News
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
Nicole Hassoun in The Conversation
February 25, 2025
The moral dimension to America’s flawed health care system
Nicole Hassoun in The Conversation
December 19, 2024
How the G20 can prevent the next pandemic
Nicole Hassoun, Xiaoshun Li, Marc Fleurbaey in Center for Economic Policy Research
November 21, 2024
When Lifesaving Vaccines Become Profit Machines for Drugmakers
James Paton and John Lauerman on Bloomberg News
July 6, 2021
Guam offering "Vaccine Tourism" packages
Lucy Craft on CBS
June 6, 2021
Which places will require proof of a COVID-19 vaccine? And should they?
Zoe Read and Alan Yu in WHYY
April 5, 2021
Special Interview: Vaccine Nationalism
Nicole Hassoun on BeFM
March 18, 2021
What the Present (And Future) Of Vaccination Records Looks Like Here and Abroad
Larry Mantle with Nicole Hassoun and Ramin Bastani on AirTalk
March 16, 2021
How India’s Serum Institute became a COVID-19 vaccine powerhouse
Elana Gordon in The World
February 4, 2021
How Do You Decide Who Gets A Potentially Life-Saving Vaccine First
Rob Ferret on Wisconsin Public Radio
January 20, 2021
Vaccine Ethics: What Are We Learning from COVID-19?
Joel H. Rosenthal is joined by Ruth Faden, Nicole Hassoun, Clive Meanwell, Reed Tuckson, and Jeffrey Kahn on Carnegie Council
December 7, 2020
Coronavirus: How do you vaccinate 7.7 billion people?
Jennifer Green on BBC
November 29, 2020
Pfizer, Moderna news is promising, but billions are unlikely to get COVID-19 vaccine for years
Nicole Hassoun in Newswise
November 16, 2020
Covid-19 defeats US Marines BBC Science in Action
Roland Pease on BBS Science in Action
November 12, 2020
Who Should Get the COVID-19 Vaccine First?
Nicole Hassoun on Fox 40 WICZ
September 25, 2020
Remdesivir is hard to obtain around the world
Elana Gordon in The World
August 7, 2020
Benefits Of Sharing Coronavirus Knowledge Freely
Nicole Hassoun on Fox 40 WICZ
May 14, 2020
How Business Should Consider Employee Health When Returning to Work
Nicole Hassoun on Fox 40 WICZ
April 30, 2020
Businesses need to consider health, financial situation of employees in return to work amidst COVID-19
Nicole Hassoun in Newswise
April 22, 2020
BU Expert Says U.S. Has "Moral as Well as Legal Obligation to Help"
Nicole Hassoun on Fox 40 WICZ
April 17, 2020
Op-eds and News Articles
Why the world needs a strong WHO — and an international pandemic agreement
Nicole Hassoun and Kaushik Basu in The Hill
June 2, 2024
COVID-19: How do we fight vaccine inequality?
Aprila Lanuza in CGTN
October 7, 2021
Biden’s vaccine diplomacy embraces global solidarity — but there’s more to be done
Nicole Hassoun in The Hill
June 17, 2021
How to Make ‘Immunity Passports’ More Ethical
Nicole Hassoun and Anders Herlitz in Scientfic American
February 24, 2021
How to fix the orphan drug problem driving up medical costs
Nicole Hassoun in Quartz
January 14, 2021
The price of a drug should be based on its therapeutic benefits – not just what the market will bear
Nicole Hassoun in The Conversation
January 13, 2021
Bioethicist: Why the UK is getting vaccine distribution right and the US is not
Nicole Hassoun in The Hill
December 12, 2020
Commentary: Our focus on COVID risks a resurgence of other diseases
Nicole Hassoun in Times Union
December 10, 2020
Buying a coronavirus vaccine for everyone on Earth, storing and shipping it, and giving it safely will all be hard and expensive
Nicole Hassoun in The Conversation
November 10, 2020
Covid-19 and the ethics of risk
Jonathan Wolff, Sridhar Venkatapuram, and Nicole Hassoun in BMJ Opinion
October 22, 2020
What is COVAX and why does it matter for getting vaccines to developing nations?
Nicole Hassoun in The Conversation
October 2, 2020
How to Distribute a COVID-19 Vaccine Ethically
Nicole Hassoun in Scientific American
September 25, 2020
To ethically tackle COVID-19, Big Pharma needs an overhaul
Nicole Hassoun in Fortune
September 25, 2020
What is a minimally good life and are you prepared to live it?
Nicole Hassoun in Psyche
September 21, 2020
The vaccine for corona does not exist yet, but it is worth thinking about its fair distribution right now
Nicole Hassoun in Ethics & International Affairs
September 14, 2020
Philosophy and psychology agree - yelling at people who aren’t wearing masks won’t work
Nicole Hassoun in The Conversation
September 11, 2020
Jonathan Mann’s human rights blueprint for global health must guide COVID-19 response
Nicole Hassoun in The Hill
September 2, 2020
Ending the pandemic will require big pharma to put ethics before profits
Nicole Hassoun in Fast Company
July 18, 2020
Standing Together If Apart: Responding To Globalization
Nicole Hassoun in The Critique
January 15, 2017
How can we get pharma companies to do more for global health? Try ranking them
Nicole Hassoun in The Conversation
September 20, 2016
On Aid For Africa: Overcoming The Challenges & Realizing The Opportunity
Nicole Hassoun in The Critique
September 13, 2016
Authority is Not the (Only) Problem: People Have Positive as Well as Negative Rights
Nicole Hassoun in Cato Unbound
March 11, 2013
Videos
Global Health Impact
Nicole Hassoun in video interview with Barbara Veiga
February 26, 2021
Who should get a COVID-19 vaccine first?
Nicole Hassoun in The Conversation
September 18, 2020
Fair Trade Pharma: A Plan for More Affordable Prescription Drugs
Nicole Hassoun in Big Think
May 8, 2017
How the Tyranny of Market Forces Stunts Our Moral Imagination
Nicole Hassoun in Big Think
May 8, 2017
Harvard Medical School Explains Companies' Global Health Footprint
Global Health Impact
April 14, 2015
Other News
Binghamton University professor launches web tool to track impact of drugs worldwide
Health Medicine Network looks at the Global Health Impact
December 15, 2025
Binghamton University professor launches web tool to track impact of drugs worldwide
Science News Line looks at the Global Health Impact
December 15, 2025
The most important meeting yet for global pandemic response—and drugmakers
Nicole Hassoun and Kaushik Basu in Fortune
November 29, 2021
Getting a COVID booster shot is a ‘difficult choice’ for many people, health tech advocate says
From Joyce Hackel in The World
November 18, 2021
Planning For The Next Pandemic
Nicole Hassoun on WENY
May 17, 2021
Researchers shed light on why Covid vaccine distribution methods fall short
From Deccan Herald
April 2, 2021
How will Canada (and the world) use immunity passports?
Nicole Hassoun in CityNews Montreal
March 9, 2021
Is It Ethical To Travel Internationally Before The World Is Vaccinated?
From Caroline Bologna in Huffpost
March 4, 2021
Team of BU Researchers Say Global Vaccine Distribution Effort Needs Improvement
Nicole Hassoun in Fox 40 WICZ
March 3, 2021
Could Venues and Airlines Require Covid-19 Vaccinations for Entry?
From Elizabeth Yuko in Rolling Stone
December 22, 2020
Will COVID-19 end in 2021? Will we return to normality?
From Myriam Toua in Daily Express
October 29, 2020
How Joining Vaccine Initiative COVAX could be Shot in the Arm for China
From Zhuang Pinghui in SCMP
October 16, 2020
Should You Feel Bad Shopping for Non-Essential Items Right Now?
From Elizabeth Yuko in Reader's Digest
April 22, 2020
No perfect way to ration care if outbreak spreads, ethics experts warn
From KDBC-TV
April 3, 2020
Could treating drug companies like restaurants improve global health?
News brief of Global Health Impact in the The World
July 20, 2016
Emerging Voices: Nicole Hassoun on Fair Trade for Health
Nicole Hassoun in Council on Foreign Relations' op-ed on the Global Health Impact Index
June 25, 2012
Global Health Impact Project Launch
The US worried about vaccine tourists. Now it’s encouraging them.
From Eileen Guo in MIT Technology Review
May 26, 2021
How protecting human rights can help us increase our Global Health Impact
Nicole Hassoun in Oxford Universirty Press
September 12, 2020
Web Tool Tracks Locations of Vital Drugs' Biggest Impact
From Jessica Berman in Voice of America
December 15, 2015
Global Health Impact Index can measure actual impact of drugs worldwide
In News Medical
December 15, 2015
Crean índice para medir el impacto mundial de los fármacos por laboratorio
In América Economía
December 15, 2015
Who deserves to be healthy?
From Diana Bean in Binghamton University Magazine
May 30, 2015
The Global Health Impact Index: A Human Development Index for Health
Nicole Hassoun in Centre for Development and Human Rights
March 16, 2015
Global Impact
From Nir Eyal in Compass
February 19, 2015
Binghamton Professor Launches Web Tool to Track Impact of Drugs Worldwide
From Academics Stand Against Poverty Globacl
February 9, 2015
The Global Health Impact Index
Nicole Hassoun and Priya Bhimani in Impact Ethics
January 30, 2015
Global Health Impact and Access to Essential Medicines
Nicole Hassoun in the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law
January 26, 2015
SUNY professor indexes pharma companies’ impact
Nicole Hassoun in Politico
January 23, 2015
A New Index Measures Impact Pharma Has on Infectious Diseases
Nicole Hassoun in the Wall Street Journal
January 23, 2015
New effort ranks drugmakers by impact
From Dan Gorenstein on NPR's Marketplace
January 23, 2015
Could treating drug companies like restaurants improve global health?
From Marissa Miley in The World
December 11, 2013
Big Pharma and The Health of The Poorest
From Belgian newspaper