Penny Gleeson
@drpennygleeson.bsky.social
Researcher. Teacher. Adviser. Always Learning. Public & Health Law. Regulatory Theory & Practice. Med Tech. Ethics. Posts my own, not my employers. Re-posts not endorsement.
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Now available on Cambridge University Press: "10 Years of Global Health Law," a celebration of Lawrence Gostin's pioneering book Global Health Law, edited by @benjaminmasonmeier.bsky.social , Michele Bratcher Goodwin and Katie Gottschalk.
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June 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Now available on Cambridge University Press: "10 Years of Global Health Law," a celebration of Lawrence Gostin's pioneering book Global Health Law, edited by @benjaminmasonmeier.bsky.social , Michele Bratcher Goodwin and Katie Gottschalk.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Ugh. “FDA employees characterized the launch of the AI, called Elsa, as “rushed” and expressed concern the agency is both over-inflating its capabilities and failing to set guardrails. Makary announced only in May that the rollout would be expedited” cc @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
FDA plans to begin rolling out AI tool agency-wide on Tuesday
The FDA plans to roll out its agency-wide AI tool weeks ahead of schedule, per a press release that provides the most detailed look yet at the technology and how it may be used.
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June 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Ugh. “FDA employees characterized the launch of the AI, called Elsa, as “rushed” and expressed concern the agency is both over-inflating its capabilities and failing to set guardrails. Makary announced only in May that the rollout would be expedited” cc @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
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In college, I once went to Prof. MacIntyre's office hours... The phone rang. He took the call, listened, then said curtly to phone, 'I'm sorry, I can't help you now, I'm busy." He put down the receiver, snorted.
"That was Time Magazine. They want to know what's wrong with morality in America today."
"That was Time Magazine. They want to know what's wrong with morality in America today."
Philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre has died.
Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-2025) - Daily Nous
Alasdair MacIntyre, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and Duke University, well-known for his work on moral and political philosophy, has died. Professor MacIntyre wrote...
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May 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
In college, I once went to Prof. MacIntyre's office hours... The phone rang. He took the call, listened, then said curtly to phone, 'I'm sorry, I can't help you now, I'm busy." He put down the receiver, snorted.
"That was Time Magazine. They want to know what's wrong with morality in America today."
"That was Time Magazine. They want to know what's wrong with morality in America today."
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Good news: The FDA finally approved the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine.
Bad news: There are new restrictions that will create lots of problems for people who want to get the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine.
Bad news: There are new restrictions that will create lots of problems for people who want to get the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine.
May 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Good news: The FDA finally approved the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine.
Bad news: There are new restrictions that will create lots of problems for people who want to get the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine.
Bad news: There are new restrictions that will create lots of problems for people who want to get the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine.
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Excited to be reading @gabrielwinant.bsky.social today- www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
The Next Shift — Harvard University Press
Winner of the Frederick Jackson Turner AwardWinner of the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial PrizeWinner of the C. L. R. James AwardA New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA ProMarket Best Politi...
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May 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Excited to be reading @gabrielwinant.bsky.social today- www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
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TRUMPISM REJECTED IN AUSTRALIA
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been re-elected as his Labor Party surged to victory and is projected to form a majority government. In a historic first, opposition leader Peter Dutton—often likened to Donald Trump—lost his own seat of Dickson.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been re-elected as his Labor Party surged to victory and is projected to form a majority government. In a historic first, opposition leader Peter Dutton—often likened to Donald Trump—lost his own seat of Dickson.
May 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
TRUMPISM REJECTED IN AUSTRALIA
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been re-elected as his Labor Party surged to victory and is projected to form a majority government. In a historic first, opposition leader Peter Dutton—often likened to Donald Trump—lost his own seat of Dickson.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been re-elected as his Labor Party surged to victory and is projected to form a majority government. In a historic first, opposition leader Peter Dutton—often likened to Donald Trump—lost his own seat of Dickson.
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Why are new phase 3 clinical trials not done or necessary for seasonal flu vaccines and COVID vaccine boosters every year?
Here is a thread which may be useful explaining why, since demands for full scale trials may used as a strategy to delay these vaccines in the coming season 🧵
Here is a thread which may be useful explaining why, since demands for full scale trials may used as a strategy to delay these vaccines in the coming season 🧵
April 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Why are new phase 3 clinical trials not done or necessary for seasonal flu vaccines and COVID vaccine boosters every year?
Here is a thread which may be useful explaining why, since demands for full scale trials may used as a strategy to delay these vaccines in the coming season 🧵
Here is a thread which may be useful explaining why, since demands for full scale trials may used as a strategy to delay these vaccines in the coming season 🧵
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“U.S. democracy will likely break down during the second Trump administration, in the sense that it will cease to meet standard criteria for liberal democracy: full adult suffrage, free and fair elections, and broad protection of civil liberties.”
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The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
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March 31, 2025 at 5:18 AM
“U.S. democracy will likely break down during the second Trump administration, in the sense that it will cease to meet standard criteria for liberal democracy: full adult suffrage, free and fair elections, and broad protection of civil liberties.”
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"This is not how we make America healthy." "A huge loss for FDA." "This is so incredibly sad for cancer and specifically cell and gene therapy." Strong reactions from across the political spectrum to Peter Marks being forced out of FDA. New from STAT. www.statnews.com/2025/03/28/f...
Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine regulator, forced out
Top FDA official Peter Marks was forced to resign as the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
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March 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
"This is not how we make America healthy." "A huge loss for FDA." "This is so incredibly sad for cancer and specifically cell and gene therapy." Strong reactions from across the political spectrum to Peter Marks being forced out of FDA. New from STAT. www.statnews.com/2025/03/28/f...
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🧵 1/14 The WHO "Best Buys" have been effective but underutilised. Our paper @lancetrh-europe.bsky.social introduces "Quick Buys"—cost-effective interventions that show measurable public health impact within 5 years. w/ David Stuckler, @gauden.bsky.social and other colleagues at WHO EURO
March 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
🧵 1/14 The WHO "Best Buys" have been effective but underutilised. Our paper @lancetrh-europe.bsky.social introduces "Quick Buys"—cost-effective interventions that show measurable public health impact within 5 years. w/ David Stuckler, @gauden.bsky.social and other colleagues at WHO EURO
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Detailed & thoughtful piece. In Oz we have a blind spot with, & inexplicable tolerance of, COVID infections in hospitals (not all) that results in many preventable deaths. Better air indoor quality is a central component of the solution.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Too many catching Covid-19 in hospital, experts say - but precautions being rolled back
Hospital-acquired infections are a billion-dollar burden and cause more disability than road crashes. Why aren't we doing more to prevent them?
www.rnz.co.nz
March 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Detailed & thoughtful piece. In Oz we have a blind spot with, & inexplicable tolerance of, COVID infections in hospitals (not all) that results in many preventable deaths. Better air indoor quality is a central component of the solution.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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🇺🇸 US Surgeon General calls for #cancer warnings on #alcohol
America's top doctor has called for risk warnings on alcoholic beverages, similar to the labels on #cigarettes, following new research that links the drinks to seven types of cancer
www.bbc.com/news/article...
America's top doctor has called for risk warnings on alcoholic beverages, similar to the labels on #cigarettes, following new research that links the drinks to seven types of cancer
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US surgeon general calls for cancer warnings on alcoholic drinks
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says warning labels should be updated to increase awareness of links to seven types of cancer.
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January 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🇺🇸 US Surgeon General calls for #cancer warnings on #alcohol
America's top doctor has called for risk warnings on alcoholic beverages, similar to the labels on #cigarettes, following new research that links the drinks to seven types of cancer
www.bbc.com/news/article...
America's top doctor has called for risk warnings on alcoholic beverages, similar to the labels on #cigarettes, following new research that links the drinks to seven types of cancer
www.bbc.com/news/article...
But what part of Greece? #Konstas #boxingdaytest
December 25, 2024 at 11:48 PM
But what part of Greece? #Konstas #boxingdaytest
#publichealth and #politics peeps: I am looking for recommendations of scholarly work on the MAHA movement, including its international implications. Any reccos would be much appreciated!
December 14, 2024 at 4:05 AM
#publichealth and #politics peeps: I am looking for recommendations of scholarly work on the MAHA movement, including its international implications. Any reccos would be much appreciated!
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Vietnam's National Assembly votes to ban production, sale, import, storage, transportation and use of e-cigarettes starting 2025 e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vi...
Vietnam to ban e-cigarettes starting 2025 - VnExpress International
The National Assembly on Saturday agreed to ban the production, sale, import, storage, transportation and usage of e-cigarettes starting 2025 to protect people's health.
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December 2, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Vietnam's National Assembly votes to ban production, sale, import, storage, transportation and use of e-cigarettes starting 2025 e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vi...
November 29, 2024 at 9:55 AM
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We are delighted to launch our Special Issue on the Commercial Determinants of Health @healthpromint.bsky.social
Our Editorial reflects on the values that unify the CDoH, the challenges that we face and how we overcome these.
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Our Editorial reflects on the values that unify the CDoH, the challenges that we face and how we overcome these.
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November 21, 2024 at 8:35 AM
We are delighted to launch our Special Issue on the Commercial Determinants of Health @healthpromint.bsky.social
Our Editorial reflects on the values that unify the CDoH, the challenges that we face and how we overcome these.
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
Our Editorial reflects on the values that unify the CDoH, the challenges that we face and how we overcome these.
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
Friends - My book ‘The Regulation of Medical Products: Dope, Drugs and Devices’ is now available to pre-order from Routledge. In it I challenge the usual legitimation of regulatory regimes for medical products from the perspective of science alone. Enjoy!
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The Regulation of Medical Products: Dope, Drugs and Devices
This book develops a theoretical framework for examining and assessing the regulatory arrangements for medical products.
Since the first half of the 20th century, the regulation of pharmaceuticals, me...
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November 11, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Friends - My book ‘The Regulation of Medical Products: Dope, Drugs and Devices’ is now available to pre-order from Routledge. In it I challenge the usual legitimation of regulatory regimes for medical products from the perspective of science alone. Enjoy!
www.routledge.com/The-Regulati...
www.routledge.com/The-Regulati...
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Dr. Iwashyna, an ICU physician at Johns Hopkins, told STAT: “Just last week in my ICU, I had a patient whose pulse oximeter was reading 100% at the same time that his arterial blood gas showed that his oxygen levels were dangerously low. I need these things to work, and work in all my patients.”
Pulse oximeters' inaccuracies in darker-skinned people require urgent action, AGs tell FDA
Twenty-five AGs called on the FDA to take urgent action on pulse oximeters' inaccuracies when used on people with darker skin.
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November 15, 2023 at 12:44 PM
Dr. Iwashyna, an ICU physician at Johns Hopkins, told STAT: “Just last week in my ICU, I had a patient whose pulse oximeter was reading 100% at the same time that his arterial blood gas showed that his oxygen levels were dangerously low. I need these things to work, and work in all my patients.”
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#PHLaw #PublicHealthLaw #Lawsky #Bioethics #PHEthx
New in JAMA with @medlawdan.bsky.social and SLU LAW 3L Connor Wallace: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
August 29, 2023 at 1:14 AM
#PHLaw #PublicHealthLaw #Lawsky #Bioethics #PHEthx