O'Neill Institute

O'Neill's co-faculty directors, @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social and @gostin.bsky.social, respond to the widespread starvation and malnutrition in Gaza.

Read their full statement: oneill.law.georgetown.edu/press/statem....

Addiction community responds to Trump homelessness order President Trump's executive order on homelessness aims to make it easier for states and cities to get people into mental health or addiction treatment, even if that means involuntary civil commitment.

"The most important thing about harm reduction is that it builds trust with people so that folks who wouldn't otherwise get any kind of care can get the type of care that they need."

O'Neill's @reginalabelle.bsky.social spoke to @npr.org's All Things Considered.

www.npr.org/2025/07/28/n...

What does success look like?

In a new piece published in @nature.com, O'Neill's @gostin.bsky.social argues that the 2025 Pandemic Agreement is a grand global social bargain that replaces charity with equity.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

O’Neill’s @reginalabelle.bsky.social spoke to @washingtonpost.com about a new executive order.

What does PEPFAR's future look like? When Congress approved a Trump administration plan to take back $9 billion in funds they'd previously allocated to public media and foreign aid, there was just one program that lawmakers decided to sp...

“I don’t think the program is out of the woods yet. It is a time of such great uncertainty.”
O'Neill's Dr. Charles Holmes spoke to @npr.org's All Things Considered about the future of PEPFAR.

www.npr.org/2025/07/23/n...

Opinion | Investigate Biden’s health in office, but investigate Trump’s, too Plus: How the opioid settlement can be used to help save more lives

"As the editorial states, long-term efforts are needed, but we must also look to the evidence to drive effective strategies that improve lives and prevent deaths."
O'Neill's @reginalabelle.bsky.social wrote to @postopinions.bsky.social.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Purl’s HIPAA Ruling Rolls Back Essential Reproductive Privacy Protections Nationwide - O'Neill The O’Neill Institute believes that the law is a fundamental tool for solving critical health problems.

What does June's ruling in Purl v. Department of Health and Human Services mean for women and their health care providers?

In a new expert column, Suhasini Ravi answers this question and more
oneill.law.georgetown.edu/purls-hipaa-...

Progress under threat: The future of overdose prevention in the United States | Brookings Overdose prevention stands at an important crossroads as the Trump administration and Congress propose and implement policies that endanger recent progress.

New commentary out from @brookings.edu - always great to collaborate with @holtgrave-health.bsky.social

Progress under threat: The future of overdose prevention in the United States www.brookings.edu/articles/pro...

Housing Crisis Threatens US Cities Ahead of 2026 World Cup The 2026 World Cup may worsen the housing crisis as cities brace for short-term rentals, displacement, and long-term rent hikes.

“The issue doesn’t get the attention it deserves.”
O'Neill's Jennifer Li talks to CRE Daily about the housing crisis threatening US cities ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
www.credaily.com/briefs/housi...

Join O'Neill's @reginalabelle.bsky.social for a special webinar with @tfah.bsky.social.

Listen to O'Neill's @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social on a new episode of 'Looking Back, Moving Forward,' a podcast from @msmagazine.com.

A good breakdown by @katie-keith.bsky.social of @oneillinstitute.bsky.social of all the ways this bill will impact health care—from #Medicaid to #abortion access.

With Budget Reconciliation Bill Enacted, Health Care Changes Loom | Health Affairs

The Price of Preserving Preventive Services Coverage | The Regulatory Review The Supreme Court preserves preventive services coverage but emboldens the HHS Secretary.

What is the price of preserving preventive services coverage?

In a new piece in @theregreview.bsky.social, O'Neill's @katie-keith.bsky.social and Andrew Twinamatsiko explain how a recent SCOTUS decision protects preventive services coverage but emboldens the HHS Secretary.

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Addiction Medicine Grand Rounds: The First 100 Days - The Trump Administration and Changes to Addiction Policy 07/08/2025 event : The Yale Program in Addiction Medicine is pleased to welcome Regina LaBelle, JD, as guest speaker for Addiction Medicine Grand Rounds on July

Missed O'Neill's @reginalabelle.bsky.social at @yaleadm.bsky.social's Addiction Medicine Grand Rounds?
Watch the recording today!
medicine.yale.edu/event/addict...

“Any time you are fraying the social safety net, as they are doing here, you are inevitably going to hard vulnerable populations, including transgender communities."
O'Neill's @katie-keith.bsky.social talks to the @19thnews.org ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Making America Healthy Again: Remedies for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Campaign against Chronic Disease Chronic diseases impose enormous health and economic burdens in the United States, especially on marginalized populations, and demand evidence-based, equity-focused interventions. To combat chronic d...

In a new piece in the @hastingscenter.bsky.social Report,
@gostin.bsky.social, @alexandrafinch.bsky.social, and Peter Lurie dig deeper into the MAHA agenda and identify evidence-based policies that would be effective in combating chronic diseases.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

HHS carries out mass firings across health agencies after Supreme Court decision | CNN Thousands of employees across US federal health agencies received an email Monday afternoon telling them they were out of a job as of the close of business.

“They seem to be emboldened by the recent Supreme Court decisions that have been green-lighting the Trump administration’s actions that other courts have stayed."

O'Neill's Andrew Twinamatsiko responds to HHS proceeding with layoffs.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/14/h...

The Building Blocks of Global Health Security | The Regulatory Review Lawrence O. Gostin discusses the importance of equity and science in the face of threats to global health security.

O'Neill's @gostin.bsky.social is featured in the @theregreview.bsky.social's latest Sunday Spotlight.

www.theregreview.org/2025/07/13/s...

Authored by @sharonannlynch.bsky.social, @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social, ‪‪@linda-gailb.bsky.social‬, ‪@rmcohen72.bsky.social‬, Yogan Pillay, Yvette Raphael, & Agrata Sharma the 10-point framework to accelerate access, even at a time of drastic funding cuts & threats to the gains of the past 25 years.

Lessons for long-acting lenacapavir: catalysing equitable PrEP access in low-income and middle-income countries Despite substantial advances in biomedical HIV prevention, including long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) options such as cabotegravir, barriers to widespread adoption and scale-up p...

Newly approved long-acting lenacapavir has the potential to transform the HIV epidemic, but only if barriers to access are addressed. A new piece in The Lancet HIV explores this.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

'Big Beautiful Bill' Has Health Provisions That Flew Under the Radar Changes to affect provider taxes, med student loans, health savings accounts, Planned Parenthood

A new piece in @medpagetoday.bsky.social today featuring O'Neill's Zach Baron and @katie-keith.bsky.social breaks down some of the health provisions in the Big Beautiful Bill Act that flew under the radar.
www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

Join the O'Neill, the Governments of Malawi and Rwanda, and AHCWG for an #IAS2025 pre-conference event, “Building Resilience: Strengthening National Leadership, Integration, and Sustainable HIV Programs in an Era of Funding Transition.”
Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....

Tune in for my latest episode. I was joined by #JacksonKatz, #CodyThompson, and #GaryBarker this week for #OnTheIssuesPod @msmagazine.com Listen here: msmagazine.com/series/on-th... or wherever you take in your pods. @oneillinstitute.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥

“I don’t know that we would have seen this decision in the same way if we hadn’t had the Dobbs decision three years ago and the erosion of sex-based protections."
O'Neill's @katie-keith.bsky.social talks to @stateline.org following the decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti.

Georgetown Law and O’Neill Institute Host Second Annual “Supreme Court Term in Review” Top legal advocates, scholars and journalists convened at Georgetown Law July 2 to analyze some of the most consequential and controversial decisions of the Supreme Court’s 2024-25 term, from immigran...

Top legal advocates, scholars and journalists convened at Georgetown Law to analyze some of the most consequential and controversial decisions of the #SCOTUS 2024-25 term, from immigrant deportations to nationwide injunctions to transgender rights. bit.ly/4lGUxeD @oneillinstitute.bsky.social

Missed last week's event? Watch the recordings on C-SPAN
📺 The Rule of Law & the Trump Administration: www.c-span.org/program/publ...
📺 Supreme Court Term in Review:
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Join O’Neill experts at IAS 2025 in Kigali. Our experts will be sharing evidence-based insights about resiliency in the global HIV response.

Learn more: oneill.law.georgetown.edu/events/ias-2...

Register for the pre-conference: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....
@iasociety.bsky.social

One hour from now, we'll be speaking with Regina LaBelle - hope to see you, today, at Addiction Medicine Grand Rounds!

Defrauding Medicare or Medicaid Could Put Citizenship at Risk, DOJ Says Policy would apply to those who became naturalized citizens by illegal means

Doctors & other naturalized citizens who commit Medicare or Medicaid fraud could be stripped of their citizenship, according to a memo from the DOJ.

Lawrence Gostin, JD, said the policy "is likely to be dangerous, discriminatory, and invidious."
www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

A Setback for Prescription Drug Pricing: Eighth Circuit Rolls Back Minnesota Drug Price-Gouging Law - O'Neill Summary of the litigation over Minnesota’s price-gouging law and how it may affect other laws that set limits on prescription drug prices.

New expert column from O'Neill's Andrew J. Twinamatsiko.

🔗: oneill.law.georgetown.edu/a-setback-fo...