucket of Covid-related tort cases that lawyers here and elsewhere in the country are pursuing are “hard cases to bring,” says Wendy Parmet, the faculty co-director at the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University. NBC News What the Supreme Court’s decision in the legal fight over abortion pills means for access to mifepristone “This is opening the door to basically anybody challenging any drug that they disapprove of on the theory that somebody might get hurt,” said Wendy Parmet, director of the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University. A Right-Wing Judge Said The FDA Shouldn’t Have Approved The Abortion Pill. What Now? “The dueling decisions leave the FDA and health care providers in a very difficult situation that only the Supreme Court can fully resolve,” Wendy Parmet, professor of law at Northeastern University, said in a statement. Politico Covid Battle Lines Moving from Emergency Room to Courtroom The broad bucket of Covid-related tort cases that lawyers here and elsewhere in the country are pursuing are “hard cases to bring,” says Wendy Parmet, the faculty co-director at the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University. Covid backlash hobbles public health and future pandemic response While only a quarter succeeded in weakening public health powers, the rulings have substantially chipped away at the legal standing of health agencies and officials to protect the public, said Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern University’s Center for Health Policy and Law, who co-wrote the paper. Bloomberg Law Abortion Providers Gear Up for Judge’s Ruling Over Pill Approval “This would be an injunction that really changes the status quo,” said Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern University’s Center for Health Policy and Law. “It’s a pretty momentous thing to take the medication off the market that had been on the market for 20 years.” Bloomberg Law HHS Pressed on Next Crisis, Equity as Covid Emergency Lingers In unwinding the PHE, the “HHS has to balance the fact that, on the one hand, it’s not good practice to have an everlasting emergency; that emergency powers, by their very definition, should be for a limited duration,” said Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern University’s Center for Health Policy and Law. Biden Extends Covid Public Health Emergency While States Move On “We’re already seeing obviously tremendous strain on the healthcare system right now,” said Wendy Parmet, a Northeastern University law professor. “We seem to be at the cusp of what might be the tripledemic. I think there’s probably a lot of concern at HHS that the situation may get worse before it gets better.”b Wendy Parmet for Northeastern Global News The verdict is in: Northeastern program helps judges better understand the forces that affect people’s health 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? 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.” 3Qs: What’s next for ‘Obamacare’ under President Trump? 3Qs: What’s next for ‘Obamacare’ under President Trump? Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law. But it’s unclear what his plan would entail. We asked Wendy Parmet, a leading expert in public health law, to weigh in on what healthcare might look like under President Trump, who on Monday appointed an outspoken ‘Obamacare’ critic to be his secretary of health and human services. Law professor wins prestigious teaching award Law professor wins prestigious teaching award Wendy Parmet, the Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law, recently won the Jay Healey Health Law Teachers Award from the American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics in honor of her distinguished work as a health law jurist and educator. SCOTUS nomination: The legal and political landscape ahead SCOTUS nomination: The legal and political landscape ahead President Obama on Wednesday nominated appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. Here, Northeastern faculty members Dan Urman and Wendy Parmet answer some important questions.
Doctors who put lives at risk with covid misinformation rarely punished “We allow the profession to police themselves. And when they fail to do that, even in the most egregious cases, what they are abetting is the erosion of trust and respect for doctors,” said Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern University’s Center for Health Policy and Law, who has written about the harms of covid misinformation.
Abortion Pill Order Threatens FDA’s Power Over Drug Safety “They don’t give much credence to the FDA” and have “emphasized from their perspective the dangerousness of mifepristone,” said Wendy Parmet, a law professor at Northeastern University.
Politico Covid Battle Lines Moving from Emergency Room to Courtroom The broad bucket of Covid-related tort cases that lawyers here and elsewhere in the country are pursuing are “hard cases to bring,” says Wendy Parmet, the faculty co-director at the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University.
NBC News What the Supreme Court’s decision in the legal fight over abortion pills means for access to mifepristone “This is opening the door to basically anybody challenging any drug that they disapprove of on the theory that somebody might get hurt,” said Wendy Parmet, director of the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University.
A Right-Wing Judge Said The FDA Shouldn’t Have Approved The Abortion Pill. What Now? “The dueling decisions leave the FDA and health care providers in a very difficult situation that only the Supreme Court can fully resolve,” Wendy Parmet, professor of law at Northeastern University, said in a statement.
Politico Covid Battle Lines Moving from Emergency Room to Courtroom The broad bucket of Covid-related tort cases that lawyers here and elsewhere in the country are pursuing are “hard cases to bring,” says Wendy Parmet, the faculty co-director at the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University.
Covid backlash hobbles public health and future pandemic response While only a quarter succeeded in weakening public health powers, the rulings have substantially chipped away at the legal standing of health agencies and officials to protect the public, said Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern University’s Center for Health Policy and Law, who co-wrote the paper.
Bloomberg Law Abortion Providers Gear Up for Judge’s Ruling Over Pill Approval “This would be an injunction that really changes the status quo,” said Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern University’s Center for Health Policy and Law. “It’s a pretty momentous thing to take the medication off the market that had been on the market for 20 years.”
Bloomberg Law HHS Pressed on Next Crisis, Equity as Covid Emergency Lingers In unwinding the PHE, the “HHS has to balance the fact that, on the one hand, it’s not good practice to have an everlasting emergency; that emergency powers, by their very definition, should be for a limited duration,” said Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern University’s Center for Health Policy and Law.
Biden Extends Covid Public Health Emergency While States Move On “We’re already seeing obviously tremendous strain on the healthcare system right now,” said Wendy Parmet, a Northeastern University law professor. “We seem to be at the cusp of what might be the tripledemic. I think there’s probably a lot of concern at HHS that the situation may get worse before it gets better.”b