June 30, 2025
A New Edition of Developing World Bioethics Is Now Available
Developing World Bioethics (vol. 25, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
Informed Consent
June 27, 2025
11 Eastern Europeans charged in $10.6 billion Medicare fraud scheme
(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
FDA requires updated warning about rare heart risk with COVID shots
(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 Adriana Smith Case Was an Ethical Disaster
(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
‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home
(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
Crisis pregnancy centers told to avoid ultrasounds for suspected ectopic pregnancies
(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
Outside groups organize to form unbiased, independent vaccine panel
(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
His Kidney Failed. He’ll Never Know if a Transplant Drug From a Banned Factory Was to Blame.
(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
States move to keep doctors’ names off of abortion pill prescription labels
(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
Inside One Man’s Journey to Mexico for Addiction Treatment With a Psychedelic
(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
Cannabis use raises risk of heart attack and stroke more than cocaine, other drugs, major review suggests
(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
The Quest to Defend Against Tech in Intimate Partner Violence
(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
Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for kids, a setback for transgender rights
(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
June 18, 2025
The Entire Internet Is Reverting to Beta
(The Atlantic) – The anomalies are sometimes strange and very concerning. Recent updates have caused ChatGPT to become aggressively obsequious and the Grok chatbot, on X, to fixate on a conspiracy theory about “white genocide.” (X later attributed the problem … Read More
June 18, 2025
Meta’s Privacy Screwup Reveals How People Really See AI Chatbots
(Intelligencer) – The utter clumsiness of the overall design here is made more galling by its lack of purpose. Whom is this feed for? Does Meta imagine a feed of non sequitur slop will provide a solid foundation for a … Read More
June 17, 2025
Warning over TikTok filming by hospital patients
(BBC) – Patients who film their own medical treatment for TikTok or Instagram could be putting themselves and NHS staff at risk, the Society of Radiographers (SoR) has warned. The trade union’s annual conference heard that more patients were videoing … Read More
June 17, 2025
Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal from New Jersey faith-based pregnancy center
(Associated Press) – The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear from a faith-based pregnancy center in New Jersey challenging a state investigation into whether it misled people into thinking its services included referrals for abortion. The justices agreed to … Read More
June 17, 2025
Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs
(ProPublica) – Sun Pharma’s transgressions were so egregious that the Food and Drug Administration imposed one of the government’s harshest penalties: banning the factory from exporting drugs to the United States. But the agency, worried about medication shortages, immediately undercut … Read More
June 17, 2025
Sunblocked: The ingredient still missing from U.S. sunscreens
(Axios) – Dermatologists had hoped that an active sunscreen ingredient popular in Europe would be available in the U.S. by summer — but the Food and Drug Administration still hasn’t approved it. Why it matters: U.S. sunscreens lack some of … Read More
June 16, 2025
Marijuana to Treat Autism? Some Parents Say Yes
(Wall Street Journal) – Parents desperate for treatments say cannabis helps, but doctors urge caution Marijuana is becoming easier to get in many states, and one group showing interest might surprise you: parents of children with autism. In online and … Read More
June 12, 2025
Congress Demands Answers on Data Privacy Ahead of 23andMe Sale
(Wired) – House Democrats sent letters to the potential buyers of the genetic testing company, asking how they plan to protect customer genetic data under a change of ownership. Signed by 20 other Democratic members of Congress, the letters—which can … Read More
June 12, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg has created the saddest place on the internet with Meta AI’s public feed
(Business Insider) – Meta’s stand-alone AI app launched in late April, and like many people, my first thought was, “Huh?” After trying it out a little, my next thought was, “Oh no.” A few weeks later, after the initial surge … Read More
June 11, 2025
These Diabetes Drugs Are Finding New Life as an Antiaging Hack
(Wall Street Journal) – Despite incomplete evidence, longevity enthusiasts are experimenting with SGLT2 inhibitors in their quest to live healthier for longer Some health-obsessed Americans believe the next antiaging therapeutic already exists—in the medicine cabinets of millions of diabetes patients. … Read More
June 11, 2025
Menstrual tracking app users cautioned about risks
(BBC) – Women who tracked their menstrual cycle using smartphone apps have been warned about the privacy and safety risks of doing so. A report from the University of Cambridge’s Minderoo Centre said the apps were a “gold mine” for … Read More
June 11, 2025
F.D.A. to Use A.I. in Drug Approvals to ‘Radically Increase Efficiency’
(New York Times) – The Food and Drug Administration is planning to use artificial intelligence to “radically increase efficiency” in deciding whether to approve new drugs and devices, one of several top priorities laid out in an article published Tuesday … Read More
