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What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

In the US, the majority of sovereign authority to regulate for public health rests with states, not the federal government. #PublicHealthLaw #LawSky #AcademicSky #Bioethics
coreyryung.bsky.social Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · Oct 15
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

In some states, the right to an appointed attorney, "if you cannot afford" one, made famous by the Miranda warning, is not guaranteed for misdemeanor charges, even when the defendant ends up serving their sentence in prison or jail.
coreyryung.bsky.social Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · Oct 15
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

Federal judges may sentence someone based on alleged conduct related to uncharged crimes and crimes for which the jury returned a not guilty verdict. See US v Watts (1997).
October 15, 2023 at 10:06 PM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
Law is a major social determinant of health #Eleventy #LegalEpi #PublicHealthLaw #PHLR #HealthLawRocks
August 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
there you go #PHLaw

Amidst the catastrophes as a field that public health is experiencing in the US, I still can't help but love and appreciate #StatePublicHealthLawInnovation #PublicHealthLaw
September 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
I am working on a firearms #LegalEpi project right now and law is a powerful social determinant of health eleventy #PHLaw #PublicHealthLaw
June 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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#PHLaw #PublicHealthLaw #Lawsky #Bioethics #PHEthx
drsinhaesq.bsky.social Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · Aug 29
New in JAMA with @medlawdan.bsky.social and SLU LAW 3L Connor Wallace: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
August 29, 2023 at 1:14 AM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
HIV criminalization is a public health law disaster. If laws intensify structural #stigma, they cannot meet standards of #HealthJustice

#PHLaw #PHEthx #PublicHealthLaw #PublicHealthEthics #FundamentalCause #HealthInequalities #PopLevelBioethics #Bioethics

h/t @slooterman.bsky.social
March 13, 2024 at 1:14 AM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
Law is a powerful social determinant of health, eleventy

#LegalEpi #LawIsASDoH #AntiStigma #Antidiscrimination #PublicHealthLaw
loganicole.bsky.social Logan Beyer @loganicole.bsky.social · May 14
🏳️‍🌈🔥 Hot off the press! 🔥🏳️‍🌈

State conversion therapy bans reduce suicidal ideation among high schoolers.

In an incredibly timely and rigorous analysis, Overhage et al. demonstrate the mental health benefits of policies that protect LGBTQ+ youth.

doi.org/10.1111/1475...
<em>Health Services Research</em> | AcademyHealth & HRET Journal | Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the impact of state legislation banning healthcare workers from using sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts with minors (attempts to convert sexual and gender div...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
Important!

#PublicHealthLaw #PHLaw #ReproLaw #HealthLaw #LawIsASDoH #LawIsATechnicalField #HealthLawRocks

H/t @lynettemartins.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
It's passing strange to be a conflicts-of-interest & population health scholar at a moment where there is every effort to deepen and intensify those conflicts. Not even a whisper or an effort to avoid them! #PublicHealthEthics #PHEthx #PublicHealthLaw #PHLaw
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jul 25
Representatives for Taylor Farms called the White House to try to delay a recall tied to one of the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history

www.wsj.com/health/taylo...
Representatives for produce giant Taylor Farms contacted the White House with an urgent plea: the company wanted to delay announcing a recall tied to one of the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history. The call, during which the company asked for more proof and more time before being linked to the outbreak, illustrates how one of the country’s largest produce suppliers sought to limit its exposure to a public-relations nightmare, while grappling with a costly and complicated recall. Over the past several weeks, health officials have been scrambling to contain the outbreak of cyclospora, which can cause explosive diarrhea. Some current and former government officials have criticized the handling of the outbreak, both by the administration and Taylor Farms. Federal health authorities were preparing late last week to link Taylor Farms to a multistate parasitic infection that has sickened thousands. The company wanted to see more evidence, according to people familiar with the matter. The White House asked officials from the Food and Drug Administration, which has been investigating growing cases of cyclosporiasis, to join the call with Taylor Farms, which the government maintains is the source of the multistate outbreak. During the discussion, Taylor Farms raised concerns that the government had no positive laboratory tests linking its product to the outbreak and that it was overstating the company’s culpability, according to one of the people who was on the call. Taylor Farms sought out the White House after company executives felt they hadn’t gotten enough clarity from the FDA on the evidence behind a potential recall and the scope of it, according to a person familiar with the situation. Health and Human Services Department spokeswoman Emily Hilliard said the FDA presented Taylor Farms with substantial evidence connecting its products to the outbreak and engaged in extensive discussions with the company.
July 25, 2026 at 2:15 AM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
LAW IS A POWERFUL SOCIAL DETERMINANT OF HEALTH, part eleventy

#Preemption #PHLaw #PublicHealthLaw #PHLR #LegalEpi
May 19, 2024 at 12:04 AM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
Developing…

So proud to be a WEIRDO.

#HealthLawRocks #PublicHealthLaw

👇👇👇
jalaynearias.bsky.social Jalayne J. Arias, JD, MA @jalaynearias.bsky.social · Jan 6
WEIRDOS Update: The Legal Scholars in Health Sciences Workshop will be held on June 3rd in Boston, just before the Health Law Prof Conf. Speaker invites are in progress . . . This line-up is beyond my wildest dreams! Stay tuned for registration and more details (including the Jr. Scholars App).
January 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
It has a cover and a title!!!

"Tackle Football and Traumatic Brain Injuries: Law, Ethics, and Public Health" (forthcoming, 2024)

#TheThirdBook #PHLaw #PHEthx #TheManufactureOfDoubt #TBI #Bioethics #PublicHealthLaw #PublicHealthPolicy #Agnotology #Regulation #HistPubHealth #InjuryEpi #EpiSky
March 20, 2024 at 9:53 PM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
Important. If we aren't increasing capacity for #PublicHealthLaw among working public health professionals, we are missing a huge opportunity. @changelabsolutions.bsky.social is a leader in this effort.
jlme-journal.bsky.social The Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics @jlme-journal.bsky.social · Jul 31
New on FirstView: "Training Future Public Health Professional in Law: Results from a Pilot Curriculum" by Florence Pham, Jami Crespo, Montrece Ransom, and Tyra Satchell. #PublicHealth #Curriculum
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Columns: Teaching Health Law Training Future Public Health Professional in Law: Results from a Pilot Curriculum Florence Pham1, Jami Crespo2, Montrece Ransom3 and Tyra Satchell2 1National Center for STLT Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce, DRT Strategies, INC., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States; 2ChangeLab Solutions, Oakland, United States and 3National Network of Public Health Institutes, St. Louis, United States Abstract Recognizing the increased demand for public health law skills within the public health workforce, ChangeLab Solutions, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, conducted a pilot program to increase knowledge of law among public health students. In partnership with a team of curriculum consultants, ChangeLab Solutions developed and piloted a curriculum across eight public health programs that consisted of six modules which focused on defining public health law and explaining its role in shaping health outcomes and inequities. Faculty members that piloted the modules found students had an increased knowledge of public health law concepts after completing the modules. Faculty members also experienced several barriers that might hinder effective delivery of the curriculum. Integration of public health law concepts into public health coursework within SPPH is one method of increasing students’ preparedness and capacity to use legal tools in addressing health outcomes and inequities. Keywords: public health law; public health; law; policy; curriculum; curricula; schools and programs of public health; SPPH; health equity; inequities
July 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
Law is a major social determinant of health part eleventy

H/t @rmcarpiano.bsky.social

#PHLaw #LegalEpi #PHLR #PublicHealthLaw
johnholbein1.bsky.social John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · May 3
COVID-19 vaccine mandates at U.S. universities saved *a lot* of lives.

Gated: jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl...

Ungated: rileyacton.github.io/rileyswebsit...
May 3, 2024 at 2:02 AM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
I can't wait to dig into this overview of one of my core fields, written by one of the people most responsible for creating it. #PublicHealthLaw #WeExist #PHLaw
March 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
Hey BlueSky - guess what?

My book has an official page w/ @hopkinspress.bsky.social!!!

press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

It can also be pre-ordered @ many of the usual outlets.

#PHLaw #PublicHealthLaw #PHEthx #PublicHealthEthics #HistoryAndPolicy #HistPubHealth #Excited #ScholarTeacher
Tackle Football and Traumatic Brain Injuries
Daniel S. Goldbergforeword by Christopher Nowinski
press.jhu.edu
May 1, 2024 at 9:57 PM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
Public health law matters, eleventy

#PublicHealthLaw #PHLaw #LawIsASocialDeterminantOfHealth
Colorado sues operator of Aurora immigrant detention center to enforce tuberculosis order
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser sued the GEO Group in an effort to force the company to comply with a health order on tuberculosis.
coloradosun.com
August 19, 2026 at 10:30 PM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
imporetant, h/t @vgkoch.bsky.social #PHLaw #PublicHealthLaw

cc @dorfmandoron.bsky.social @doritreiss.bsky.social
gabrielmalor.bsky.social Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · Oct 9
9th Cir. holds that Montana law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of vaccine status (created for COVID-deniers) is not preempted in healthcare settings by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act or the OSH Act.

cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
Screengrab from the linked court decision. Click link for full text.
October 9, 2024 at 7:22 PM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
And also, the important and pathbreaking work of health & disability law scholar @dorfmandoron.bsky.social on the "fear of the disability con"

#PHLaw #PHEthx #PublicHealthLaw #PublicHealthEthics #HistoryAndPolicy #WhatIsNewIsOld #Malingering #StigmaStudies #PolicyStudies #HistoryMatters

6/6
Pandemic “Disability Cons” | Journal of Law, Medicine &amp; Ethics | Cambridge Core
Pandemic “Disability Cons” - Volume 49 Issue 3
www.cambridge.org
February 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
The material in these sessions is incredible and IMO is of particular use to policy professionals who might want to supplement their skill set. #PublicHealthLaw
changelabsolutions.bsky.social ChangeLab Solutions @changelabsolutions.bsky.social · Feb 4
After our Finding & Reading the Law sessions sold out last fall, we’re offering four more skill-building trainings for changemakers to develop their legal knowledge with guidance from ChangeLab attorneys.
Learn more & register here: events.humanitix.com/finding-and-...
#LegalTraining #PublicHealth
Finding & Reading the Law
Finding & Reading the Law is a 2-hour virtual training focused on building practical legal skills to support effective policy change. Register by Oct 15 for 10%
events.humanitix.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
What if the only appreciable way to substantially reduce risk is to eliminate collisions?

#PublicHealthEthics #Agnotology #RegulatoryCapture #TechnologicalImperative #Bioethics #HealthLaw #PublicHealthLaw
February 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
Once more, with feeling:

The evidence is plain - and was predicted - that Medicaid work requirements have little effect on labor outcomes and instead have as their primary effects disenrollment (or, in this case, preventing enrollment altogether).

#PHLaw #Stigma #PublicHealthLaw #PHEthx
December 6, 2024 at 5:29 PM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
There's a Share link at which you can access the paper free, no registration required:

authors.elsevier.com/a/1m0Np3PEro...

Feedback is most welcome!

#PHLaw #PublicHealthLaw #LegalEpi #LawAndStigma #Bioethics #HealthPolicy #AddictionStudies
authors.elsevier.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
Wow, cannot wait to read this

"The Synergistic Health Threats of State Laws Targeting Marginalized Groups in the United States" #LegalEpi #PHLR #PHLaw #PublicHealthLaw #LawIsASDoH #StigmaStudies #StructuralStigma #LawAndStigma

ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...
AJPH
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
ajph.aphapublications.org
November 10, 2024 at 7:21 PM
profgoldberg.bsky.social
State preemption as a sword to attack public health laws that seek to protect some of the most vulnerable and oppressed workers.

Law is a powerful social determinant of health.

🤢🤢😡😡 #PHLaw #PHEthx #PublicHealthLaw #Preemption #LegalEpi

cc @dcarr.bsky.social
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Mar 7
Florida’s Senate approved a bill that would ban cities and counties from adopting requirements for mandatory water breaks and other workplace protections against extreme heat
Florida Senate passes bill blocking local rules protecting workers from heat
The legislation comes after the planet notched its hottest year in recorded history in 2023.
www.nbcnews.com
March 7, 2024 at 3:24 PM