Nathan Cortez

@nathancortez.bsky.social

Callejo Endowed Professor at SMU Law. Admin law, FDA law, regulatory theory, 1A, data policy.

https://faculty.westacademic.com/Book/Detail?id=341299

https://cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781531002459/Readings-in-Comparative-Health-Law-and-Bioethics-Third-E

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One of my favorite cases of someone being Wrong on the Internet was a very earnest, very confused vegan who was telling people how cruel honey is; and it eventually turned out they thought honey was made by putting bees in a centrifuge and spinning them around until they threw up.

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Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.

propublica.orgThis Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
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My grandfather, who is 102 and a medical doctor, has told me about the times before polio was cured. Most years, upon returning to school after summer’s break, there would be some children would didn’t make it back to school because of polio.

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“On Thursday, Mr. Gorton said that “the success of the polio vaccine was a massive medical fraud” and that widespread vaccination was a “public health disaster.” He received a standing ovation… Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”

nytimes.comRFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
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“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”

orlandosentinel.comDocs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
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The Washington Post opinion section is an elaborate experiment to find the least compelling angle on everything

As the weather cools and the leaves change color, take in the beauty of Earth while getting some exercise if you're able. Just don't be under the illusion that you're rebelling against modernity. Hiking is fun only because of the industrial revolution. View comments Dominic Pino is an editorial writer for The Washington Post Opinion section.