Policy & Ethics

Many U.S. universities, including MIT, our alma mater, now require Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) statements in applications for tenure-track professorships and even for graduate school.

Before jumping to the claim of a first amendment privilege, a new study in JAMA Network Open illuminates how extensive a problem physician information during COVID might have been.

 

This month Australian researchers published the results of a population cohort study that followed the 5‑year trajectory of 3.7 million adult patients in New South Wales who were prescribed opioids for pain in the 

Early this month, the Department of Labor sued UMR INC, a subsidiary of the United Health Group of Wisconsin, which administers thousands of emplo

OnPoint NYC, the harm reduction organization tasked with opening and operating New York City’s two overdose prevention centers (OPCs), announced that since the two c

Two weeks – the 14-day Rule

Consider a company producing excess carbon emissions. They can comply with the new caps and purchase carbon credits to offset their excess.

Criminal law is designed to protect the populace (and the state) from wrongdoings by punishing those who committed bad acts, typically with prison time and/or a fine, as a deterrent to those considering such activities in the future.

The decriminalization of Hemp has served to emphasize the twisted relationship among drug use, law enforcement (e.g., impaired driving), and also empl