There is a new wave of medicine that has been sweeping across the healthcare world. Telemedicine (also known as “remote healthcare”) is the new modern wave of healthcare. Telemedicine is the use of medical information exchanged from a single site to another via electronic communications to improve a patient’s clinical […]

While June has undoubtedly been a groundbreaking month for the LGBT community with the Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision, May was an important month as well. In May, the FDA followed through on its promise to reevaluate its current stance on blood donation from men who have sex with […]

By: Nawa Arsala Free speech is fundamental to the fabric of the United States. Americans fight for it zealously, regardless of the context, from political contributions to cartoon drawing contests. This battle has extended to the pharmaceutical industry. In an unconventional move, a small, Dublin-based pharmaceutical company, Amarin, filed suit […]

In March 2014, the largest Ebola epidemic in history broke out in West Africa. It rapidly spread over the region, killing over 10,000 individuals since being declared an international public health concern in August. While projections suggest that the epidemic will end during 2015, there is still a desperate need […]

By: Stuart I. Silverman, Esq. On March 30, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to grant a writ of certiorari in an appeal of the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Nick Coons and Eric N. Novack, M.D. v. Jacob L. Lew, et al.,[i] rendered by the appellate court on August 7, […]