Politics & Law

The X-waiver required to prescribe opioid abuse medications is now gone. But don't expect patients with substance use dependencies to...

The CDC unveiled its latest opioid prescribing guidelines. It's decidedly more patient centric, but fails to account for how law...

HIPAA was designed to protect patient rights. But for victims of gun violence and the advocates who help them, it...

The FDA has asked the DOJ for support in issuing its first ever injunction against six vaping manufacturers.

The pardoning of federal marijuana convictions may appear to be a step toward the decriminalization of drugs, but there will...

Giving patients the autonomy to take medications as needed becomes a liability for chronic pain patients taking opioids.

Although new abortion restrictions often allow exceptions based on “medical emergency” or a “life-threatening physical condition,” cancer physicians describe the...

California Together, a campaign led by religious and anti-abortion groups, is hoping to persuade voters to reject a ballot measure...

The Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling complicates the Department of Justice’s ongoing efforts to hold irresponsible prescribers criminally liable for fueling...

Summer has come and gone, and one thing is clear: it was the summer of abortion.

Controlled, willful acts of resistance have been a powerful agent of change throughout history. We need it in medicine, now...

Recent political tensions have put a strain on healthcare. This is nothing new. Throughout history, politics have influenced healthcare and...