August 5, 2024
A New Edition of Public Health Ethics is Now Available
Public Health Ethics (vol. 17, no. 1-2, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
Public Policy
August 2, 2024
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 390, no. 22, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
August 1, 2024
Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Package of Bills Aimed at Protecting Kids and Teens Online
(ABC News) – The Senate passed two key pieces of legislation aimed at keeping children safe on the internet Tuesday afternoon, marking a major step in Congress’ ongoing effort to regulate massive tech companies. The two bills, which beef up … Read More
July 29, 2024
Texas Sues Biden Administration Over Teen Contraception
(Newsweek) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is to sue the Biden administration to stop a federal program that gives birth control to teens without parental consent. Title X, introduced in 1970, allows contraception to be given without parental consent. … Read More
July 29, 2024
Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law banning abortion after 12 weeks, gender-affirming care for minors
(KETV Omaha) — The state’s highest court ruled Friday to uphold LB 574, the law that bans abortions at 12 weeks and gender-affirming care for minors. The law had been tied up in a legal battle after Planned Parenthood tried … Read More
July 29, 2024
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine AI Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine AI (vol. 1, no. 7, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
July 25, 2024
As Canadian Drug Deaths Rise, Programs to Keep Users Safe Face Backlash
(Reuters) – The backlash reflects growing fears in Canada over the use of narcotics in public spaces, encampments where drug use is seen as common, and the specter of needles in playgrounds. Some critics of the so-called harm reduction programs … Read More
July 25, 2024
Congress’ Online Safety Push Stokes Kids’ Mental Health Debate
(Axios) – Congress’ boldest effort to date to crack down on social media platforms and protect kids’ mental health is stoking a debate over whether the remedy could end up making youths less safe. Why it matters: Curbing sources of … Read More
July 24, 2024
Louisiana Reclassifies Drugs Used in Abortions as Controlled Dangerous Substances
(KFF Health News) – Louisiana lawmakers have added two drugs commonly used in pregnancy and reproductive health care to the state’s list of controlled dangerous substances, a move that has alarmed doctors in the state. Mifepristone and misoprostol have many … Read More
July 23, 2024
AI Companies Promised to Self-Regulate One Year Ago. What’s Changed?
(MIT Technology Review) – The White House’s voluntary AI commitments have brought better red-teaming practices and watermarks, but no meaningful transparency or accountability. One year ago, on July 21, 2023, seven leading AI companies—Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft,and OpenAI—committed … Read More
July 22, 2024
Abortion Isn’t About Feminism
(The Atlantic) – One way is to talk about abortions as lifesaving health care, which more women have been doing. Another model is to talk about it not as a women’s issue, but as a family issue. This is the … Read More
July 22, 2024
A New Edition of Research Ethics is Now Available
Research Ethics (vol. 20, no. 3, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
July 18, 2024
China Is Hiding a Population Secret, Analyst Says
(Newsweek) – China’s fertility rate, or births expected per woman during her lifetime, amid the rising cost of living in major cities and shifting cultural attitudes toward having children, is 1.0. This puts the country in the company of neighboring … Read More
July 18, 2024
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 390, no. 20, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
July 17, 2024
‘Society Doesn’t Want My Kids’: China’s Single Women Forced Abroad to Freeze Their Eggs
(The Guardian) – When Yang Li* turned 30, she gave herself three years to decide whether or not she wanted to have children. But as the years ticked by, working a busy job in Beijing, Yang felt none the wiser … Read More
July 17, 2024
A New Edition of Medico-Legal Journal Is Now Available
Medico-Legal Journal (vol. 92, no. 2, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
July 16, 2024
Gambia Upholds Its Ban on Female Genital Cutting. Reversing It Would Have Been a Global First
(Associated Press) – Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia on Monday rejected a bill that would have overturned a ban on female genital cutting. The attempt to become the first country in the world to reverse such a … Read More
July 16, 2024
Before Michigan Legalized Surrogacy, Families Found Ways Around the Ban
(KFF Health News) – Until this spring, Michigan was the only state that had a broad criminal ban on surrogacy. Many families say that ban left them in legal limbo: They were compelled to leave the state to have children; … Read More
July 12, 2024
Why Nursing Home Residents Still Suffer Despite Tough State Laws
(New York Times) – The Biden administration set stringent new federal staffing rules. But for years, nursing homes have failed to meet the toughest standards set by states. California, Florida, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island have sought to improve … Read More
July 10, 2024
F.T.C. Slams Middlemen for High Drug Prices, Reversing Hands-Off Approach
(New York Times) – In a report, the regulator sharply criticized pharmacy benefit managers, a turnaround from its longstanding tolerance of their practices. The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday sharply criticized pharmacy benefit managers, saying in a scathing 71-page report … Read More
July 9, 2024
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine AI Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine AI (vol. 1, no. 3, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Policy in Progress — The Race to Frame AI in Health Care” by I. Kohane “To Do No Harm — … Read More
July 5, 2024
A New Edition of Hastings Center Report Is Now Available
Hastings Center Report (vol. 54, Issue 3, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Beneath the Sword of Damocles: Moral Obligations of Physicians in a Post?Dobbs Landscape” by Anne Drapkin Lyerly, Ruth R. Faden and Michelle M. Mello … Read More
July 4, 2024
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine AI Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine AI (vol. 1, no. 2, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “What We Want to Publish at NEJM AI” by A.K. Manrai, A.L. Beam and I.S. Kohane “Prospective Evaluation of Machine … Read More
July 3, 2024
In Just a Few Years, Half of All States Passed Bans on Trans Health Care for Kids
(NPR) – Transgender people under 18 face laws that bar them from accessing gender-affirming health care in 25 states — just a few years ago, not a single state had such a law. The Supreme Court has agreed to consider … Read More
July 3, 2024
Jury Fines BlueCross for Firing Worker Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
(Chattanooga Times Free Press) – A Tennessee jury has awarded a former research scientist at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee $687,000 in back pay and damages after she was fired in 2021 for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Following a … Read More
