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Biotech
- Are You Ready for Workplace Brain Scanning?
- Turns Out Fighting Mosquitoes with Mosquitoes Actually Works
- Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Theranos Fraud
Clinical/Medical
- New York City Will Hospitalize More Mentally Ill People Involuntarily
- At-Home DNA Tests Just Aren’t That Reliable–And the Risks May Outweigh the Benefits
- Twitter Rolls Back COVID Misinformation Policy
Disability Ethics
- Research Helps Seniors Make Informed Decisions About Risks, Benefits of Major Surgery
- Care for UK’s Most Vulnerable Faces ‘Collapse’ as Providers Count Cost
- Groundbreaking CRISPR Treatment for Blindness Only Works for Subset of Patients
Emerging Tech
- Twitter Rolls Back COVID Misinformation Policy
- Ebola in Uganda: The People Spreading Misinformation Online
- San Francisco Police Seek Permission for Its Robots to Use Deadly Force
End of Life
- After a Stillbirth, an Autopsy Can Provide Answers. Too Few of Them Are Being Performed.
- Life-Insurance Payouts Hit Record $100 Billion in 2021
- The Fading Art of Preserving the Dead
Euthanasia / Suicide
- A New Edition of Hastings Center Report Is Now Available
- New Articles from BMC Medical Ethics Are Now Available
- A New Edition of Ethics, Medicine, and Public Health Is Now Available
Genetic Ethics
- At-Home DNA Tests Just Aren’t That Reliable–And the Risks May Outweigh the Benefits
- One Step Closer to a Universal Flu Vaccine?
- Experimental Flu Vaccine, Developed Using mRNA, Seen as Potential Game Changer
Global Bioethics
- Ebola in Uganda: The People Spreading Misinformation Online
- Poor Countries Are Developing a New Paradigm of Mental Health Care. America Is Taking Note.
- China Sends Students Home, Police Patrol to Curb Protests
Healthcare
- Care for UK’s Most Vulnerable Faces ‘Collapse’ as Providers Count Cost
- They Wanted a Baby, Then Twitter Fired Them
- Hidden Audits Reveal Millions in Overcharges by Medicare Advantage Plans
Human Enhancement
- Would You Have Your Legs Broken To Make Yourself Taller? The Men Who Go Through Hell for a Little Extra Height
- How Scientists Want to Make You Young Again
- More Trans Teens Are Choosing ‘Top Surgery’
Journal Articles
- A New Edition of The American Journal of Bioethics Is Now Available
- A New Edition of Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy Is Now Available
- New Articles from BMC Medical Ethics Are Now Available
Mental Health
- New York City Will Hospitalize More Mentally Ill People Involuntarily
- Poor Countries Are Developing a New Paradigm of Mental Health Care. America Is Taking Note.
- Fentanyl’s Scourge Plainly Visible on Streets of Los Angeles
Neuroethics
- New York City Will Hospitalize More Mentally Ill People Involuntarily
- Second Death Linked to Potential Antibody Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease
- Anti-Amyloid Drugs and the Mystery of Treatment-Associated Brain Shrinkage
Organ Transplantation
- Organ Donations Rise Around Motorcycle Rallies
- A New Edition of Journal of Medical Ethics Is Now Available
- A New Edition of Hastings Center Report Is Now Available
Public Health
- New York City Will Hospitalize More Mentally Ill People Involuntarily
- Ebola in Uganda: The People Spreading Misinformation Online
- One Step Closer to a Universal Flu Vaccine?
Public Policy
- This Copyright Lawsuit Could Shape the Future of Generative AI
- Anti-Abortion Groups Seek to Overturn FDA Approval of Abortion Pill
- Mental Crisis Excluded from Some State Abortion Exemptions
Reproductive Ethics
- After a Stillbirth, an Autopsy Can Provide Answers. Too Few of Them Are Being Performed.
- We Can Now Use Cells from Dead People to Create New Life. But Who Gets to Decide?
- They Wanted a Baby, Then Twitter Fired Them
Research Ethics
- Second Death Linked to Potential Antibody Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease
- New Articles from BMC Medical Ethics Are Now Available
- What Is Ethical Animal Research? A Scientist and Veterinarian Explain
Stem Cell Research
- New Articles from BMC Medical Ethics Are Now Available
- Uganda Plans to Print 3D Human Tissue in Space
- Lab-Grown Blood Given to Humans in World-First Trial Aimed at Combating Rare Disorders
Women's Health
- CDC: Home Births Surged During Pandemic
- Senate: Migrants Subject to Unnecessary Medical Procedures
- Georgia’s Abortion Ban After Six Weeks Is Blocked

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