The CSU|LAW Library Center for Health Law & Policy Guide provides information on, and links to, scores of resources concerning general health law, bioethics, Medicare/Medicaid law, and public health law. The Guide covers key Federal and Ohio legislation and regulations, …
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Northern Division, recently ruled that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) violated the Chimpanzee Health, Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection (CHIMP) Act for not retiring former research chimpanzees to a sanctuary. …
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The Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act was recently enacted as Pub. L. No. 117-215. Because of the classification of cannabis as a Schedule I drug (see 21 U.S.C. 812), scientists and growers supplying cannabis for research must obtain …
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The Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) recently published the Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain, which updates and expands 2016 recommendations “for clinicians providing pain care for adult outpatients with short- and long-term pain.” The 2022 …
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The Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recently voted to update the 2023 child and adult immunization schedules, including “incorporating additional information for approved or authorized COVID-19 vaccines.” The ACIP did not make …
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