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Radio and TV Interviews:

USAID’s apparent demise and the US withdrawal from WHO put millions of lives worldwide at risk and imperil US national security

February 25, 2025

Nicole Hassoun in The Conversation

The moral dimension to America’s flawed health care system

December 19, 2024

Nicole Hassoun in The Conversation

How the G20 can prevent the next pandemic

November 21, 2024

Nicole Hassoun, Xiaoshun Li, Marc Fleurbaey in Center for Economic Policy Research

When Lifesaving Vaccines Become Profit Machines for Drugmakers

July 6, 2021

James Paton and John Lauerman on Bloomberg News

Guam offering "Vaccine Tourism" packages

June 6, 2021

Lucy Craft on CBS

Which places will require proof of a COVID-19 vaccine? And should they?

April 5, 2021

Zoe Read and Alan Yu in WHYY

Special Interview: Vaccine Nationalism

March 18, 2021

Nicole Hassoun on BeFM

What the Present (And Future) Of Vaccination Records Looks Like Here and Abroad

March 16, 2021

Larry Mantle with Nicole Hassoun and Ramin Bastani on AirTalk

How India’s Serum Institute became a COVID-19 vaccine powerhouse

February 4, 2021

Elana Gordon in The World

How Do You Decide Who Gets A Potentially Life-Saving Vaccine First

January 20, 2021

Rob Ferret on Wisconsin Public Radio

Vaccine Ethics: What Are We Learning from COVID-19?

December 7, 2020

Joel H. Rosenthal is joined by Ruth Faden, Nicole Hassoun, Clive Meanwell, Reed Tuckson, and Jeffrey Kahn on Carnegie Council

Coronavirus: How do you vaccinate 7.7 billion people?

November 29, 2020

Jennifer Green on BBC

Pfizer, Moderna news is promising, but billions are unlikely to get COVID-19 vaccine for years

November 16, 2020

Nicole Hassoun in Newswise

Covid-19 defeats US Marines BBC Science in Action

November 12, 2020

Roland Pease on BBS Science in Action

Who Should Get the COVID-19 Vaccine First?

September 25, 2020

Nicole Hassoun on Fox 40 WICZ

Remdesivir is hard to obtain around the world

August 7, 2020

Elana Gordon in The World

Benefits Of Sharing Coronavirus Knowledge Freely

May 14, 2020

Nicole Hassoun on Fox 40 WICZ

How Business Should Consider Employee Health When Returning to Work

April 30, 2020

Nicole Hassoun on Fox 40 WICZ

Businesses need to consider health, financial situation of employees in return to work amidst COVID-19

April 22, 2020

Nicole Hassoun in Newswise

BU Expert Says U.S. Has "Moral as Well as Legal Obligation to Help"

April 17, 2020

Nicole Hassoun on Fox 40 WICZ

Op-eds and News Articles:

Why the world needs a strong WHO — and an international pandemic agreement

June 2, 2024

Nicole Hassoun and Kaushik Basu in The Hill

COVID-19: How do we fight vaccine inequality?

October 7, 2021

Aprila Lanuza in CGTN

Biden’s vaccine diplomacy embraces global solidarity — but there’s more to be done

June 17, 2021

Nicole Hassoun in The Hill

How to Make ‘Immunity Passports’ More Ethical

February 24, 2021

Nicole Hassoun and Anders Herlitz in Scientfic American

How to fix the orphan drug problem driving up medical costs

January 14, 2021

Nicole Hassoun in Quartz

The price of a drug should be based on its therapeutic benefits – not just what the market will bear

January 13, 2021

Nicole Hassoun in The Conversation

Bioethicist: Why the UK is getting vaccine distribution right and the US is not

December 12, 2020

Nicole Hassoun in The Hill

Commentary: Our focus on COVID risks a resurgence of other diseases

December 10, 2020

Nicole Hassoun in Times Union

Buying a coronavirus vaccine for everyone on Earth, storing and shipping it, and giving it safely will all be hard and expensive

November 10, 2020

Nicole Hassoun in The Conversation

Covid-19 and the ethics of risk

October 22, 2020

Jonathan Wolff, Sridhar Venkatapuram, and Nicole Hassoun in BMJ Opinion

What is COVAX and why does it matter for getting vaccines to developing nations?

October 2, 2020

Nicole Hassoun in The Conversation

How to Distribute a COVID-19 Vaccine Ethically

September 25, 2020

Nicole Hassoun in Scientific American

To ethically tackle COVID-19, Big Pharma needs an overhaul

September 25, 2020

Nicole Hassoun in Fortune

What is a minimally good life and are you prepared to live it?

September 21, 2020

Nicole Hassoun in Psyche

The vaccine for corona does not exist yet, but it is worth thinking about its fair distribution right now

September 14, 2020

Nicole Hassoun in Ethics & International Affairs

Philosophy and psychology agree - yelling at people who aren’t wearing masks won’t work

September 11, 2020

Nicole Hassoun in The Conversation

Jonathan Mann’s human rights blueprint for global health must guide COVID-19 response

September 2, 2020

Nicole Hassoun in The Hill

Ending the pandemic will require big pharma to put ethics before profits

July 18, 2020

Nicole Hassoun in Fast Company

Standing Together If Apart: Responding To Globalization

January 15, 2017

Nicole Hassoun in The Critique

How can we get pharma companies to do more for global health? Try ranking them

September 20, 2016

Nicole Hassoun in The Conversation

On Aid For Africa: Overcoming The Challenges & Realizing The Opportunity

September 13, 2016

Nicole Hassoun in The Critique

Authority is Not the (Only) Problem: People Have Positive as Well as Negative Rights

March 11, 2013

Nicole Hassoun in Cato Unbound

Videos:

Global Health Impact

February 26, 2021

Who should get a COVID-19 vaccine first?

September 18, 2020

Nicole Hassoun in The Conversation

Fair Trade Pharma: A Plan for More Affordable Prescription Drugs

May 8, 2017

Nicole Hassoun in Big Think

How the Tyranny of Market Forces Stunts Our Moral Imagination

May 8, 2017

Nicole Hassoun in Big Think

Harvard Medical School Explains Companies' Global Health Footprint

April 14, 2015

Other News:

Binghamton University professor launches web tool to track impact of drugs worldwide

December 15, 2025

Health Medicine Network looks at the Global Health Impact

Binghamton University professor launches web tool to track impact of drugs worldwide

December 15, 2025

Science News Line looks at the Global Health Impact

The most important meeting yet for global pandemic response—and drugmakers

November 29, 2021

Nicole Hassoun and Kaushik Basu in Fortune

Getting a COVID booster shot is a ‘difficult choice’ for many people, health tech advocate says

November 18, 2021

From Joyce Hackel in The World

Planning For The Next Pandemic

May 17, 2021

Nicole Hassoun on WENY

Researchers shed light on why Covid vaccine distribution methods fall short

April 2, 2021

From Deccan Herald

How will Canada (and the world) use immunity passports?

March 9, 2021

Nicole Hassoun in CityNews Montreal

Is It Ethical To Travel Internationally Before The World Is Vaccinated?

March 4, 2021

From Caroline Bologna in Huffpost

Team of BU Researchers Say Global Vaccine Distribution Effort Needs Improvement

March 3, 2021

Nicole Hassoun in Fox 40 WICZ

Could Venues and Airlines Require Covid-19 Vaccinations for Entry?

December 22, 2020

From Elizabeth Yuko in Rolling Stone

Will COVID-19 end in 2021? Will we return to normality?

October 29, 2020

From Myriam Toua in Daily Express

How Joining Vaccine Initiative COVAX could be Shot in the Arm for China

October 16, 2020

From Zhuang Pinghui in SCMP

Should You Feel Bad Shopping for Non-Essential Items Right Now?

April 22, 2020

From Elizabeth Yuko in Reader's Digest

No perfect way to ration care if outbreak spreads, ethics experts warn

April 3, 2020

From KDBC-TV

Could treating drug companies like restaurants improve global health?

July 20, 2016

News brief of Global Health Impact in the The World

Emerging Voices: Nicole Hassoun on Fair Trade for Health

June 25, 2012

Nicole Hassoun in Council on Foreign Relations' op-ed on the Global Health Impact Index

Global Health Impact Project Launch News:

The US worried about vaccine tourists. Now it’s encouraging them.

May 26, 2021

From Eileen Guo in MIT Technology Review

How protecting human rights can help us increase our Global Health Impact

September 12, 2020

Nicole Hassoun in Oxford Universirty Press

Web Tool Tracks Locations of Vital Drugs' Biggest Impact

December 15, 2015

From Jessica Berman in Voice of America

Global Health Impact Index can measure actual impact of drugs worldwide

December 15, 2015

In News Medical

Crean índice para medir el impacto mundial de los fármacos por laboratorio

December 15, 2015

In América Economía

Who deserves to be healthy?

May 30, 2015

From Diana Bean in Binghamton University Magazine

The Global Health Impact Index: A Human Development Index for Health

March 16, 2015

Nicole Hassoun in Centre for Development and Human Rights

Global Impact

February 19, 2015

From Nir Eyal in Compass

Binghamton Professor Launches Web Tool to Track Impact of Drugs Worldwide

February 9, 2015

From Academics Stand Against Poverty Globacl

The Global Health Impact Index

January 30, 2015

Nicole Hassoun and Priya Bhimani in Impact Ethics

Global Health Impact and Access to Essential Medicines

January 26, 2015

Nicole Hassoun in the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law

SUNY professor indexes pharma companies’ impact

January 23, 2015

Nicole Hassoun in Politico

A New Index Measures Impact Pharma Has on Infectious Diseases

January 23, 2015

Nicole Hassoun in the Wall Street Journal

New effort ranks drugmakers by impact

January 23, 2015

From Dan Gorenstein on NPR's Marketplace

Could treating drug companies like restaurants improve global health?

December 11, 2013

From Marissa Miley in The World

Big Pharma and The Health of The Poorest

From Belgian newspaper

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