Lawrence O. Gostin is a Distinguished University Professor (Georgetown University’s highest academic rank), founding O’Neill Chair in Global Health Law and a professor of medicine at Georgetown. He is also director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for National and Global Health Law. Follow Gostin on X @lawrencegostin
American Global Health Leadership in a Second Trump Administration
The Trump administration may undermine U.S. leadership and the international system of global health cooperation. Pandemic preparedness, resilient health systems and reproductive rights will suffer worldwide
The World Desperately Needs a New Pandemic Treaty
Negotiations over a global pandemic treaty broke down at WHO this year. The legacy of the world's unreadiness for COVID means that it is essential to adopt the accord in 2025
What Could Actually Work to Curb Gun Violence
Evidence-based solutions to firearm safety range from banning assault weapons to increasing green spaces
COVID Pushed Global Health Institutions to Their Limits
The need to reinvent the World Health Organization has become abundantly clear
Vaccine Mandates Are Lawful, Effective and Based on Rock-Solid Science
Clear legal pathways exist to move the U.S. closer to herd immunity