In The Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Alexandra Finch & @gostin.bsky.social examine the regulation of gene therapy research in the US & how oversight of the field has evolved, particularly in the wake of ordered cuts to NIH-funded research. Read their new commentary: https://ow.ly/Kv2R50YzjC2

Last month, Alexandra Finch joined ENSURED and other experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities for reforming #GlobalHealth governance following the adoption of the landmark WHO pandemic agreement. Watch the webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_YqKdduBak

New Global Health Law column on FirstView: "US Global Health Leadership: The First Year of the Second Trump Administration" by Lawrence O. Gostin, @alexandrafinch.bsky.social , and @benjaminmasonmeier.bsky.social . #Trump #TrumpAdministration #RFK #HHS #WHO www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New Health Affairs piece from @gostin.bsky.social and @alexandrafinch.bsky.social. www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...

On @ninetonoonrnz.bsky.social, @alexandrafinch.bsky.social unpacks the vital global health programs now at risk as the U.S. pulls funding from the WHO—and what the fallout could mean for disease prevention and health outcomes worldwide. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Following a landmark agreement between WHO member states on a new #PandemicAgreement, @nschwalbe.bsky.social and @alexandrafinch.bsky.social spoke to @nytimes.com on this conclusion’s “groundbreaking” nature. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/h...

Trump’s new executive order cutting funding for gain-of-function research is “mere political theater, rather than a serious plan to strengthen our preparedness for the next pandemic,” write @gostin.bsky.social and @alexandrafinch.bsky.social in an @msnbc.com piece. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

"Lives lost will be lost forever, programs eliminated may never return, and lost trust will be exceedingly hard to regain." O'Neill's @gostin.bsky.social and @alexandrafinch.bsky.social reflect on the first 100 days of the Trump Presidency. @milbankfund.bsky.social. www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...

"Its adoption is not only a significant achievement for global health but is a signal that multilateralism, despite all odds, is alive and well." Read O'Neill expert @alexandrafinch.bsky.social's reflections on the #PandemicAgreement. @lowyinstitute.bsky.social www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

🔔 New on the Global Observatory: How the Landmark Pandemic Agreement Addresses Technology Transfer and Access to Pandemic Response Products by Alexandra Finch 👉 A must-read to understand the aspects of technology transfer in case of a future pandemic: theglobalobservatory.org/2025/05/how-...

"The agreement’s adoption is not only a significant achievement for global health security but also a powerful testament to solidarity and multilateralism in a geopolitical climate increasingly hostile to international norms and institutions." Read more from O'Neill's @alexandrafinch.bsky.social.

🚨New @jama.com Viewpoint 🚨 O'Neill's @gostin.bsky.social, Sam Halabi, and @alexandrafinch.bsky.social join forces for a new piece about the #PandemicAgreement and what it means for future health emergencies. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Pandemic treaty and IHR amendment negotiations marked a rare departure from past practice for @who.int & states. Now out in @jlme-journal.bsky.social, @benjaminmasonmeier.bsky.social, @alexandrafinch.bsky.social & I examine global health law's evolving normative landscape. tinyurl.com/mptjk9tr

To support federal workers who have recently left government service, @georgetownlaw.bsky.social is offering a substantially reduced LL.M. tuition rate of 50% for programs, including the LL.M. in National & Global Health Law. For a fall 2025 start, learn more: grad.georgetown.edu/opportunitie...

Yesterday, WHO member states agreed on a historic #PandemicTreaty. @nytimes.com highlighted commentary from global health experts — including Sr Scholar @nschwalbe.bsky.social and Sr Associate @alexandrafinch.bsky.social — on this conclusion's “groundbreaking” nature. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/h...

The #PandemicAccord is moving forward! Grateful to @stephanienolen.bsky.social for her coverage and for speaking to @conservationdoc.bsky.social, @alexandrafinch.bsky.social, and @deisyventura.bsky.social on the power and potential of this history agreement. bit.ly/42h05G1

Thrilled about this news out of the @who.int. If adopted next month, the pandemic treaty will leave us all safer. @alexandrafinch.bsky.social , @nschwalbe.bsky.social and I shared a few thoughts on this with the NY Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/h...

💚 Consensus on the pandemic agreement! OUR JOINT STATEMENT: "We congratulate @who.int Member States for finalizing the text of the HISTORIC pandemic agreement, for putting cooperation over nationalism and for standing together against pandemic threats." www.pandemicactionnetwork.org/news/a-commi...

Sharing our new @thelancet.bsky.social piece on spillover prevention & #OneHealth in the WHO #PandemicAgreement. We call on states to adopt the agreement next month. Huge thanks to @alexandrafinch.bsky.social for leading this. Let's get this done and make the world a safer place! bit.ly/3E7RKeu

The pandemic agreement’s failure is not an option! @alexandrafinch.bsky.social, Lawrence O. Gostin, and Dame Barbara Stocking detail the sticking points and lay out a path forward. #INB13 www.devex.com/news/opinion...

This week is the final negotiations on a landmark #PandemicAgreement. In @devex.com, @alexandrafinch.bsky.social, @gostin.bsky.social, and Dame Barbara Stocking explain the stakes of this historic moment and offer solutions to the current outstanding issues. www.devex.com/news/opinion...

in letter to co-chairs and govts of INB, we argue requiring tech sharing in pandemics to be voluntary = backwards, based on a model that has failed + will fail. Urge governments to avoid and pass the treaty. @alexandrafinch.bsky.social @nschwalbe.bsky.social healthpolicy-watch.news/will-pandemi...

In a new @thelancet.bsky.social comment, @alexandrafinch.bsky.social, @gostin.bsky.social, and other leading experts explore the draft WHO #PandemicAgreement and how it would serve as the first binding international agreement on spillover prevention and One Health. bit.ly/3E7RKeu

Spelling out what the US withdrawal from WHO means for all of us. (not a happy read) Thanks @lowyinstitute.bsky.social @alexandrafinch.bsky.social www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

The INB held a meeting in Geneva to discuss a WHO instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. @alexandrafinch.bsky.social represented the Panel for a Global Public Health Convention, as they discussed the importance of a proposed pandemic agreement. Learn more: gphcpanel.org

As I wrote in January, we should worry about the en-masse US retreat from multilateralism not just because it leaves a yawning gap in financing IOs, but because it will urge other gov'ts with similar impulses to follow suit. Not surprised by this 👇🏼

🚨Breaking (very bad) news from Devex's Michael Igoe. The newly installed director of State Department’s Office of Foreign Assistance sent a global cable Friday ordering an immediate pause on new foreign aid and a stop-work order for existing grants and contracts. Read more here 👇🏼 bit.ly/4aAshX0

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🚨😷🧪 NEW: A growing body of evidence shows that pandemics, biodiversity loss, and climate change are part of a broader polycrisis - but there are no simple solutions. A sweeping overview of "Pathogens and planetary change" for the first issue of @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social, out now 🔓 rdcu.be/d6lHl

Lawrence Gostin and Eric Friedman warn that potential funding cuts to HIV/AIDS, vaccines, and pandemic preparedness could have devastating global consequences. Read more: www.scientificamerican.com/article/amer...

NEW in JAMA: “A World Without WHO—A Crossroads for US Global Health Leadership” jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Preparing for the Trump Administration, Lawrence Gostin, Loyce Pace & I examine the consequences of US withdrawal from WHO and the imperative for continuing US leadership in global health.

Interested in learning more about the LL.M. in National and Global Health Law at @georgetownlaw.bsky.social? Join us for a webinar on January 30 at 9:30 a.m. ET to hear from current students. Register here: georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...