July 9, 2025
(ICIJ) – A surge in private equity funding for hospitals left a trail of crushing debts, patient detentions and broken promises. In over 70 interviews, former and current doctors, nurses and executives from [International Finance Corp]-backed facilities in Kenya and … Read More
July 9, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – The Justice Department’s criminal healthcare-fraud unit is investigating UnitedHealth Group’s Medicare billing practices, including how the giant company deployed doctors and nurses to gather diagnoses that bolstered its payments, people familiar with the matter said. The … Read More
July 8, 2025
(NBC News) – There’s been little evidence on how well CBD works or guidance on how to safely use capsules, edibles or oils that contain cannabidiol. Over the course of four weeks, 201 volunteers received either 5 mg per kilogram … Read More
July 7, 2025
(Axios) – It’s not food, it’s not chewing tobacco and it’s not gum — though it might look like it when you see it — but it is becoming America’s new addictive obsession. Why it matters: Sales of Zyn nicotine … Read More
July 7, 2025
(Wired) – As psychedelic companies and therapy apps experiment with AI, people are already taking huge doses of drugs and using chatbots to process their trips. He recently asked the app’s “chat with your mind” function how he had become … Read More
July 7, 2025
(Nieman Lab) – Every design choice that social media platforms make nudges users toward certain actions, values, and emotional states. It is a design choice to offer a news feed that combines verified news sources with conspiracy blogs — interspersed with … Read More
July 3, 2025
(Axios) – Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. envisions Americans becoming healthier by using wearable health devices that track heart rates, blood sugar and other vitals — offering real-time feedback on how food affects their bodies. Why it matters: It’s … Read More
July 2, 2025
(New York Times) – The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official rejected broad uses of two Covid vaccines, citing unknown risks or injuries despite assurances of safety from dozens of staff experts, newly released documents show. The decisions by … Read More
July 2, 2025
(MedPage Today) – A new warning will be added to the label of certain attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications over the risk of “significant” weight-loss in young children, the FDA said. Labels of all extended-release stimulants indicated for ADHD — … Read More
July 2, 2025
(Axios) – Moderna is preparing to test Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s tougher vaccine policies with a combination flu-COVID shot. The question is whether it gets approved for both viruses. Why it matters: The company this week reported positive … Read More
July 1, 2025
(KFF Health News via MSN) – In the early days of the West Texas measles outbreak, Thang Nguyen eyed the rising number of cases and worried. His 4-year-old son was at risk because he had received only the first of … Read More
June 30, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Among members of the Richardson family who carry a mutation in the PSEN1 gene, the average age when symptoms start is 39 Hannah’s family has a history of a rare genetic mutation that, when inherited, virtually … Read More
June 30, 2025
Developing World Bioethics (vol. 25, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
June 27, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – Federal prosecutors on Thursday unveiled charges against 11 Eastern Europeans they accused of running a sophisticated, $10.6 billion Medicare fraud scheme in what appears to be one of the largest such busts in government history. … Read More
June 25, 2025
(ABC News) – The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it has expanded existing warnings on the two leading COVID-19 vaccines about a rare heart side effect mainly seen in young men. Myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation that is … Read More
June 25, 2025
(The Atlantic) – To be clear, Smith, as a brain-dead patient, was legally and medically deceased, so precepts about doing good and avoiding harm would not have applied to her, at least clinically speaking. But the ethical principle of autonomy … Read More
June 24, 2025
(New York Times) – From a lone clinic in Texas to an entire school district in North Dakota, the virus is upending daily life and revealing a deeper crisis of belief. One morning about a week into his illness, Carrollyn … Read More
June 24, 2025
(NBC News) – The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA), a group that provides legal support and medical training for crisis pregnancy centers, advised members at a meeting earlier this year to proceed with caution when giving an … Read More
June 24, 2025
(NBC News) – In the wake of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to shake up a key federal vaccine advisory committee, outside medical organizations and independent experts are looking for alternate sources of unbiased information and even considering … Read More
June 23, 2025
(ProPublica) – When Joe DeMayo’s donated kidney started to fail earlier than expected, he didn’t know that the drug he was taking could’ve left him vulnerable — and that one of the most formidable drug regulators in the world may … Read More
June 23, 2025
(The 19th) – Doctors are pushing for laws in several states that would make it harder to detect who prescribed abortion pills. They say it would protect them from out-of-state prosecutions. Out-of-state doctors are pushing for laws that will make … Read More
June 20, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Ibogaine has been touted for its potential to erase years of addiction and withdrawal in one session. Banned in the U.S., the drug is prompting Americans to cross borders for treatment. Desperate to break free from … Read More
June 19, 2025
(Fox News) – The potential risk of cannabis use has been in the spotlight following recent research pointing toward negative health effects. This includes a new meta-analysis by French researchers, published in the journal Heart, which reviewed multiple studies to … Read More
June 18, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – Gioia says she has informed a family court of this and many other instances in which her ex has used or appeared to use technology to stalk her, but so far this hasn’t helped her get … Read More
June 18, 2025
(AP) – The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a jolting setback to transgender rights. The justices’ 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by President … Read More
