If HIPAA actually prevented non-medical professionals from asking other people about their health there would be no more dinner party discussions.

Drug maker Johnson & Johnson and three opioid distributors have agreed to pay $26 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits blaming them for fueling the opioid epidemic trib.al/jUGfRG8

“It’s very hard for anyone to hold onto the fact that information is changing, that where we were in February isn’t where we were in May, isn’t where we are now, that science works through the accumulation and analysis of new data,” said NortheasternLaw professor weparmet. Bloomberg Law

⌨️Some behind-the-scenes Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker news. For nine month, we've been entering data by hand. More than 240 data shifts run by 60 people, with dozens more sending in data from around the🌏 We're finally ready to let the🤖take over: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Packed a lunch this morning. Carried it around ~all day~ in my very dorky lunchbox. Did not eat it.

📢📢American University researchers are looking for daily vapers to take part in a fully virtual, paid research study. Click the link to take the screening questionnaire to see if you are eligible: american.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0k…📢📢

Big shout out to Bloomberg Law Graphics for turning last night's tweet into this gorgeous flow chart! This Bloomberg Law article is free to read but this is really what you need to know (pending CDC clearance) Rachael Daigle

🚨The Supreme Court hears its biggest abortion case in decades today. It's one that threatens to overturn Roe v. Wade, which gave women a constitutional right to an abortion. The court could leave it in place but still allow states to set tighter restrictions on abortion.

It’s a Christmas miracle: we’re finally out of the 1 ply toilet paper my husband accidentally bought months ago 🎄

Someone should ask Joe Burrow whether there’s anything to do in Cincinnati tonight.

Who. Dey.

JUST IN: A deeply divided US Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and wiped out the constitutional right to abortion, issuing a historic ruling likely to render the procedure largely illegal in half the country. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/su…

Reminder that even with this decision, the FDA will continue regulating the abortion pill mifepristone, and patients can still get it through telehealth from prescribers in states that allow it. More here: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…

Coming Soon Signage Up for Rose Avenue Bakery in Woodley Park! popville.com/2022/07/coming…

Four platforms closed this morning on Metro Forward and you know what, Metro killed it on the shuttles and getting people on the one way trains Hats off to the Metro employees this morning 👏

SCOOP: Health company CareDash said it was changing its practices, including how it steers patients to advertisers, after an outcry from therapists who say it created shadow profiles that steered business away from them and toward startups like BetterHelp. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

So's Your Mom in Adams Morgan is an absolute gem and we are so lucky to have them. Nothing but love and respect for these legends popville.com/2022/08/washin…