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Jennifer Oliva

@jennoliva.bsky.social

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Law prof at IU Maurer Law (@iumaurerlaw.bsky.social); #health law, #drug policy, #privacy, #evidence, #torts, complex #litigation; West Point, Oxford & Georgetown Law alum; https://law.indiana.edu/about/people/details/oliva-jennifer-d.html

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Jennifer Oliva @jennoliva.bsky.social · Dec 8

I’m obviously frustrated with the constant allegation that the huge (and only one they can come up with) benefit of the US healthcare system is “not having to wait for services.” Are there any of you that have a story about having to wait to your health detriment for US healthcare? Please share.

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KFF @kff.org · 4d

As Congress debates the future of the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits, new KFF polling finds significant concern about affordability if they expire at the end of the year.

Explore the findings: https://on.kff.org/4q7ElGy

KFF graphic titled "If ACA Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire, Marketplace Premiums Could More Than Double for Many Enrollees. New KFF Polling Shows:"
It includes two sections of data from a KFF Health Tracking Poll (September 23-29, 2025). On the left, blue circles illustrate that 7 in 10 of those who purchase their own insurance say they could not afford their coverage if premiums doubled. On the right, green circles show that about 4 in 10 Marketplace enrollees would go without health insurance coverage if premiums doubled.

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Maya Manian @mayamanian.bsky.social · 14d

Thrilled that HLPP is hosting Risk and Resistance on Oct 3! Honored to celebrate @azizaahmed.bsky.social’s groundbreaking book and so grateful to our amazing co-sponsors, speakers, and panelists who will make this such an inspiring event.
#RiskandResistance
#healthlaw

AUWCL Health Law and Policy Program @auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social · 14d

Join us Oct. 3 (12–5 PM ET | hybrid) for Risk and Resistance: Feminist Interventions in Health Law, Science & Policy. Featuring Prof. @azizaahmed.bsky.social keynote on her new book followed by panels on feminist activism, law & public health.

Details & Registration: tinyurl.com/yt2zex6u

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 6d

Search by county to see vaccination coverage among children for MMR and whether the county has reached herd immunity levels

County Vaccination Coverage, USA TODAY

Explore county-level vaccination coverage, recent measles outbreaks and states with rising non-medical exemption rates

data.usatoday.com

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 6d

Not to pile on, but this is important & not getting enough discussion in the wake of the vaccine and Tylenol debates! It got me thinking about a piece I wrote about how Dobbs would make it even more difficult to enroll participants who are pregnant or capable of pregnancy in clinical trials…

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 6d

My conversation today with @drtomfrieden.bsky.social, Former CDC Director, on his new book THE FORMULA and our current state of affairs in US public health
erictopol.substack.com/p/tom-friede...

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 6d

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...

Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

harpers.org

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Jennifer Oliva @jennoliva.bsky.social · 6d

Totally agree @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social and finally wrote an essay about this topic last year that I had disgracefully neglected in my earlier academic days (and citing your great work!). Available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 9d

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 1,514 measles cases as of Sept. 24, the highest number of annual cases since the United States declared measles eliminated in 2000.

Gift link.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Tracking U.S. Measles Outbreaks (Gift Article)

As new cases are reported, our maps show the spread of the virus.

www.nytimes.com

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Jennifer Oliva @jennoliva.bsky.social · 12d

Is that a bug up there?

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 13d

Let's talk about Tylenol and pregnancy.

Fundamentally, this is about making sure women do not get one ounce of relief, but it's also about criminalization.

How long do you think it's going to be before they arrest someone for taking Tylenol during a pregnancy? We are going down that road.

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Jennifer Oliva @jennoliva.bsky.social · 13d

“[T]he program has cost federal and state taxpayers more than $86.9 million while enrolling a tiny fraction of those eligible for free health care.”

Tracy Jan @tracyjan.bsky.social · 14d

GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s experiment as a model for the federal Medicaid work requirements set to take effect in 2027.

A new report by a government spending watchdog found that the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says

Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at lea...

www.propublica.org

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 14d

Thrilled to be giving a talk on The Limits of the ADA’s Duty to Accommodate @oneillinstitute.bsky.social (@georgetownlaw.bsky.social) & the Georgetown Program in Disability Studies tomorrow (Sep. 25) at 5 pm. If you’re around, please join us. Details below 👇

A poster for the talk: The Limits of the ADA: Exploring the Duty to Accommodate in Law & Society by Doron Dorfman, Thursday, Sep. 25 at 5 pm at the Riggs Library - Healy Hall. ASL interpreted. A photo of a man with dark hair and glasses smiling alongside a photo of signing the ADA into law.

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 15d

"In SW UT, all but one of the 23 confirmed cases are among unvaccinated, school-age kids, the Southwest Utah Public Health Department reported. In Mohave Cnty., AZ, which health officials believe is connected to the Utah outbreak, there have been 42 confirmed cases of the highly contagious virus."

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 15d

One of the largest measles outbreaks in the U.S. is now centered in bordering areas of southwestern Utah and Arizona.

Measles outbreak growing in parts of Arizona and Utah, health officials say

Measles vaccination rates have plummeted in the neighboring communities over the last 10 years.

nbcnews.to

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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · 15d

Wow, the 2025 Health Law Scholars Workshop is officially in the books!
@davidasimon.bsky.social @benjaminabarsky.bsky.social @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social

A table with about a dozen various handcrafted pipe cleaner creations, including a pumpkin, a spider, and blue and yellow flowers, as well as a copy of the Bingo card, an "I heart SLU Health Law" sticker, and a small potted mum.

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Shameka 🏀 @shameka23.bsky.social · 17d

Sheryl Lee Ralph narrates and asks the question, “Who does A’ja Wilson think she is?!”

Answer: She is, who she thinks she is.

Nike did that!

#WNBA #WNBASky #Nike #AjaWilson

SHE IS WHO SHE THINKS SHE IS | NIKE

YouTube video by Nike

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Kate Kirkpatrick @philosofemme.bsky.social · 19d

AI medical tools downplay symptoms in women and ethnic minorities on.ft.com/46ILa9z

AI medical tools downplay symptoms in women and ethnic minorities

Large language models reflect biases that can lead to inferior healthcare advice to female, Black and Asian patients

on.ft.com

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CNN @cnn.com · 19d

JUST IN: Vaccine advisers to the CDC have voted to recommended against using the combined measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox vaccine for children under 4. https://cnn.it/3K73pNn

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Mitchell Hansen @hansen13.bsky.social · 20d

The Minnesota #Lynx have done it.

Minnesota erases a 17-point deficit, outscores Golden State 26-11 in the fourth quarter and takes Game 2 75-74 to sweep the first-round series and advance to the semifinals.

What. A. Game.

Wow.

#WNBAPlayoffs

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 22d

NIH funding cuts could have far-reaching consequences beyond individual researchers.

Reduced funding may slow innovation, weaken the scientific workforce and increase long-term health care costs, according to health policy researchers 🩺 🧪

Proposed cuts to NIH funding would have ripple effects on research that could hamper the US for decades

Taxpayer-funded investment supports basic research that can yield crucial medical advancements down the line and make lifesaving drugs and technologies affordable for everyday people.

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Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 25d

I wrote a book that I hope helps people think about the relationship between law, science, social movements, &political economy.

It tells the story of how feminists transformed the response to AIDS to ensure better access to healthcare.

Avail for preorder!

www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...

Risk and Resistance

Cambridge Core - American Studies - Risk and Resistance

www.cambridge.org

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 25d

The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters.

Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.

These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show

A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.

www.reuters.com

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 25d

I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.

Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is an AMAZING and important book. It will change the way you understand the politicization of science. Insights in this book will help us to understand the current moment. So proud of and grateful to @azizaahmed.bsky.social

Cambridge University Press - Law @cambup-law.cambridge.org · Jul 31

"The book that was missing from the catalogue about HIV/AIDS and the catastrophic health, legal, and political crises in its wake."

Risk and Resistance by @azizaahmed.bsky.social (@bulaw.bsky.social‬), Coming Soon

#LawSky #PublicHealth 💙📚 #Feminism

https://cup.org/3TYlyyt

Black and white photo of women protesting

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 27d

My comments @kxan.com Austin TX

www.kxan.com/investigatio...

More than half of Texas’ counties are below kindergarten MMR vaccination rate needed for herd immunity

More than half of Texas’ counties have MMR vaccination rates among kindergartners below the threshold the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says is needed for herd immunity.

www.kxan.com

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Daniel S. Goldberg @profgoldberg.bsky.social · 27d

I’m privileged to help coach the Kid’s HS Speech and Debate team and so we have a group communication app and the chat is every bit as heartbreaking as you think.

We’ve failed them so completely.

coloradosun.com/2025/09/10/e...

One teen dead, two others wounded in shooting at Evergreen High School

The suspected shooter, a boy wielding a revolver, is a student at the school. His name has not been released, nor has his motive.

coloradosun.com

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