It's up! www.yalejreg.com/nc/trump-reg...

Tragic. Critical to promote reliable information from the biomedicine community.

Yikes.

This is going to be a terrific discussion re: AI & health insurance coverage decisions that’s open to the public if you are interested. @umnconsortium.bsky.social

When the evidence in favor of vaccination is compelling, CDC should make a recommendation ... and the American people deserve to hear it. Our case in @jama.com w/ Tom Frieden and William Scaffner jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

“We can have an active, robust discussion as a group of medical experts spontaneously, and so we’re doing more of that,” Makary said of his preference for convening roundtables. Guess what roundtables don't have? FACA requirements to occur in public with the opportunity for public comment.

Ridiculous. So maddening. Yes, complex. But there is NO doubt that antivaxx misinformation big part of problem. Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Seems like a good time to do a special issue of @jhppl.bsky.social on the Politics of Private Health Insurance. Call for papers will be out soon, so stay tuned. There’s seem to be, uh, a few politically relevant topics to discuss. @mirandayaver.bsky.social @adrianna.bsky.social

For #adlaw folks: Due to logistical issues from the federal gov't shutdown, ABA Admin Law has replaced its usual fall conference with a shorter but free online event on 11/21. Registration is required, but it's 6.5 hrs of free, quality CLE on admin law topics. events.americanbar.org/event/a13a77...

Thanks again to @stemcellnetwork.ca, and all the speakers, poster presenters, and attendees at #TMM2025 - was a delight to be part of this wonderful event!

Perhaps relevant today, a framework for understanding how many election rumors mislead.

It has been a great day at @stemcellnetwork.ca's #TMM2025! And I'm looking forward to more tomorrow, including joining @jsnyder.bsky.social, @lr-bg.bsky.social, & @deanshamess.ca first thing, for a discussion on public trust in science and policy decisions.

100% (at least in my neighborhood in Columbus, maybe the only one with trick or treat tonight, instead of last night!).

Thank you, @cidrap.bsky.social, for covering our new @nejm.org review of Covid-19, RSV, and influenza immunizations. Check it out: cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/meta-analysis-covid-rsv-flu-vaccines-fall-provides-sea-data-showing-efficacy-safety

The NIH has insisted there are no banned words But, an analysis by @jeremymberg.bsky.social found over 700 hundred grants changed their titles from '24 to '25 Some see it as a small price to pay to keep their grant, but others are worried about what comes next www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...

👇👇 Now in @jama.com: @greerdonley.bsky.social, Lewis Grossman & I explain that these preemption cases, while specifically about mifepristone, have implications for FDA and state drug regulation, biomedical innovation, and patient access more generally. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

My paper with @patentscholar.bsky.social on how AI increases plagiarism risk in student and academic writing, what law should do about it (nothing), and what schools should do about it (quite a bit) is now published in the University of Chicago Law Review lawreview.uchicago.edu/online-archi...

Excited to see this published as part of @jhppl.bsky.social's 50th anniversary edition! The balance between the role of the government and the private sector even in traditionally public programs has continued to evolve in ways which may become even more important in the future.

"The Dahlbergs feel it’s up to them to protect their two surviving children from vaccine-preventable diseases. They can’t rely on their government anymore." Absolutely heartbreaking.

This is a fantastic, well-supported 3-year post-doc in our Division of Medical Ethics at Penn. Please share (and apply if interested!)

This will be a test of whether key federal agencies (USDA, HHS, etc.) can work with academic communities, especially those with strong vet, med and public health schools, and with states and counties to solve this problem. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/h...

New publication from me: Henry T. Greely, Depopulation Hysteria, U.C. Davis On Line Law Review, 59:117-136 (Oct. 2025). I argue that the increasing drumbeat of concern about falling human populations is somewhat exaggerated but also threatens women's rights. lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/59/...

ICYMI, in a recent article in @jama.com with @dusetzinas.bsky.social and Thomas Hwang, we explored this issue in detail and argued that "not all combination drugs should be treated separately for negotiation purposes." 4/4 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Great take by @hollylynchez.bsky.social & @reshmagar.bsky.social! "Public trust in authorities like the FDA is already depleted. Demanding that the agency greenlight more rare disease drugs, evidence be damned, will make this problem worse — and likely won’t leave rare disease patients better off."

"Tiburon could become just the third municipality in the country to ban all sales of tobacco products. The idea originated from a group of high school students in town." www.ktvu.com/news/tiburon...

FDA secures major win as SCOTUS lets stem cell clinic ruling stand ipscell.com/2025/10/fda-... #stemcells #stemcell RFK Jr.

Great reporting by @lizzylawrence.bsky.social. Great, insightful quotes from @reshmagar.bsky.social, @nathancortez.bsky.social & @rachelsachs.bsky.social. Not great news, to say the least, for public health, innovation, or any of us.

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health. Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble. rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

Extracting Drugs from Nature Is Hard www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/... @jonathanjarry.bsky.social "The fact that a natural molecule has some anticancer activity when added to cells in a plastic dish does not mean it will be safe & effective when given to a patient" Reality: most fail in human studies.

Terrible and terrifying news for all of us.

Isn't this the opposite of what HHS leadership said their policies would do? A new KFF poll shows public trust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now at its lowest level since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

Another good reason to be back on bluesky - catching up on colleagues' work. @medlawdan.bsky.social & @weparmet.bsky.social packed *a lot* of info into this piece.

An essential piece from a dream team of scholars!

I have been off bluesky for a while - but this is a good reason to be back. Check out the latest from me, @reshmagar.bsky.social & @hollylynchez.bsky.social! With thanks to the many folks whose work informed this piece, incl @rachelsachs.bsky.social , @sbagen.bsky.social @drjoshs.bsky.social...

What does it mean to have a human in the loop of medical AI? Here's a fun place to look: a 2022 FDA guidance that's about what *doesn't* count as a medical device! Had a blast exploring this quasi-standard, out in the Penn J of Law & Innovation: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #MedicalAI #law

This should be a bigger story. A government official had the YouTube channel of a private citizen shut down bc he didn’t like what that citizen was saying. This administration’s version of free speech is a joke.

BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout. They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base. (🎥 AP)

Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

And this makes it much worse. The CDC is losing a swath of outstanding, senior public servants. These are really terrific people who have served the public health with distinction across administrations. An enormous loss. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

Funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health and the US Food and Drug Administration could sharply reduce the number of new drugs available to Americans in the coming decades, according to an analysis released on Friday by the Congressional Budget Office. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/h...

My university (@westernu.ca) is offering up to $160,000 CAD in funding to support doctoral students impacted by recent changes in higher ed in the US. And I'm keen on supervising students who may be interested (and who conduct research in public health ethics). DM me. grad.uwo.ca/finances/wes...

Out today is my review of Allison Whelan's excellent article about pediatric predisposition genetic testing and a right to future privacy. Given my own interests I started thinking about a right to future privacy for transgender children, but I suspect it will be relevant to all sorts of topics!

Really good thread. I'd add two things. (Mini-thread.)

I just want to re-up this Health Affairs Forefront piece co-authored with @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social. We're working on the concept of a "Public Health Law Vacuum" as a form of governance failure. Who is creating these vacuums? Why? What are the consequences? And what can we do about it? ⤵️ #PHLaw

FDA staff are already missing deadlines, and the future consequences could be even more dire as workers head for the exits. www.statnews.com/2025/07/07/f...

As someone who has been on the business end of nationwide injunctions that I thought were improper, I find the question of what rules we should adopt for them to be genuinely hard. But yesterday's decision deserves massive criticism, for at least two reasons. (Thread.)

The Affordable Care Act's requirement that insurers cover preventive services dodges a bullet in Braidwood. That's good. But the broader effect of the opinion is probably to reinforce RFK and Trump's politicized control over the medical, scientific, and public health professionals who work at HHS.

#PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #policysky #polisky 🧪🛟 Fantastic real time skeeting from the FDA ACIP meeting. Thank you!!!

Must-read by @hollylynchez.bsky.social on FDA's new "Commissioner's National Priority Voucher" program. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...