“The idea that CMS can’t use its authority in this way unless Congress is explicit is really extraordinary and really would unwind just enumerable health and safety measures that regulate health care,” said Wendy Parmet, faculty director of the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University School of Law, noting the safety protocols […]

Such a waiver would “certainly help to override Merck and Pfizer’s patent and data protection rights in one fell swoop, reducing the need for country-by-countries solutions, including compulsory licenses,” said Brook Baker, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law and a senior policy analyst at Health GAP, an advocacy group focusing on equity in […]

The European Commission suggested a ‘targeted waiver’ on compulsory licenses. But the move was derided because waivers are not needed for countries to issue such licenses. The idea is “basically meaningless” and a public relations “stunt,” said Brook Baker, a Northeastern University professor who specializes in access to medicines and intellectual property and is a […]

The European Commission suggested a ‘targeted waiver’ on compulsory licenses. But the move was derided because waivers are not needed for countries to issue such licenses. The idea is “basically meaningless” and a public relations “stunt,” said Brook Baker, a Northeastern University professor who specializes in access to medicines and intellectual property and is a […]

Once they reach an agreement, there will likely still be billions left to be spent in the months or even years ahead, when the state could also see even more extra cash. Through October, Massachusetts had collected $723 million more in tax revenues than it was expecting through those four months of the fiscal year, […]

“You close down the boundary with Africa, then you close the boundary with Belgium, then you close the boundary with somewhere else,” said Alessandro Vespignani, a Northeastern University professor who has studied travel restrictions from early 2020 and advised government agencies in recent days on responses to the latest variant. “But every time you close […]

There are also cultural norms that come into play, including traditional notions of men being the “breadwinners” of the family, said Jamie Ladge, an associate professor of management and organizational development at Northeastern University who studies work-life integration. Unspoken workplace rules discourage fathers from taking full advantage of paternity leave when it’s offered, with more […]

Most consumers don’t understand how much personal information they cede to technology firms, said David Choffnes, a privacy researcher at Boston’s Northeastern University. “When’s the last time you let a stranger into your house and let them listen to your conversations, watch your TV, look at the comings and goings on your video cameras?” he […]

Wendy Parmet, a Northeastern University law professor who focuses on public health law, noted that OSHA issued regulations around how companies should handle HIV, also a communicable disease. “We don’t have anything quite comparable. We have not had a pandemic of this kind of severity since OSHA has been created, but it did respond to […]