Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD
@medlawdan.bsky.social
Hi! Law prof in Utah (@SJQuinney). Public health, legal systems, corporate power, FDA. 🏳️🌈 He, him. My cat is adorbs - Dolly, forever a kitten. Views are my own. RT ≠ endorse
THREAD. Contrary to what you are being told, 40 years of polling have established that shifting money away from police/prisons toward social services is one of the most popular public policies among *all* political demographics. But it's not just that, it goes way deeper.
Associate Professor @medlawdan.bsky.social and Research Associate Avery Emery (JD '25) published an article in the @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social blog about innovation politics at the FDA. petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2026/07/31/i...
Our new peer-reviewed paper, "Disinvestment in Global Health Threatens Global Security & Children's Health Everywhere," is now published in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society We examine the catastrophic impacts on child health of the MAGA/MAHA administration's aid cuts 1/n
In the ruling, the judge notes that Meta created a “public nuisance” by being a significant contributor to the state’s teen mental health crisis.
New Mexico Court Orders Meta To Pay Nearly $1 Billion Over Child Safety Issues
In the ruling, the judge notes that Meta created a “public nuisance” by being a significant contributor to the state’s teen mental health crisis.
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The FDA approved Moderna’s influenza vaccine for older adults, the first licensed flu shot made using messenger RNA technology. www.statnews.com/2026/08/05/f...
FDA approves Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine, the first to use the technology
The FDA has approved Moderna’s influenza vaccine, the first licensed flu shot made using messenger RNA technology.
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We discuss attempts to control the definition of innovation to shape FDA law and policy. The result of these changes appears to be... damage to innovation.
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law@sjquinney.bsky.social · last wk.Associate Professor @medlawdan.bsky.social and Research Associate Avery Emery (JD '25) published an article in the @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social blog about innovation politics at the FDA. petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2026/07/31/i...
Each year, my Torts students create podcasts about the intersections of Tort law with social policy. Below are this past year's podcasts. Most of them are stunningly good and cover important topics like AI, wildfires, medmal, and deepfakes. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Tort Reports
Here, you will find the Tort Reports—podcasts created by Prof. Daniel G. Aaron's Torts classes from 2023-2025. They cover an array of social issues that interse
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NEW: Avery Emery and me in @hls.harvard.edu @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social: "Innovation Politics at the FDA" argues that some within the pharmaceutical industry have tried to warp public understanding of "innovation" in ways that damaged innovation. petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2026/07/31/i...
Innovation Politics at the FDA - Petrie-Flom Center
The relationship between innovation and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has become a central topic of concern for a whole host of parties: academics, members of the National Academies of Scienc...
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NEW: Avery Emery and me in @hls.harvard.edu @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social: "Innovation Politics at the FDA" argues that some within the pharmaceutical industry have tried to warp public understanding of "innovation" in ways that damaged innovation. petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2026/07/31/i...
Innovation Politics at the FDA - Petrie-Flom Center
The relationship between innovation and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has become a central topic of concern for a whole host of parties: academics, members of the National Academies of Scienc...
petrieflom.law.harvard.edu
Professor Chris Peterson was nominated to serve as the director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs! He'll begin serving as acting director on Aug. 3 and continue at Utah Law, teaching his consumer protection seminar remotely during the fall semester. www.njoag.gov/governor-she...
Each year, my Torts students create podcasts about the intersections of Tort law with social policy. Below are this past year's podcasts. Most of them are stunningly good and cover important topics like AI, wildfires, medmal, and deepfakes. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Tort Reports
Here, you will find the Tort Reports—podcasts created by Prof. Daniel G. Aaron's Torts classes from 2023-2025. They cover an array of social issues that interse
papers.ssrn.com
Just updated my Law-Policy Tethering article on SSRN. I hope people use it to help understand the recent Supreme Court term, as we hurdle away from judicial review's longstanding respect for evidence, democracy, and policy to ad hoc 'legal' determinations! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Professor @mtokson.bsky.social discussed the Supreme Court ruling on geofencing, a controversial investigative tool, on the Dateline True Crime podcast. Listen to the full episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
OSHA lacks authority to regulate mental illness, under statutory authority to regulate workplace "illness," says CA5. www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
INBOX: the last dedicated science reporter at The Wall Street Journal, @aylinwoodward.bsky.social, has left the newsroom. This came after the Murdoch-owned newspaper dissolved its Health and Science Bureau last October. NPR, CBS, and WaPo also gutted their climate desks in the last eight months.
Everyone should read this story and see how the state of Idaho, the Trump administration, and hate groups such as ADF, SEGM, Do No Harm, and the Manhattan Institute have blood on their hands. They murdered this trans teen and her future. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.
The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.
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CDC stopped monitoring parasite now causing explosive diarrhea across the country
CDC Stopped Monitoring Parasite Now Causing Explosive Diarrhea Across The Country
MAHA.
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BREAKING: Judge Boasberg denied WPATH's request for a TRO against the FTC over its action in Texas before judge Reed O'Connor. This allows the Texas case to proceed forward. This is now the send time liberal courts have caved before Reed O'Connor. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
.Order AND Memorandum & Opinion – #58 in WORLD PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR TRANSGENDER HEALTH v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-00532) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER: The Court ORDERS that Plaintiff's 45 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order is DENIED. Signed by Chief Judge James E. Boasberg on July 10, 2026. (lcjeb3) (Entered: 07/10/...
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"America’s employer-based health insurance system — the dominant form of coverage for people younger than 65 — is crumbling. The percentage of working-age adults who get their health coverage from a job has declined from 67% in 1998 to about 60%. It’s also more expensive than ever." @statnews.com
STAT@statnews.com · last mo.America's employer-based health insurance system is crumbling. STAT investigates why, in our new series, “Out of Pocket, Out of Reach.” www.statnews.com/2026/07/07/s...
Associate Professor @medlawdan.bsky.social, a health law expert, is quoted in @apnews.com about an AI chatbot that allows Utah residents to refill their prescriptions without a doctor. apnews.com/article/ai-p...
I break down the Supreme Court's landmark Chatrie case and what it means in a new blog post at Dorf on Law. www.dorfonlaw.org/2026/07/brea...
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u... an ominous trend: graduate admissions are down 15 percent from last year, on top of an 11 percent decrease from the previous year we are destroying our seed corn
Research Universities Are Admitting Fewer Ph.D.s, a Bad Sign for Science
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Important reporting by @propublica.org on SCOTUS use of emergency/shadow docket pathway to decide cases
ProPublica@propublica.org · last mo.The Trump administration filed 32 appeals to the Supreme Court’s emergency docket in 2025 alone, one analysis found. The Obama and George W. Bush administrations filed just eight petitions in 16 years, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.
Dear lord. Most data centers don't report total water use, instead just the water used on site. That means we may be systematically underestimating AI's water use. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-d...
AI Data Centers Use Far More Water Than Most Tech Giants Report
Water used at the power plants that supply electricity to data centers can be much greater than the water used in the data centers themselves.
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Legislative primacy "is not a romantic celebration of Congress as presently constituted, nor a denial of Congress’s reactionary history. It is a reconstruction project aimed at replacing a failing constitutional settlement. Its claim is comparative rather than absolute."
Professor @teneille.bsky.social and Associate Professor @medlawdan.bsky.social have received grants from the NIH and Arnold Ventures for research on medical aid in dying and FDA regulation.
Professor Teneille Brown and Associate Professor Daniel Aaron receive grants for health research - S.J. Quinney College of Law
Professor Teneille Brown and Associate Professor Daniel Aaron recently received grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Arnold Ventures Fund to support their...
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NEW: In the term ending last year, the Supreme Court passed a troubling milestone: The Shadow Docket overtook the normal process. That means more unsigned decisions with no reasoning and secret votes from the highest court. @kbmorales.bsky.social has your scoop: www.propublica.org/article/supr...
