Not to pile on, but this is important & not getting enough discussion in the wake of the vaccine and Tylenol debates! It got me thinking about a piece I wrote about how Dobbs would make it even more difficult to enroll participants who are pregnant or capable of pregnancy in clinical trials…

My conversation today with @drtomfrieden.bsky.social, Former CDC Director, on his new book THE FORMULA and our current state of affairs in US public health erictopol.substack.com/p/tom-friede...

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later. harpers.org/archive/1941...

Totally agree @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social and finally wrote an essay about this topic last year that I had disgracefully neglected in my earlier academic days (and citing your great work!). Available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 1,514 measles cases as of Sept. 24, the highest number of annual cases since the United States declared measles eliminated in 2000. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Let's talk about Tylenol and pregnancy. Fundamentally, this is about making sure women do not get one ounce of relief, but it's also about criminalization. How long do you think it's going to be before they arrest someone for taking Tylenol during a pregnancy? We are going down that road.

“[T]he program has cost federal and state taxpayers more than $86.9 million while enrolling a tiny fraction of those eligible for free health care.”

Thrilled to be giving a talk on The Limits of the ADA’s Duty to Accommodate @oneillinstitute.bsky.social (@georgetownlaw.bsky.social) & the Georgetown Program in Disability Studies tomorrow (Sep. 25) at 5 pm. If you’re around, please join us. Details below 👇

"In SW UT, all but one of the 23 confirmed cases are among unvaccinated, school-age kids, the Southwest Utah Public Health Department reported. In Mohave Cnty., AZ, which health officials believe is connected to the Utah outbreak, there have been 42 confirmed cases of the highly contagious virus."

Wow, the 2025 Health Law Scholars Workshop is officially in the books! @davidasimon.bsky.social @benjaminabarsky.bsky.social @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social

Sheryl Lee Ralph narrates and asks the question, “Who does A’ja Wilson think she is?!” Answer: She is, who she thinks she is. Nike did that! #WNBA #WNBASky #Nike #AjaWilson

AI medical tools downplay symptoms in women and ethnic minorities on.ft.com/46ILa9z

JUST IN: Vaccine advisers to the CDC have voted to recommended against using the combined measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox vaccine for children under 4. https://cnn.it/3K73pNn

The Minnesota #Lynx have done it. Minnesota erases a 17-point deficit, outscores Golden State 26-11 in the fourth quarter and takes Game 2 75-74 to sweep the first-round series and advance to the semifinals. What. A. Game. Wow. #WNBAPlayoffs

NIH funding cuts could have far-reaching consequences beyond individual researchers. Reduced funding may slow innovation, weaken the scientific workforce and increase long-term health care costs, according to health policy researchers 🩺 🧪

I wrote a book that I hope helps people think about the relationship between law, science, social movements, &political economy. It tells the story of how feminists transformed the response to AIDS to ensure better access to healthcare. Avail for preorder! www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...

The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters. Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence. These docs show she did not. www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions. Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

This is an AMAZING and important book. It will change the way you understand the politicization of science. Insights in this book will help us to understand the current moment. So proud of and grateful to @azizaahmed.bsky.social

My comments @kxan.com Austin TX www.kxan.com/investigatio...

I’m privileged to help coach the Kid’s HS Speech and Debate team and so we have a group communication app and the chat is every bit as heartbreaking as you think. We’ve failed them so completely. coloradosun.com/2025/09/10/e...

My latest for MSNBC: CMS is adding new prior authorization requirements for traditional Medicare, implemented with AI. Prior auth is a key vehicle for coverage denials that then drive administrative burdens of appealing, which seniors are less well equipped to navigate. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

"We can condemn the journalists & publications that are helping to derail democracy. But we can also actively support others at independent outlets like Bolts, Law Dork, Balls & Strikes, the Handbasket, & LA Taco" das right (ty @andreapitzer.bsky.social!) degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/see-no-evil

NEW: Colorado Gov. Polis executive order on COVID vaccines. It effectively grants a prescription to whoever wants the vaccine, allowing them to get vaccinated without a doctor visit. State-regulated health plans would be required to cover the cost. Some employer health plans may not have to.

As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...

Horrifying. We may need health checks and vaccine mandates before allowing people to travel out of Florida www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The GLP-1 microdosing wellness and longevity craze without any data for dose or evidence of effect gift link wapo.st/4253O90

Please share widely-no one drank raw milk after the discovery that boiling killed the germs that made milk so dangerous to humans-the advantage of pasteurization over boiling is that it is much faster and preserves more of the taste,but it too retains all the nutrients, none of the toxins

A very important caveat to the "AI stethoscope" that was completely ignored by many news outlets. Yet a high false positive rate can make a screening tool more harmful than useful. How can we encourage health journalists to be more critical of AI press releases? Cc @mgtmccartney.bsky.social

NEWS: CVS, the largest pharmacy chain in the country, is currently not offering Covid vaccines in 16 states and DC — even to people who meet the new FDA criteria — because the CDC hasn't signed off and isn't expected to do so (if it does so) for at least three weeks.

Running the government like a [wildly unpopular] business: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...

Thrilled to have my work on Third-Party Accommodations (forth. @michlawreview.bsky.social) featured on the Chemical Sensitivity Podcast (@podcastingmcs.bsky.social) that amplifies voices of people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) & research about the illness. Take a listen: shorturl.at/RbT4e

The @NYTimes has done a fantastic job on explaining what the Trump administration’s savage cuts to biomedical research mean: cures that won’t happen. Please share this widely. This is a catastrophe. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...

Honored to have my work on Third-Party Accommodations featured @podcastingmcs.bsky.social! Take a listen: www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/1970633/epis... The article Third-Party Accommodations if forthcoming @michlawreview.bsky.social; the draft is here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

And if they do—legalizing “the assumption that they look and work like others who are here illegally” will unleash terror. And ask yourself—where does this stop?

With federal tax credit for buying health insurance on the Marketplace set to expire in December (after the Trump admin left them out of its bill), @kff.org estimates that enrollees will see premiums increase by 75%. Thank you, @npr.org for highlighting their voices. share.google/byGaOlSUINjL...

Current AI systems in health care suffer from overconfidence and inability to express uncertainty, which can lead to confident but incorrect predictions. In a letter, authors propose two core design principles for health-care AI: curiosity and humility: tinyurl.com/2jzcj3c2

If you had told me 30 years ago that Michael Luttig and Bill Kristol would have a clearer understanding about what's going on than a lot of Democratic leaders, I'd have wondered whether you tried the brown acid.

Her spine surgery was denied. Doctors say it's all too common.

If you want to hear about the harms posed by UNREGULATED healthcare coverage & prescription risk scoring algorithms from an UNREGULATED very fast talker @acslaw.bsky.social has a podcast for you!

🎧 AI is changing how we work, how we make art, and how we access healthcare. @jennoliva.bsky.social joined Taonga Leslie on #BrokenLaw to explore how AI and algorithms are being used to restrict access to healthcare & how lawyers and patients can advocate for greater fairness and transparency.

Fmr. IN State Police Superintendent Doug Carter believes someone close to the governor moved to block an investigation into a GOP ally. IN Board of Accounts found evidence which suggested Sheriff Tom Kleinhelter misused funds to purchase airline tickets for himself & his wife & grills for employees.

If you want to hear about the harms posed by UNREGULATED healthcare coverage & prescription risk scoring algorithms from an UNREGULATED very fast talker @acslaw.bsky.social has a podcast for you!

It would do everybody good to read Black Jacobins once or twice.

Had so much fun discussing Super-Dicta with @brianlfrye.bsky.social A bit of mischief to start your week! More here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper! We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media. Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑 doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

I've posted a draft article on the Supreme Court's Skrmetti decision on SSRN. I argue that this harmful decision represents the worst sort of legal formalism, but does not predetermine the results in other transgender rights cases or eviscerate sex discrimination law. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....