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Global Bioethics
Colombia declares health emergency after dozens die of yellow fever
Reproductive Ethics
A New Edition of Journal of Medical Ethics Is Now Available
Artificial Intelligence
My Son Has a Rare Syndrome. So I Turned to the Internet.

Biotech
- Stem cells to treat Parkinson’s? 2 small studies hint at success
- Drug Development Is Slowing Down After Cuts at the FDA
- FDA OKs trial of pig livers as dialysis-like treatment for liver failure
Clinical/Medical
- A New Edition of Journal of Medical Ethics Is Now Available
- My Son Has a Rare Syndrome. So I Turned to the Internet.
- U.S. measles cases spike past 800 in 25 states, with more than 600 in Texas
Disability Ethics
- Radioactive Man
- AI Tools Helped Restore Speech for a Woman With Paralysis: ‘She Felt Embodied’
- ‘I could live 30 years but plan to die’: How assisted dying law is dividing Canadians
Emerging Tech
- Teens, Social Media and Mental Health
- Former Google CEO Warns That AI Is About to Escape Human Control
- Stumbling and Overheating, Most Humanoid Robots Fail to Finish Half-Marathon in Beijing
End of Life
- Terri Schiavo’s death 20 years ago sparked lingering debate about death and politics
- What is the meaning of life? 15 possible answers – from a palliative care doctor, a Holocaust survivor, a jail inmate and more
- Autopsies Can Reveal Intimate Health Details. Should They Be Kept Private?
Euthanasia / Suicide
- A New Edition of Journal of Medical Ethics Is Now Available
- He’s decided to die. Strangers are sending him prayers — and dinner invitations
- A New Edition of Clinical Ethics Is Now Available
Genetic Ethics
- The genetic mystery of why some people develop autism
- Whole-genome sequencing susses out rare diseases
- How Virologists Lost the Gain-of-Function Debate
Global Bioethics
- Colombia declares health emergency after dozens die of yellow fever
- Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’ after two years of civil war
- Haunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run out
Healthcare
- The Scramble to Save Rural Health Care From DOGE
- ACA preventive care case reaches Supreme Court
- Arkansas PBM law could spur lookalike restrictions
Human Enhancement
- Longevity Clinics Around the World Are Selling Unproven Treatments
- ‘We Are Not Programmed to Die,’ Says Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishna
- What to know about peptide therapy
Journal Articles
- A New Edition of Journal of Medical Ethics Is Now Available
- Care of Patients Who Are Incarcerated
- A New Edition of American Journal of Law & Medicine Is Now Available
Mental Health
- My Son Has a Rare Syndrome. So I Turned to the Internet.
- Radioactive Man
- Teens, Social Media and Mental Health
Neuroethics
- Sex Hormones Are Brain Hormones. What Does This Mean for Treating Brain Diseases?
- Toothpaste widely contaminated with lead and other metals, US research finds
- Psilocybin use is on the rise as public perception changes, report shows
Organ Transplantation
- A New Edition of Journal of Medical Ethics Is Now Available
- FDA OKs trial of pig livers as dialysis-like treatment for liver failure
- A New Edition of Public Health Ethics is Now Available
Public Health
- U.S. measles cases spike past 800 in 25 states, with more than 600 in Texas
- Syphilis cases among newborns in Wisconsin up by nearly 1,500% since 2019, officials say
- White House Assesses Ways to Persuade Women to Have More Children
Public Policy
- The Scramble to Save Rural Health Care From DOGE
- Toothpaste widely contaminated with lead and other metals, US research finds
- As Trump administration champions IVF, it cuts key CDC staff
Reproductive Ethics
- A New Edition of Journal of Medical Ethics Is Now Available
- Sex Hormones Are Brain Hormones. What Does This Mean for Treating Brain Diseases?
- My Son Has a Rare Syndrome. So I Turned to the Internet.
Research Ethics
- The genetic mystery of why some people develop autism
- A New Edition of American Journal of Law & Medicine Is Now Available
- Thousands of Urine and Tissue Samples Are in Danger of Rotting After Staff Cuts at a CDC Laboratory
Stem Cell Research
- Stem cells to treat Parkinson’s? 2 small studies hint at success
- Pain pathway in a dish could aid search for new analgesic drugs
- Ethically Sourced “Spare” Human Bodies Could Revolutionize Medicine
Women's Health
- Cofertility’s radical model for women: Freeze your eggs for free by donating half of them
- OB-GYNs rethink prenatal care schedules
- White House Assesses Ways to Persuade Women to Have More Children