Publications by Lawrence Gostin

publications by Lawrence O. Gostin

Op-Ed

November 21, 2024

Trump Is Back: What This Could Mean for Health Policy

Journal Article

November 12, 2024

State Medical Board Sanctions for Misinformation Should Be Rare

Op-Ed

October 28, 2024

A Look at the Supreme Court’s Upcoming Term

Briefing

September 20, 2024

The Exploding MPOX Global Health Emergency

Journal Article

September 16, 2024

The Supreme Court and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act—A Dangerous Time for Us All

Op-Ed

September 10, 2024

Five Central Elements of a New Pandemic Treaty

Op-Ed

August 28, 2024

Advancing equity, from COVID-19 to Mpox

Journal Article

August 28, 2024

The Mpox Global Health Emergency — A Time for Solidarity and Equity

Op-Ed

August 21, 2024

Another Pandemic Looms. Guess What? We’re Still Not Ready.

Op-Ed

August 2, 2024

Global health reform must continue amid new infectious disease threats

Op-Ed

August 1, 2024

The global struggle for a pandemic treaty

Op-Ed

July 17, 2024

The Supreme Court Did Not Deliver ‘Wins’ for Reproductive Rights This Term

Op-Ed

July 15, 2024

The Supreme Court Decision on Firearm Ownership for People Subject to Restraining Orders

Journal Article

July 11, 2024

Smallpox Readiness: Modern Strategies Against an Ancient Disease

Op-Ed

June 24, 2024

Food and Drug Administration v Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine—A Cautious Win for Reproductive Health Care and FDA Authority

Op-Ed

June 19, 2024

The World Desperately Needs a New Pandemic Treaty

Op-Ed

June 18, 2024

Smallpox Biosecurity in a New Era of Technology

Journal Article

June 10, 2024

The Health and Human Rights Impact Assessment: The Preeminent Value of Equity

Op-Ed

June 8, 2024

Here Are the Top Supreme Court Health Cases to Watch

Op-Ed

June 5, 2024

The pandemic treaty: a grand global social bargain

Journal Article

May 31, 2024

Teaching Global Health Law: Preparing the Next Generation for Future Challenges

Op-Ed

May 30, 2024

Health Is on the Ballot in the Presidential Election

Op-Ed

May 30, 2024

Ignore the disinformation — the US is safer with a global pandemic treaty

Op-Ed

May 27, 2024

The world needs the new pandemic treaty

Op-Ed

May 23, 2024

Pursuing a smoke-free generation

Op-Ed

May 22, 2024

No, a pandemic treaty will not usurp Australia’s sovereignty

Op-Ed

May 21, 2024

Safeguarding the Pandemic Agreement from Disinformation

Journal Article

May 8, 2024

Global Health Law for a Safer and Fairer World

Op-Ed

April 29, 2024

The Public Good on the Docket — The Supreme Court’s Evolving Approach to Public Health

Op-Ed

April 16, 2024

Four Principles to Guide a Pathogen Access-and-Benefit Sharing System for Pandemic Preparedness and Response

Journal Article

April 11, 2024

The World Health Organization was born as a normative agency: Seventy-five years of global health law under WHO governance

Op-Ed

April 8, 2024

Medicare Can Cover Anti-Obesity Drugs for Heart Disease — But at What Cost?

Op-Ed

April 3, 2024

Financing Our Future In The Pandemic Agreement And International Health Regulations

Op-Ed

March 25, 2024

Financing Reforms to Meet a Pivotal Moment in Global Health

Report

March 24, 2024

Future State of Smallpox Medical Countermeasures

Journal Article

March 20, 2024

Is the Pace of IHR Reform Legal?

Op-Ed

March 13, 2024

International Humanitarian Law in the Israeli-Gaza Conflict—Reply

Op-Ed

February 22, 2024

Public Health in the Crosshairs of Culture Wars

Book

February 14, 2024

Pandemics, Public Health, and the Regulation of Borders: Lessons from COVID-19

Op-Ed

February 10, 2024

Two Obscure Cases about Fish May Disempower Health Agencies

Op-Ed

February 7, 2024

Opinion: Imagine a health COP getting as much attention as climate COPs

Op-Ed

January 22, 2024

Abortion Is Health Care

Op-Ed

January 4, 2024

The True Danger of Florida Surgeon General’s Bogus mRNA Claims

Op-Ed

December 28, 2023

On the Health Docket for the Supreme Court’s 2024 Term

Journal Article

December 22, 2023

Making the World Safer and Fairer in Pandemics

Op-Ed

December 21, 2023

Healthy Megacities: The Solution Is Intuitively Obvious, But Is It Achievable?

Journal Article

December 8, 2023

A critical juncture for human rights in global health: Strengthening human rights through global health law reforms

Op-Ed

December 6, 2023

Wars in Gaza and Beyond: Why Protecting the Sacredness of Health Matters

Op-Ed

November 16, 2023

A Historic Moment in Global Health—“Futureproofing” the World Against Pandemics

Book

November 3, 2023

Global Health Law & Policy: Ensuring Justice for a Healthier World

Journal Article

October 31, 2023

Foundations in Public Health Law

Op-Ed

October 23, 2023

The UN’s Political Declaration On Pandemics: What Should Happen Next?

Op-Ed

October 2, 2023

The Model State Indoor Air Quality Act

Op-Ed

September 27, 2023

Nueva Constitución y derecho a la salud

Op-Ed

September 20, 2023

Medicare’s Historic Prescription Drug Price Negotiations

Briefing

September 20, 2023

O’Neill Briefing: The United Nations Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response

September 20, 2023

Lawrence Gostin’s Statement at UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response

Op-Ed

September 2, 2023

What to expect from the emerging battle royale over drug prices

Journal Article

September 1, 2023

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the Partnerships of Equitable Vaccine Access

Op-Ed

August 29, 2023

US global AIDS programme is under threat

Op-Ed

August 9, 2023

An Analysis of the Blizzard of Lawsuits to Block Drug-Price Negotiations

Op-Ed

August 3, 2023

One Year After Dobbs—Vast Changes to the Abortion Legal Landscape

Journal Article

July 25, 2023

The global health and care worker compact: evidence base and policy considerations

Op-Ed

July 24, 2023

Vaccination Mandates—An Old Public Health Tool Faces New Challenges

Op-Ed

July 10, 2023

The Supreme Court’s Rulings on Race Neutrality Threaten Progress in Medicine and Health

Op-Ed

July 5, 2023

Myopic SCOTUS ruling on race-neutrality threatens our collective future

Op-Ed

June 30, 2023

Threats to Democracy Are Threats to Health

Journal Article

June 22, 2023

Ethical research when abortion access is legally restricted

Op-Ed

June 21, 2023

Opinion: 5 ways to buttress WHO’s financing ambition

Op-Ed

June 17, 2023

The Supreme Court Delivers an Unexpected Win for Medicaid Recipients

Journal Article

June 7, 2023

The Origins of Covid-19 — Why It Matters (and Why It Doesn’t)

Op-Ed

May 23, 2023

The human toll of a debt default would be felt worldwide

Op-Ed

May 11, 2023

Why The End Of The Public Health Emergency Really Matters

Op-Ed

May 9, 2023

Advancing Equity In The Pandemic Treaty

Op-Ed

April 25, 2023

The Global Health Architecture: Governance and International Institutions to Advance Population Health Worldwide

Journal Article

April 21, 2023

The WHO’s 75th anniversary: WHO at a pivotal moment in history

Op-Ed

April 17, 2023

The Mifepristone Battle: The Supreme Court Steps In

April 10, 2023

Timeline of the History of the World Health Organization (WHO)

Op-Ed

April 10, 2023

Cost-Free Preventive Care Under the ACA Faces Legal Challenge

Op-Ed

April 7, 2023

What Lies Ahead for ACA’s Preventive Care Coverage Mandate?

Op-Ed

March 30, 2023

Fix the backlash against public health

Journal Article

March 10, 2023

Public Health Law Modernization 2.0: Rebalancing Public Health Powers And Individual Liberty In The Age Of COVID-19

Op-Ed

February 23, 2023

A Ban on the Abortion Drug Mifepristone Is Looming

Journal Article

February 15, 2023

Judicial Trends in the Era of COVID-19: Public Health in Peril

Op-Ed

January 30, 2023

Roe v Wade’s 50th Anniversary: New Legal Frontiers for Safeguarding Reproductive Freedoms

Op-Ed

January 19, 2023

Title 42 Exclusions of Asylum Seekers—A Misuse of Public Health Powers

Journal Article

January 10, 2023

A survey of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across 23 countries in 2022

Op-Ed

December 28, 2022

I Fear for the Legal Determinants of Health

Briefing

December 5, 2022

Pandemic Treaty: The Conceptual Zero Draft

Journal Article

November 17, 2022

Human rights and the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective and prospective analysis

Op-Ed

November 14, 2022

Renewing Covid’s Status As A Public Health Emergency Was The Right Call. Here’s Why

Op-Ed

October 20, 2022

Megyn Kelly’s Anti-Vax Lies Are a Threat to Public Health

Op-Ed

October 3, 2022

Will there be a Supreme assault on public health?

Journal Article

September 27, 2022

The Supreme Court Expands Second Amendment Rights as the Nation Experiences Historic Levels of Firearms Violence

Op-Ed

September 22, 2022

Living in an Age of Pandemics—From COVID-19 to Monkeypox, Polio, and Disease X

Op-Ed

September 12, 2022

Will Our Judiciary Elevate Religious Freedoms Above Public Health?

Op-Ed

August 23, 2022

CDC at a Crossroads: Four Reforms for a Renewed National Public Health Agency

Op-Ed

August 5, 2022

What can we learn from the first 100 days of the monkeypox outbreak?

Op-Ed

August 4, 2022

We need a national action plan to contain monkeypox now

Op-Ed

August 3, 2022

Inching closer to an essential global pandemic treaty

Op-Ed

August 1, 2022

What Could Actually Work to Curb Gun Violence

Op-Ed

July 27, 2022

The WHO Declaration of Monkeypox as a Global Public Health Emergency

Op-Ed

July 25, 2022

Get Better President Biden, and Do Better Too

Op-Ed

July 15, 2022

Opinion | An emergency declaration on abortion rights could do more harm than good

Report

July 14, 2022

National Sovereignty Implications of A Pandemic Instrument

Op-Ed

July 14, 2022

What Nations Owe Each Other Before the Next Pandemic

Op-Ed

July 8, 2022

The End of Roe v Wade and New Legal Frontiers on the Constitutional Right to Abortion

Op-Ed

July 1, 2022

Improve CDC’s quarantine stations to prevent the next pandemic

Op-Ed

June 30, 2022

Opinion | 4 Things Biden Can Do Right Now on Abortion

Op-Ed

June 27, 2022

Two Americas After the Fall of Roe

Op-Ed

June 23, 2022

This Is the Best Evidence Yet That Anti-Vaxxers Kill

Op-Ed

June 10, 2022

The Federal Global Migration and Quarantine Network

Op-Ed

June 9, 2022

Opinion: WHA’s Russia vote is a call to side with health, human rights

Op-Ed

June 9, 2022

Give the CDC Back Its Power to Issue Mandates

Op-Ed

June 6, 2022

The Leaked Supreme Court Ruling Opinion: Implications for Abortion Access

Op-Ed

June 2, 2022

A New Architecture for Global Health Emergency Preparedness and Response—The Imperative of Equity

Op-Ed

June 1, 2022

At Long Last, Member States Agree to Fix the World Health Organization’s Financing Problem

Op-Ed

May 17, 2022

The US turns its back on women’s reproductive rights

Op-Ed

May 12, 2022

A Million Americans Are Gone. Mass COVID Death Is Here to Stay.

Op-Ed

April 25, 2022

No Matter How You Feel About Masks, You Should Be Alarmed by This Judge’s Decision

Op-Ed

April 25, 2022

Will the Courts Hobble Our Response to the Next Pandemic?

Op-Ed

April 21, 2022

Ukraine: A Turning Point for Attacks on Health

Op-Ed

April 20, 2022

We’re Toying With a Ruinous End to COVID Travel Masking

Op-Ed

April 18, 2022

Trump’s Worst Judge Just Made Travel a MAGA Nightmare

Op-Ed

April 1, 2022

Attacks on Health Care in the War in Ukraine

Op-Ed

March 23, 2022

Financing the Future of WHO

Op-Ed

March 7, 2022

Florida Surgeon General’s Vaccine Fearmongering Will Kill Kids

Op-Ed

March 1, 2022

COVID Pushed Global Health Institutions to Their Limits

Op-Ed

March 1, 2022

What Does Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Record Mean for America’s Health?

Op-Ed

February 26, 2022

CDC Is Bowing to Political Pressure With COVID Changes

Op-Ed

February 16, 2022

Shedding Mask Mandates: A Step Towards Life After Covid-19?

Op-Ed

February 10, 2022

Risk Trade-Offs and Equitable Decision-Making in the Covid-19 Pandemic

Op-Ed

February 10, 2022

Life After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Op-Ed

February 2, 2022

Race Alone Should Not Be Used To Allocate Scarce COVID-19 Treatments

Op-Ed

January 28, 2022

Supreme Court Ruling on the Texas Abortion Law: Beginning to Unravel Roe v Wade

Op-Ed

January 21, 2022

The US Supreme Court’s Rulings on Large Business and Health Care Worker Vaccine Mandates

Op-Ed

January 19, 2022

The Supreme Court’s Ruling on Vaccine Mandates Threatens the Federal Government’s Ability To Protect Public Health

Op-Ed

January 19, 2022

Starbucks Hides Behind Supreme Court To Ditch Vaccine Rule

January 18, 2022

WHO Sustainable Funding

Op-Ed

January 13, 2022

The Supreme Court Just Spit in the Face of Joe Biden and the American Public

Op-Ed

January 7, 2022

The Supreme Court Is About to Decide America’s Pandemic Future

Op-Ed

January 6, 2022

The First 2 Years of COVID-19: Lessons to Improve Preparedness for the Next Pandemic

Op-Ed

December 29, 2021

Opinion: The Supreme Court must uphold Biden’s vaccine mandates — and fast

Op-Ed

December 28, 2021

Omicron Is Breaking Us. But We Can Still Avert Catastrophe.

Op-Ed

December 22, 2021

Nearly Two Years and More Than 800,000 Deaths Later, Biden Is Playing Catch-Up With the Coronavirus

Journal Article

December 8, 2021

New York City Mayor De Blasio Issues The Nation’s Broadest Private Employer Vaccine Mandate On His Way Out Of Office

Op-Ed

December 7, 2021

A decent mandate done all wrong: What de Blasio got wrong with his vaccine requirement for NYC private-sector businesses

Briefing

December 4, 2021

O’Neill Briefing: World Health Assembly Special Session Launches Historic Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to Develop a WHO Convention or Other International Instrument on Pandemic Preparedness and Response

Op-Ed

December 2, 2021

Biden’s New Omicron Winter Plan for America Simply Isn’t Enough

Op-Ed

November 20, 2021

A Blueprint for Global Health Security

Op-Ed

November 9, 2021

Opinion | Yes, Biden has the power to require vaccines or testing in private businesses

Briefing

November 8, 2021

O’Neill Briefing: OSHA’s New Vaccination Rule, Its Legal Basis, And What It Means for Businesses and Workers

Op-Ed

November 6, 2021

Will OSHA’s Mandate Get More Employees Vaccinated?

Op-Ed

November 5, 2021

Politics Aside, The Biden Administration’s Vaccine Mandates Are Lawful

Journal Article

November 5, 2021

Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccines: What Parents, Practitioners, and Policy Makers Need to Know

Report

November 4, 2021

Legal Tools for Pandemic Preparedness: WHO Collaborating Center Support for New Coordinating Mechanisms

Journal Article

October 27, 2021

Twenty Years After the Anthrax Terrorist Attacks of 2001

Op-Ed

October 20, 2021

President Biden: It’s time for an urgent and effective plan to vaccinate the world

Open Letter

September 30, 2021

U.S. Leadership Needed for Global COVID-19 Vaccination: Letter to Congress

Open Letter

September 30, 2021

U.S. Leadership Needed for Global COVID-19 Vaccination: Letter to President Biden

Book

September 29, 2021

Global Health Security: A Blueprint for the Future

Op-Ed

September 27, 2021

Biden’s plan to vaccinate the world won’t work. Here’s a better one.

Journal Article

September 23, 2021

The Supreme Court, the Texas Abortion Law (SB8), and the Beginning of the End of Roe v Wade?

Op-Ed

September 22, 2021

What’s the Plan for Vaccinating the World?

Journal Article

September 15, 2021

An International Agreement on Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness

Op-Ed

September 14, 2021

Biden’s COVID Plan Offers a Path Out of the Pandemic

Op-Ed

September 9, 2021

Biden’s Bold COVID Plan Is the Prescription America Needs

Op-Ed

August 24, 2021

The Whole World Needs Vaccines Before a Worse Variant Than Delta Arrives

Op-Ed

August 24, 2021

To Get Everyone Vaccinated, The United States Needs A National Vaccination Corps

Op-Ed

August 12, 2021

So Biden wants to boost vaccination rates? He still has many federal levers he can pull.

Op-Ed

August 5, 2021

Vaccine Mandates Are Lawful, Effective and Based on Rock-Solid Science

Op-Ed

August 4, 2021

Bill De Blasio Is Somehow Bolder Than Biden on Vaccines

Op-Ed

July 27, 2021

Stop Worrying About Masks—America Needs Vaccine Mandates Now

Op-Ed

July 23, 2021

The Case for Vaccine Mandates and Proof of Vaccination Systems

Op-Ed

July 22, 2021

Proven ways to boost Covid-19 vaccination: mandates plus nudges

Journal Article

July 2, 2021

Mobility restrictions were associated with reductions in COVID-19 incidence early in the pandemic: evidence from a real-time evaluation in 34 countries

Op-Ed

July 1, 2021

Sharing Technology and Vaccine Doses to Address Global Vaccine Inequity and End the COVID-19 Pandemic

Op-Ed

June 29, 2021

The Affordable Care Act Lives On: Now It Must Be Strengthened and Expanded

Journal Article

June 10, 2021

9 Steps to End COVID-19 and Prevent the Next Pandemic: Essential Outcomes From the World Health Assembly

Journal Article

June 7, 2021

Mandatory SARS-CoV-2 Vaccinations in K-12 Schools, Colleges/Universities, and Businesses

Op-Ed

May 20, 2021

‘Use It or Lose It’ Policy for COVID Vaccines Needs an Equity Focus

Op-Ed

May 20, 2021

This Investigation Lays Out What The World Needs To Fight the Next Pandemic

Op-Ed

May 19, 2021

Beyond a symbolic gesture: What’s needed to turn the IP waiver into Covid-19 vaccines

Journal Article

May 18, 2021

Equitable allocation of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States

Op-Ed

May 14, 2021

What Was CDC Thinking With Its New Mask Guidance?

Op-Ed

May 5, 2021

Dr. Fauci Shouldn’t Have Publicly Dismissed Herd Immunity

Op-Ed

April 30, 2021

The CDC Is on Top of the Science, but Muddying the Message

Op-Ed

April 28, 2021

The Future of the Affordable Care Act Is a Social and Political Decision That Should Not Be Decided by Unelected Supreme Court Justices.

Op-Ed

April 13, 2021

Are Covid-19 Vaccine Passports Legal?

Op-Ed

April 12, 2021

Are Vaccine Mandates and Passports Even Legal?

Journal Article

April 7, 2021

Digital Health Passes in the Age of COVID-19

Op-Ed

April 5, 2021

The World Needs a Post-Pandemic Health Treaty With Teeth

Op-Ed

March 30, 2021

Vaccines are About to Become a Free-for-All. Here’s how to Ensure It’s Done Equitably.

Op-Ed

March 24, 2021

Lockdowns, Quarantines, and Travel Restrictions, During COVID and Beyond: What’s the Law, and how Should we Decide?

Op-Ed

March 2, 2021

These Four Policy Changes Could Help Us Get Vaccines For The Next Pandemic Even Faster

Op-Ed

February 16, 2021

Biden Needs To Mobilize the Global Community To Produce the COVID-19 Vaccine

Journal Article

February 11, 2021

The Coronavirus Pandemic 1 Year On—What Went Wrong?

Op-Ed

February 1, 2021

U.S. Vaccine Rollout Looks Bad—Until You Look Elsewhere

Journal Article

January 22, 2021

How the Biden Administration Can Reinvigorate Global Health Security, Institutions, and Governance

Op-Ed

January 19, 2021

Wealthy Countries Should Share Vaccine Doses Before It Is Too Late

Journal Article

January 19, 2021

Executive Action To Expand Health Services in the Biden Administration

Op-Ed

January 13, 2021

Lessons From COVID-19 Can Prepare Us For The Next Pandemic

Journal Article

January 6, 2021

Health Rights for LGBTQ+ Individuals in the US Under Fire

Op-Ed

January 5, 2021

Eight Operational Suggestions for a Renewed CDC

Journal Article

December 29, 2020

Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines

Journal Article

December 1, 2020

A Global Health Action Agenda for the Biden Administration

Op-Ed

November 30, 2020

Reforming and Strengthening the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Five Key Reforms to Renew the Agency’s Stature and Effectiveness

Journal Article

November 10, 2020

A 7-Point Action Agenda To End the COVID-19 Pandemic for President-Elect Biden

Op-Ed

October 28, 2020

COVID-19: A global survey shows worrying signs of vaccine hesitancy

Journal Article

October 27, 2020

Health Policy in the Supreme Court and a New Conservative Majority

Journal Article

October 23, 2020

Tuberculosis, human rights, and law reform: Addressing the lack of progress in the global tuberculosis response

Journal Article

October 14, 2020

Is It Lawful and Ethical to Prioritize Racial Minorities for COVID-19 Vaccines?

Open Letter

October 10, 2020

U.S. Global COVID-19 Leadership Action Plan

Journal Article

October 6, 2020

Facilitating Access to a COVID-19 Vaccine Through Global Health Law

Op-Ed

October 3, 2020

The President’s Doctor Has Lost All Credibility

Op-Ed

October 2, 2020

Trump’s Sickness Is the Wake-Up Call Americans Can’t Afford to Miss

Op-Ed

September 28, 2020

Science, Leadership, and Public Trust in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Op-Ed

September 15, 2020

Joining COVAX Could Save American Lives

Journal Article

August 24, 2020

Legal Interventions to Address US Reductions in Life Expectancy

Journal Article

August 19, 2020

The shibboleth of human rights in public health

Op-Ed

August 17, 2020

Human rights must be the foundation of any COVID-19 response

Journal Article

August 13, 2020

The Great Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020—7 Critical Lessons

Op-Ed

August 12, 2020

Russia’s Covid-19 Vaccine Breaches Crucial Scientific and Ethical International Standards

Journal Article

August 10, 2020

Universal Masking in the United States

Op-Ed

July 16, 2020

Contact tracing’s long, turbulent history holds lessons for COVID-19

Op-Ed

July 15, 2020

Working With Other Countries To Fight The Coronavirus Pandemic Protects America’s National Interests

Journal Article

July 8, 2020

US withdrawal from WHO is unlawful and threatens global and US health and security

Op-Ed

July 8, 2020

Congress must stop Trump from withdrawing from the WHO

Open Letter

June 30, 2020

Letter to Congress on WHO Withdrawal from Public Health, Law and International Relations Leaders

Op-Ed

June 22, 2020

Let the learning begin — a WHO open-access platform could transform COVID-19 response

Journal Article

June 11, 2020

The Dual Epidemics of COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccine Acceptance, Coverage, and Mandates

Op-Ed

June 5, 2020

How to Keep the United States in the WHO

Op-Ed

May 15, 2020

Why America Must Lead a Global Action Plan for the Covid-19 Pandemic

Op-Ed

May 7, 2020

Access to Lifesaving Medical Resources for African countries: COVID-19 Testing and Response, Ethics, and Politics

Op-Ed

April 13, 2020

Why Trump and his allies’ criticisms of the WHO are wrong

Op-Ed

March 31, 2020

Why There’s No National Lockdown

Op-Ed

March 10, 2020

Could – Or Should – The Government Impose A Mass Quarantine On An American City?

Journal Article

February 13, 2020

US Emergency Legal Responses to Novel Coronavirus: Balancing Public Health and Civil Liberties

Journal Article

February 11, 2020

Legal Solutions for Universal Health Coverage

Op-Ed

February 5, 2020

Delhi In A Chokehold: Air Pollution As A Public Health Emergency

Op-Ed

February 3, 2020

What Questions Should Global Health Policymakers Be Asking About The Novel Coronavirus?

Journal Article

January 30, 2020

The Novel Coronavirus Originating in Wuhan, China: Challenges for Global Health Governance

Journal Article

January 17, 2020

Do bans help modern public health?

Op-Ed

November 6, 2019

The Public Health Crisis of Underimmunisation: A Global Plan of Action

Journal Article

October 25, 2019

Putting health equity at heart of universal coverage—the need for national programmes of action

Journal Article

October 10, 2019

Ending Pandemics: US Foreign Policy to Mitigate Today’s Major Killers, Tomorrow’s Outbreaks, and the Health Impacts of Climate Change

Journal Article

September 30, 2019

Launching the Universal Health Coverage Legal Solutions Network

Journal Article

September 5, 2019

JAMA Forum: Is Affording Undocumented Immigrants Health Coverage a Radical Proposal?

Journal Article

June 9, 2019

Fighting Novel Diseases Amidst Humanitarian Crises

Op-Ed

June 9, 2019

A National Action Plan to Eliminate Vaccine Preventable Childhood Diseases

Journal Article

June 5, 2019

State Abortion Restrictions and the New Supreme Court: Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Services

May 20, 2019

The “Conscience” Rule: How Will It Affect Patients’ Access to Health Services?

Journal Article

May 18, 2019

WHO takes action to promote the health of refugees and migrants

Op-Ed

May 1, 2019

The Lancet Commission on Global Health Law: How Law Can Advance the Right To Health

Report

April 30, 2019

The legal determinants of health: harnessing the power of law for global health and sustainable development

Journal Article

April 19, 2019

Safe Vaccinations for a Healthy Nation Increasing US Vaccine Coverage Through Law, Science, and Communication

Op-Ed

April 11, 2019

Potential Discrimination in NYC’s Measles Public Health Emergency Order

Op-Ed

March 9, 2019

Living, Aging, and Dying in Healthy and Just Societies: Life Lessons From My Father

Journal Article

February 4, 2019

Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Time to Sound a Global Alert?

Journal Article

January 22, 2019

Ebola and War in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Avoiding Failure and Thinking Ahead

Op-Ed

September 5, 2018

How The US Elevates Corporate Interests Over Global Public Health. And How The World Can Respond

Op-Ed

June 9, 2018

A Beautiful Life in a Vibrant Yet Vulnerable City

Journal Article

May 30, 2018

Big Food and Soda Versus Public Health: Industry Litigation Against Local Government Regulations to Promote Healthy Diets

Book

April 24, 2018

Human Rights in Global Health: Rights-based Governance for a Globalizing World

Journal Article

April 8, 2018

Tapping the Power of Soda Taxes: A Call for Multidisciplinary Research and Broad-Based Advocacy Coalitions – A Response to Recent Commentaries

Op-Ed

March 15, 2018

Human Rights in Global Health Governance

Journal Article

February 28, 2018

JAMA Forum: Traffic Injuries and Deaths: A Public Health Problem We Can Solve

Journal Article

February 13, 2018

Language, Science, and Politics: The Politicization of Public Health

Op-Ed

December 9, 2017

The “Great” Generation and a Not-So-Great Health System

Journal Article

November 9, 2017

Advancing the Right to Health —The Vital Role of Law

Op-Ed

October 24, 2017

Reframing the Opioid Epidemic as a National Emergency

Journal Article

June 9, 2017

The Untapped Power of Soda Taxes: Incentivizing Consumers, Generating Revenue, and Altering Corporate Behavior

Fact Sheet

April 18, 2017

Most-Cited Health Law Scholars

Journal Article

April 12, 2017

JAMA Forum: Hunger, Health, and Compassion

Journal Article

November 22, 2016

Trade, Investment, and Tobacco

Book

October 26, 2016

Global Management of Infectious Disease After Ebola

Journal Article

August 9, 2016

Strategies for Health System Innovation After Gobeille v Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

Journal Article

June 28, 2016

A Yellow Fever Epidemic: A New Global Health Emergency?

Journal Article

June 14, 2016

Is the United States Prepared for a Major Zika Virus Outbreak?

Journal Article

June 9, 2016

Legal priorities for prevention of non-communicable diseases: innovations from WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean

Journal Article

June 9, 2016

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Achieving the Vision of Global Health with Justice

Journal Article

June 9, 2016

The Human Rights Dimensions of Zika

Journal Article

May 19, 2016

Toward a Common Secure Future: Four Global Commissions in the Wake of Ebola

Journal Article

May 17, 2016

JAMA Forum: Lead in the Water: A Tale of Social and Environmental Injustice

Journal Article

May 13, 2016

The International Health Regulations: The Governing Framework for Global Health Security

Chapter

May 9, 2016

American Public Health Law

Op-Ed

May 6, 2016

The FDA’s E-Cigarette Rule Isn’t Enough

Journal Article

April 12, 2016

Neglected Dimensions of Global Security – The Global Health Risk Framework Commission

Journal Article

March 8, 2016

A Public Health Framework for Screening Mammography

Journal Article

March 1, 2016

The Emerging Zika Pandemic – Enhancing Preparedness

Op-Ed

February 2, 2016

The WHO Has Not Done Enough to Fight Zika

Journal Article

January 19, 2016

Physician-Assisted Dying: A Turning Point?

Journal Article

November 22, 2015

Will Ebola change the game? Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. The report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola

Journal Article

November 22, 2015

The International Health Regulations 10 Years On: The Governing Framework for Global Health Security

Journal Article

October 24, 2015

Imagining Global Health with Justice: In Defense of the Right to Health

Op-Ed

September 29, 2015

The Global Migration Crisis, International Law, And The Responsibility To Protect Health

Journal Article

August 25, 2015

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome A Global Health Challenge

Journal Article

August 4, 2015

Sexual Assaults Among University Students – Prevention, Support, and Justice

Journal Article

July 28, 2015

King v Burwell: Subsidizing US Health Insurance for Low- and Middle-Income Individuals

Journal Article

June 9, 2015

The Americans With Disabilities Act at 25: The Highest Expression of American Values

Briefing

June 8, 2015

Ebola, The World Health Organization, and Beyond: Toward a Framework for Global Health Security

Journal Article

May 9, 2015

A Retrospective and Prospective Analysis of the West African Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic: Robust National Health Systems at the Foundation and an Empowered WHO at the Apex

Journal Article

April 25, 2015

Law’s Power to Safeguard Global Health

Op-Ed

February 4, 2015

States Must Tighten Laws That Let Parents Opt Out of Vaccinating Kids

Journal Article

December 17, 2014

Is the United States Prepared for Ebola?

Op-Ed

November 4, 2014

State Quarantine Powers Under the Constitution: Fear in an Age of Ebola

Journal Article

September 17, 2014

The Ebola Epidemic: A Global Health Emergency

Journal Article

September 9, 2014

Facilitating Medical Product Development Through Voluntary Data Sharing: A Look At The Legal Issues

Briefing

August 20, 2014

West Africa’s Ebola Epidemic Is Out of Control, but Never Had to Happen

Journal Article

August 13, 2014

E-Cigarettes, Vaping, and Youth

Journal Article

July 9, 2014

Non-communicable diseases: Healthy living needs global governance

Op-Ed

June 9, 2014

A United Nations Security Council Resolution is Essential to Preventing the Threat to International Peace and Security Posed by Ebola

Journal Article

May 1, 2014

Global Health and the Law

Book

March 31, 2014

Global Health Law

Journal Article

March 5, 2014

Legal and Ethical Responsibilities Following Brain Death: The McMath and Muñoz Cases

Journal Article

February 19, 2014

Future Oversight of Recombinant DNA Research: Recommendations of an Institute of Medicine Committee

Journal Article

January 3, 2014

World Health Organization: past, present and future

Journal Article

October 13, 2013

Realizing the Right to Health Through a Framework Convention on Global Health?

Op-Ed

October 1, 2013

Bloomberg’s Health Legacy: Urban Innovator or Meddling Nanny?

Journal Article

September 18, 2013

PEPFAR’s Antiprostitution Pledge: Spending Power and Free Speech in Tension

Journal Article

August 28, 2013

Who Owns Human Genes? Is DNA Patentable?

Book

August 24, 2013

Advancing the Human Right to Health

Journal Article

August 19, 2013

Pillars for Progress on the Right to Health: Harnessing the potential of human rights through a Framework Convention on Global Health

Chapter

June 9, 2013

Global Tobacco Control: A Vital Component of the Right to Health

Journal Article

April 24, 2013

Stemming the Global Trade in Falsified and Substandard Medicines

Journal Article

April 15, 2013

Tobacco endgame strategies: challenges in ethics and law

Journal Article

April 12, 2013

Tackling the Global NCD Crisis: Innovations in Law and Governance.

Journal Article

December 26, 2012

Emergency Preparedness and Public Health: The Lessons of Hurricane Sandy

Journal Article

November 21, 2012

The Power to Block the Affordable Care Act: What Are the Limits?

Journal Article

September 5, 2012

Ethical Challenges of Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV

Journal Article

August 3, 2012

Vaccine Liability in the Supreme Court Forging a Social Compact

Journal Article

July 4, 2012

Child Abuse Reporting: Rethinking Child Protection

Journal Article

June 9, 2012

Bridging International Law and Rights-based Litigation: Mapping Health-related Rights through the Development of the Global Health and Human Rights Database

Journal Article

May 24, 2012

Healthy Governance

Journal Article

May 16, 2012

A Framework Convention on Global Health: Health for All, Justice for All

Journal Article

January 19, 2012

The Limits of Government Regulation of Science

Book

January 1, 2012

Towards a Regional Strategy to Strengthen the Nurse Workforce of the English-speaking CARICOM: International Legal Instruments, Agreements and Obligations

Journal Article

October 19, 2011

Mandatory HPV Vaccination and Political Debate

Journal Article

October 9, 2011

Improving the Population’s Health: The Affordable Care Act and the Importance of Integration

Journal Article

September 20, 2011

Human Rights and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Mutually Reinforcing Systems

Journal Article

July 6, 2011

Food and Drug Administration Regulation of Food Safety

Book

June 9, 2011

Health Worker Shortages and Global Justice

Journal Article

June 9, 2011

Restoring Health to Health Reform: Integrating Medicine and Public Health to Advance the Population’s Wellbeing

Book

June 9, 2011

Reference Guide on Medical Testimony

Journal Article

June 9, 2011

Restoring Health to Health Reform

Journal Article

June 2, 2011

Public health measures to control tuberculosis in low-income countries: ethics and human rights considerations

Journal Article

May 25, 2011

Dangerous People or Dangerous Weapons – Access to Firearms for Persons With Mental Illness

Journal Article

May 10, 2011

The Joint Action and Learning Initiative: Towards a Global Agreement on National and Global Responsibilities for Health

Journal Article

March 2, 2011

Biosafety Concerns Involving Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Combat Malaria and Dengue in Developing Countries

Journal Article

January 12, 2011

Ethical Allocation of Preexposure HIV Prophylaxis

Journal Article

December 15, 2010

The United States’ Engagement in Global Tobacco Control: Proposals for Comprehensive Funding and Strategies

Journal Article

October 6, 2010

The Right to Bear Arms: A Uniquely American Entitlement

Journal Article

September 29, 2010

Innovative Solutions to Closing the Health Gap Between Rich and Poor: A Special Symposium on Global Health Governance

Journal Article

September 29, 2010

Implementing Public Health Regulations in Developing Countries: Lessons from the OECD Countries

Journal Article

September 9, 2010

The National Individual Health Insurance Mandate

Journal Article

August 23, 2010

The President’s Global Health Initiative

Journal Article

July 8, 2010

Redressing the Unconscionable Health Gap: A Global Plan for Justice

Open Letter

July 6, 2010

Emerging Civil Society Movements for Global Health Justice

Journal Article

June 24, 2010

Health Care Reform-A Historic Moment in US Social Policy

Journal Article

June 9, 2010

Reducing Distracted Driving: Regulation and Education to Avert Traffic Injuries and Fatalities

Journal Article

June 9, 2010

National and Global Responsibilities for Health

Journal Article

June 9, 2010

The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law: Discovering Innovative Solutions for the Most Pressing Health Problems Facing the Nation and the World

Book

June 9, 2010

Supporting the Implementation of Mental Health Policies in the Americas: A Human Rights Law-Based Approach. Findings, Trends, and Targets for Public Health Action

Report

June 9, 2010

The Joint Action and Learning Initiative on National and Global Responsibilities for Health

Journal Article

May 21, 2010

International recruitment of health personnel

Journal Article

May 1, 2010

The Unconscionable Health Gap: A Global Plan for Justice

Journal Article

March 23, 2010

Health Care Reform in Transition: Incremental Insurance Reform Without an Individual Mandate

Journal Article

March 9, 2010

What Duties do Poor Countries Have for the Health of Their Own People?

Journal Article

December 2, 2009

National Preparedness for a Catastrophic Emergency: Crisis Standards of Care

Journal Article

October 7, 2009

FDA Regulation of Tobacco: Politics, Law, and the Public’s Health

Journal Article

September 16, 2009

The International Response to Climate Change: An Agenda for Global Health

Journal Article

July 1, 2009

Ethical Collection, Storage, and Use of Public Health Data: A Proposal for a National Privacy Protection

Journal Article

June 18, 2009

Mental Health as a Human Right

Journal Article

June 10, 2009

Influenza A(H1N1) and Pandemic Preparedness Under the Rule of International Law

Chapter

June 9, 2009

Health Law and Bioethics: Cases in Context —Jacobson v. Massachusetts: The Police Power and Civil Liberties in Tension

Report

June 9, 2009

The U.S. Commitment To Global Health: Recommendations for the Public and Private Sector

Journal Article

May 20, 2009

Regulating the Safety of Pharmaceuticals: The FDA, Preemption, and the Public’s Health

Journal Article

May 6, 2009

The Social Face of Economic Growth: China’s Health System in Transition

Op-Ed

May 1, 2009

Fighting the Flu with One Hand Tied

Journal Article

April 18, 2009

Donors’ roles in building of global public goods in health

Journal Article

April 17, 2009

Grand challenges in global health governance

Working Paper, Book

April 9, 2009

How Can Donors Help Build Global Public Goods in Health?

Journal Article

April 1, 2009

Reforming the HIPAA Privacy Rule: Safeguarding Privacy and Promoting Research

Journal Article

March 9, 2009

Health governance: law, regulation and policy

Journal Article

March 9, 2009

Science, Politics, and Values: The Politicization of Professional Practice Guidelines

Journal Article

February 27, 2009

A broader liberty: J.S. Mill, paternalism and the public’s health

Journal Article

February 2, 2009

Evolving From Reductionism to Holism: Is There a Future for Systems Medicine?

Journal Article

January 7, 2009

The Americans with Disabilities Act: Shattered Aspirations and New Hope

Op-Ed

January 5, 2009

A Case for Intervention

Journal Article

October 30, 2008

Lawrence O. Gostin on Biosecurity Policy: Are We Safer Today?

Journal Article

October 4, 2008

Blocking humanitarian assistance: a crime against humanity?

Book

October 1, 2008

Express Tuberculosis Control Laws in Selected U.S. Jurisdictions: A Report to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Journal Article

October 1, 2008

The Right to Bear Arms: Constitutional Law, Politics and Public Health

Journal Article

September 9, 2008

International Development Assistance for Health: Ten Priorities for the Next President.

Journal Article

September 9, 2008

The International Migration and Recruitment of Nurses

Journal Article

June 9, 2008

Global Health Law: A Definition and Grand Challenges

Book

June 9, 2008

Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint, Revised and Expanded Second Edition

Journal Article

April 9, 2008

The Deregulatory State

Journal Article

February 20, 2008

The Duty of States to Assist Other States in Need: Ethics, Human Rights, and International Law

Journal Article

January 2, 2008

Ensuring Effective Pain Treatment: A National and Global Perspective

Journal Article

December 5, 2007

The Tobacco Wars: Global Litigation Strategies

Book

December 3, 2007

Biosecurity in the Global Age: Biological Weapons, Public Health, and the Rule of Law

Journal Article

September 17, 2007

Meeting Basic Survival Needs of the World’s Least Healthy People toward a Framework Convention on Global Health

Journal Article

June 9, 2007

Global Regulatory Strategies for Tobacco Control

Speech

June 9, 2007

From a Civil Libertarian to a Sanitarian

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