Dr Alexandra Phelan
Assistant Professor | Adjunct Professor | Law, Infectious Disease, Planetary Health, Human Rights | 余雪莲 | She/Her
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Live – Crispr wins the 2020 chemistry Nobel prize
Chemistry World 110d 1 tweets
oin us for all the latest news, views and developments on this year's top chemistry prize
Why Trump’s Experimental Covid-19 Treatment Could Be Bad News for Everyone Else
Melody Schreiber - The New Republic 110d 3 tweets
Even if it’s working for the president, the ripple effects could harm the pandemic response down the line.
'Gross Negligence': Public Health Experts Weigh in on Mike Pence Participating in VP Debate
Rolling Stone 111d 6 tweets
The vice president should be isolating, not debating, after having been exposed to Covid-19
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Dr Alexandra Phelan ‘Gross Negligence’: Public Health Experts Weigh in on Mike Pence Participating in VP Debate with & via 110d
"Scale up investment in Universal Health Coverage and in stronger health systems" | United Nations
United Nations 110d 9 tweets
Nine months since we first heard of COVID-19, the pandemic has claimed more than one million lives and infected more than 30 million people in 190 countries. Infections are rising and there are troubling signs of new waves. Much about the virus...
Dr Alexandra Phelan "Under-investment in health can have a devastating impact on societies and economies...This huge gap in health coverage is one reason why COVID-19 has caused so much pain and suffering." – UN Secretary-General calling for global UHC. 110d
Eli Lilly says its monoclonal antibody cocktail is effective against Covid-19
Matthew Herper - STAT 110d 17 tweets
The monoclonal antibody treatment also appears to prevent patients from visiting the emergency room or hospital.
Dr Alexandra Phelan "Lilly said it anticipates it could have as many as 1 million doses of its one-antibody treatment, LY-CoV555, available in the fourth quarter of 2020, with 100,000 available this month" via 110d
If the UK wants to lead in global health, it must demonstrate a commitment to international laws which underpin global governance - The BMJ
The BMJ 110d 6 tweets
In Boris Johnson’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly last week, the world welcomed the commitment for the UK to increase its spending to the World Health Organization (WHO) [...]More...
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Dr Alexandra Phelan "Why would global governments collectively agree to have stricter protocols for pandemic preparedness and response, when they don’t abide by the ones that they have in place already?" #IHRReform Great piece by in 110d
The UN at 75: Conversation with Gro Harlem Brundtland
Eventbrite 111d 1 tweets
A discussion with Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Director-General of WHO and Norway's first woman Prime Minister, with NPR's Deborah Amos.
Elect Joe Biden, America
Nytimes.com 110d 12 tweets
The former vice president is the leader our nation needs now.
Why Nature needs to cover politics now more than ever
Nature.com 111d 27 tweets
Science and politics are inseparable — and Nature will be publishing more news, comment and research on the topic in the coming weeks and months.
150th Anniversary Week and Fall Programming | 150th Anniversary | Georgetown Law
Law.georgetown.edu 112d 1 tweets
Executive Board: Special session on the COVID-19 response
Who.int 113d 15 tweets
The Director-General and Chair of the Executive Board have called for an Executive Board special session in October to focus on COVID-19. This is the 5th special session of the WHO Executive Board.
Men overwhelmingly dominate the decision-making on Covid-19
CNN 115d 9 tweets
Men are making most of the decisions related to the coronavirus pandemic -- a disturbing pattern that could be costing lives.
Symptoms of a broken system: the gender gaps in COVID-19 decision-making
BMJ Global Health 115d 30 tweets
### Summary box A growing chorus of voices are questioning the glaring lack of women in COVID-19 decision-making bodies. Men dominating leadership positions in global health has long been the default mode of governing. This is a symptom of a broken...
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Dr Alexandra Phelan Men predominate in more than 85% of #COVID19 decision-making and advisory bodies at the national and international level. Our new research just published in ! Huge team effort led by brilliant . Article (OA): 🧵 below (1/6) 115d
Estonia to sign digital health cooperation deal with WHO
ERR 116d 1 tweets
The government says it is to work more closely with the World Health Organization (WHO) in the digital health sphere, a move which it says will raise Estonia's digital international profile both in providing solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic and...
Global pandemics and the rule of law
Vimeo 116d 1 tweets
A webinar presented by the IBA Foundation, co-sponsored by the Sandra Day O'Connor Institute and supported by the IBA Rule of Law Forum
Dr Alexandra Phelan Just Out: Recording of the International Bar Association's "Pandemics & the Rule of Law" town hall. An honor to join former Australian PM , Prof Lisa Sun & Homer Moyer for this to speak on #IHRReform & #covid19 116d
Ski, Party, Seed a Pandemic: The Travel Rules That Let Covid-19 Take Flight
David D. Kirkpatrick, Katrin Bennhold, Matt Apuzzo - Nytimes.com 117d 36 tweets
The World Health Organization said open borders would help fight disease. Experts, and a global treaty, emphatically agreed. But the scientific evidence was never behind them.
Dr Alexandra Phelan Good piece on dearth of evidence (both ways) on travel restrictions & pandemics by Tho more weight should be given to the impact restrictions (& not following int'l law) may have on reporting future outbreaks. 116d
How Operation Warp Speed's Big Vaccine Contracts Could Stay Secret
NPR.org 118d 7 tweets
More than $6 billion in federal funding has been routed through a firm that manages defense contracts, making the agreements subject to less federal scrutiny and transparency.
A/75/161 - E - A/75/161
Undocs.org 117d 1 tweets
HIV Policy Lab
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HIV Policy Lab
Dr Alexandra Phelan Just Launched! #HIVPolicyLab: a platform for examining laws and policies adopted by countries & whether laws based on best practice & scientific evidence. Congrats ! 118d
The media’s Covid-19 contrarians
The Saturday Paper 118d 1 tweets
I bought John Kehoe a coffee in 2016, when we were both in Washington, DC. Too late now for a refund, and there was, as far as I can remember, no hint of any latent Oedipal drive behind his small talk, nothing to indicate that on April 9 of this...