Retirement spending rules are supposed to make life simpler, yet most people end up more confused than confident. I see the real need as a practical, "common man" framework that helps you decide what ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other federal departments and agencies on Monday announced a six-month delay to the federal policy on the protection of human subjects, which is ...

The ethics of human-subjects research has captured scientific and regulatory attention for half a century. Honoring the Belmont Report’s principles—respect for persons, beneficence, and justice—ought ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday issued two proposed rules aimed at harmonizing certain sections of the agency’s regulations on human subject protections and Institutional Review ...

The Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects or the “Common Rule” outlines specific regulations for human subjects research. The Common Rule is heavily based on the "The Belmont Report," ...

The Common Rule — the set of federal regulations for ethical conduct of human-subjects research — has finally been updated. A long process of deliberation and discussion has resulted in a final rule ...