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Russian Drone Jockeys Hunt Front-Line Shop Clerks and Repairmen in Ukraine
Reproductive Ethics
7 of 10 States Backed Abortion Rights. But Little To Change Yet.
Artificial Intelligence
Russian Drone Jockeys Hunt Front-Line Shop Clerks and Repairmen in Ukraine

Biotech
- A ‘Crazy’ Idea for Treating Autoimmune Diseases Might Actually Work
- Thousands of People Are Cloning Their Dead Pets. This Is the Woman They Call First
- From A.I. to Musk’s Brain Chips, the F.D.A.’s Device Unit Faces Rapid Change
Clinical/Medical
- Experts Challenge New Diagnostic Criteria for Alzheimer’s
- Teen emergency room visits for caffeine overdose spike
- ‘Walking Pneumonia’ Is Surging Ahead of Cold and Flu Season
Disability Ethics
- Apple AirPods Pro’s new hearing aid feature could help people face a problem they’d rather ignore
- Man, 86, applies to end own life due to blown-out MyAgedCare wait times
- A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
Emerging Tech
- The $50 Million Movie Here De-Aged Tom Hanks With Generative AI
- Painting by AI robot Ai-Da could fetch more than $120,000 at auction
- People Will Feel Sorry For Robots That Make Pitiful Noises, Researcher Finds
End of Life
- All Saints Die
- You Are Going to Die
- Palliative and hospice care: why society cannot ignore the needs of terminally ill patients, and their loved ones
Euthanasia / Suicide
- B.C. judge halts woman’s medically assisted death
- New twist in case of first person to use suicide pod dubbed ‘Tesla of euthanasia’
- Ontario man granted euthanasia for controversial ‘post COVID-19 vaccination syndrome’
Genetic Ethics
- A New Edition of Journal of Medical Ethics Is Now Available
- A ‘Crazy’ Idea for Treating Autoimmune Diseases Might Actually Work
- Deal reached on proceeds from DNA data-sharing
Global Bioethics
- Russian Drone Jockeys Hunt Front-Line Shop Clerks and Repairmen in Ukraine
- UK identifies 4 cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside Africa
- Richard A. Cash, Who Saved Millions From Dehydration, Dies at 83
Healthcare
- Billions at stake as SCOTUS takes up hospital case
- As Nuns Disappear, Many Catholic Hospitals Look More Like Megacorporations
- A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
Human Enhancement
- Can Breast Implants Make You Sick?
- “Concierge wellness” becomes a new primary care
- Plastic surgeons say the ‘ballet body’ is in. Here’s what that means.
Journal Articles
- A New Edition of Journal of Medical Ethics Is Now Available
- A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
- A New Edition of Medico-Legal Journal Is Now Available
Mental Health
- Mushrooms hit the ballots as researchers grapple with the dangers of psychedelics
- Young Doctors Want Work-Life Balance. Older Doctors Say That’s Not the Job.
- Pregnant women and babies face ‘terrifying’ threat from xylazine addiction
Neuroethics
- Experts Challenge New Diagnostic Criteria for Alzheimer’s
- Mushrooms hit the ballots as researchers grapple with the dangers of psychedelics
- US lawmakers call on EPA to ban pesticide linked to Parkinson’s disease
Organ Transplantation
- A New Edition of Journal of Medical Ethics Is Now Available
- A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
- Science Is Finding Ways to Regenerate Your Heart
Public Health
- UK identifies 4 cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside Africa
- ‘Walking Pneumonia’ Is Surging Ahead of Cold and Flu Season
- Opinion: An Honest Discussion of Covid Vaccine Side Effects Is Overdue
Public Policy
- 7 of 10 States Backed Abortion Rights. But Little To Change Yet.
- Mushrooms hit the ballots as researchers grapple with the dangers of psychedelics
- A New Edition of Medico-Legal Journal Is Now Available
Reproductive Ethics
- 7 of 10 States Backed Abortion Rights. But Little To Change Yet.
- Nodal connects hopeful parents with surrogates as reproductive freedom hangs in limbo
- China’s Once-Unwanted Daughters Have Grown Up—and Now They Shun Motherhood
Research Ethics
- New approach to growing coronaviruses is research boon—but also raises safety concerns
- A New Edition of Journal of Medical Ethics Is Now Available
- AI-generated images threaten science — here’s how researchers hope to spot them
Stem Cell Research
- Exosomes are touted as a trendy cure-all. We don’t know if they work.
- ‘It’s Spare Parts for People’: Blood Vessels Grown in a Lab
- The Were Made Without Eggs or Sperm. Are They Human?
Women's Health
- China’s Once-Unwanted Daughters Have Grown Up—and Now They Shun Motherhood
- Pregnant women and babies face ‘terrifying’ threat from xylazine addiction
- Do men and women process pain differently?