Lawrence O. Gostin
Global Editor at JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
Director @ONeillInstitute; O'Neill Chair in Global Health Law @GeorgetownLaw; Director @WHO Center on Global Health Law; Global Editor @JAMA_current; @theNASEM
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1 week ago |
jamanetwork.com | Lawrence O. Gostin
The WHO Pandemic Agreement: The World Together Equitably On May 20, 2025, the World Health Assembly (WHA; the decision-making body of the World Health Organization [WHO]) adopted a historic Pandemic Agreement—propelled by the failures of global solidarity during COVID-19.
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2 weeks ago |
menshealth.com | Lawrence O. Gostin
ROBERT F. KENNEDY, Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again Commission’s first report came out today, focusing on the causes of chronic disease in children in the US. Of course, America should be focusing on chronic diseases, which are the leading causes of death and disability, costing $4.5 trillion in annual health care expenditures. We lag far behind peer countries in life expectancy. More than 40% of adults and 20% of children are classified as obese.
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2 weeks ago |
shorturl.at | Lawrence O. Gostin |Alexandra Finch
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In a radio address on July 24, 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) coined the first “hundred days” as a measure of presidential effectiveness. Within 100 days, FDR had signed 99 Executive Orders and worked with Congress to pass 15 major laws to get America through the Great Depression, ranging from tackling unemployment and poverty to stabilizing the banking system, kickstarting the New Deal.
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1 month ago |
msnbc.com | Lawrence O. Gostin |Alexandra Finch
President Donald Trump’s executive order issued Monday would end federal funding for gain-of-function (GoF) research in “countries of concern.” The EO, like so many others attacking science, contains false and misleading arguments. It is mere political theater, rather than a serious plan to strengthen our preparedness for the next pandemic. The EO ends federal funding for GoF conducted by foreign entities in countries of concern, without specifying the countries other than naming China and Iran.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Lawrence O. Gostin
President Donald Trump’s executive order issued Monday would end federal funding for gain-of-function (GoF) research. The EO, like so many others attacking science, contains false and misleading arguments. It is mere political theater, rather than a serious plan to strengthen our preparedness for the next pandemic. The EO ends federal funding for GoF conducted by foreign entities in "countries of concern," without specifying the countries other than China.
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The resolution & pandemic treaty will be discussed on Monday, May 19th. The World Health Assembly is expected to adopt the WHO Pandemic Agreement on May 20. The WHA will likely form an Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) to negotiate an Annex on PABS. This is historic
RFK Jr. says Matthew Buzzelli, a lawyer with no public health experience, is CDC’s Acting Director. Expertise, judgment and experience seem to play no role in crucial health appointments
FDA may impose nationwide restrictions on Mifepristone. Yet all the evidence shows it is very safe & effective. FDA is legally required to make evidence-based decisions. No new data have shown material risks. The courts should strike this blatantly political decision down