@alexandraphelan.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Global Health Law, Johns Hopkins - Senior Scholar, Center for Health Security - Director (Policy), Institute for Planetary Health International law, infectious diseases, pandemics, equity, solidarity & justice
@alexandraphelan.bsky.socialAt the UN First Committee today to give an intervention prepared by @filippalentzos.bsky.social and civil society on the Biological Weapons Convention, calling on States to uphold the treaty and fundamental norms prohibiting biological weapons, especially with a changing bio risk landscape.
@jlme-journal.bsky.socialReposted by @alexandraphelan.bsky.socialNew on FirstView: "The Legal Epidemiology Learning Cohort: Reflections and Spotlights After a Decade of Practice-Based Legal Epidemiology Training" by Katie Hannon Michel, Samantha Bent Weber, @laurentonti.bsky.social, Matthew Penn, et al.
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@drkatemarvel.bsky.socialReposted by @alexandraphelan.bsky.socialThe only way to prevent geoengineering turning into a giant shitshow is to have a robust and credible planetary governance structure, but if we had one of those we would have already stopped climate change
@melodyschreiber.comReposted by @alexandraphelan.bsky.socialBREAKING: Guinea-Bissau did not approve the controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial to move forward, the country's health minister says:
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
@davidho.bsky.socialReposted by @alexandraphelan.bsky.socialRead this @ktoussaint.bsky.social piece about attribution science, which fossil fuel companies and their shills are trying to undermine because it’s the tool we have for holding fossil fuel companies accountable for climate damage.
@alexandraphelan.bsky.socialOh this is gutting. Helen profoundly advanced health and science reporting globally. What a huge loss to the world and for truth. My thoughts are with her family, friends, and colleagues.
@asilorg.bsky.socialReposted by @alexandraphelan.bsky.socialStatement of ASIL President Oona A. Hathaway Regarding the United States Sanctions on the International Criminal Court.
@alexandraphelan.bsky.socialToday the UN General Assembly formally adopted the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, reflecting high level political global commitment to (inter alia) finalize the Pandemic Agmt's PABS Annex. 153 Member States voted in favor, 3 against, with 2 abstentions.
@alexandraphelan.bsky.socialI feel this in my bones.
@alexandraphelan.bsky.socialPoliticians are calling on the Australian government to block the US execution live stream in Australia.
The moral injury of the US government's decision is global, and will have global repercussions for the US, its people, and its leaders.
@alexandraphelan.bsky.socialWHO has released a DON on the pneumonia death in Irkutsk, summarizes the official info Russia provided to WHO.
As it stands:
- no identified evidence of ongoing transmission
- uncertainty is the lack of confirmed diagnosis
- WHO will monitor & assess any further info
@who.intReposted by @alexandraphelan.bsky.socialDisease Outbreak News on Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus - Democratic Republic of the Congo (8 October 2026) https://bit.ly/4zf1z18
@thinkglobalhealth.orgReposted by @alexandraphelan.bsky.socialZambia and the United States have reached a bilateral health deal, following a stalemate over data and specimen sharing clauses. The countries announced a five-year, $2.49 billion agreement, approximately 40% to be cofinanced by Zambia.
@josiegz.bsky.socialReposted by @alexandraphelan.bsky.socialNavanethem "Navi" Pillay became the first woman to start a law practice in South Africa's Natal Province back in 1967.
A bus driver's daughter from a poor Indian section of Durban in South Africa, Pillay grew up and began her human rights work during the apartheid era.
@alexandraphelan.bsky.socialIn light of recent events in Russia, I spoke with @npr.org today about the international law that governs information sharing early in outbreaks, along with the wonderful as ever Larry Gostin.
@alexandraphelan.bsky.socialI think for fields that are especially fragmented there’s a place for restatements beyond the judiciary, such as for both legal and non-legal practitioners. It’s something that we’ve been pondering in the context of health emergency and disaster laws.
@alexandraphelan.bsky.socialI don’t for a second believe that this is anything but bending the knee, but what an own goal of an analogy
@alexandraphelan.bsky.socialOh what a joy! Anne Carson is extraordinary. Reading An Oresteia is a singular delight that I highly recommend as a starting point to her work.
@alexandraphelan.bsky.socialExcellent OpEd by @ggronvall.bsky.social @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
While there are outstanding questions about the cause of events in Russia, it has already made clear how dangerously vulnerable the US is to the next pandemic threat, deepened by recent cuts.
@crof.bsky.socialReposted by @alexandraphelan.bsky.social