December 17, 2025
(AP via MSN) – New York is set to become the latest state to legalize medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill under a deal reached between the governor and state legislative leaders announced Wednesday. Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul plans … Read More
December 17, 2025
(STAT News) – STAT spoke with a half-dozen scientists who have left or are in the process of leaving the U.S., and while each had individual circumstances that enabled their move, there were two broad reasons for people to jump … Read More
December 17, 2025
(New York Times) – More young, child-free women are pursuing the permanent form of contraception. Female sterilization, medically called tubal ligation or salpingectomy, entails removing, severing or blocking the fallopian tubes. It is a permanent and highly effective form of … Read More
December 16, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 18, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
December 15, 2025
(The Guardian) – Analysts say benefits could be felt in under-resourced rural hospitals but warn against AI as a cost-cutting measure For states to receive certain funding stipulated in the Trump administration’s “big, beautiful” bill, they must meet three of … Read More
December 12, 2025
(WGN9) – Gov. Pritzker signed a bill Friday making Illinois the 12th state to allow physician-assisted suicide. The bill, named the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act (SB 1950), is also known as “Deb’s Law.” (Read More)
December 12, 2025
(WSJ) – President wants one federal AI standard advocated by tech companies President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that aims to override state laws on artificial intelligence. The order would allow the Justice Department to punish states with rules … Read More
December 11, 2025
(New York Times) – Carbondale, Ill., a liberal enclave within driving distance of 10 states with abortion bans, has become a hub for the procedure. Last year there were nearly 11,000 abortions in this city of 21,000. Abortion is legal … Read More
December 10, 2025
(NPR) – In fact, Tounkara had long known about trachoma. For about two decades, her job has been to distribute drugs in local communities to treat and prevent NTDS. That work, funded by USAID, has paid off. In 2023, Mali … Read More
December 10, 2025
(CNN) – A world-first ban on major social media platforms for children under the age of 16 goes into effect in Australia on Wednesday. And regulators, parents and teenagers around the globe are watching closely to see how it plays … Read More
December 8, 2025
Hastings Center Report (vol. 55, Issue 5, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
December 5, 2025
(Dutch News) – A majority of MPs is likely to support a draft proposal to lift the ban on the use of embryos specifically grown for scientific research to improve IVF treatment but much will depend on the Christian Democrats, … Read More
December 5, 2025
(Military.com) – House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana is allegedly working behind the scenes to get rid of a provision mandating health care coverage for assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization (IVF), for all active-duty service members from the … Read More
December 2, 2025
(SCOTUS Blog) – The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday, Dec. 2, in a case brought by First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, a group of faith-based pregnancy centers that the New Jersey attorney general’s office alleges may have misled … Read More
November 28, 2025
(WSJ) – Some are battling state AI laws and threatening to punish candidates who oppose rapid deployment of the technology Billionaires, tech titans and their opponents are amassing multimillion-dollar war chests for a chaotic, bruising battle over AI regulation ahead … Read More
November 25, 2025
(WCBU) – Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood is calling on Gov. JB Pritzker to veto a bill that would allow terminally ill individuals to get a prescription to end their life. Harwood said the pending “medical aid in dying” law … Read More
November 25, 2025
(Politico) – The Department of Energy will open up its data sets and equipment to outside researchers looking to tinker with AI tools. The White House wants to turbocharge the nation’s scientific research capabilities by embracing artificial intelligence. President Donald … Read More
November 20, 2025
(Chicago Public Media) – Governor Pritzker’s signature would make Illinois the first Midwestern state to legalize prescriptions of life-ending medication for terminally ill patients. Terminally ill residents with a prognosis of six months to live could get physician prescribed drugs … Read More
November 20, 2025
(The Verge) – President Donald Trump is considering signing an executive order as soon as Friday that would give the federal government unilateral power over regulating artificial intelligence, including the creation of an “AI Litigation Task Force” overseen by the … Read More
November 14, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 14, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
November 12, 2025
(Wired) – The provision, tucked into the spending bill that could end the US government shutdown, would ban intoxicating hemp-derived THC products, including gummies and drinks. A provision in the federal spending bill that could end the US government shutdown … Read More
November 12, 2025
(The Intelligencer) – As a palliative care physician, I strongly urge Gov. JB Pritzker to veto SB 1950, legislation to legalize assisted suicide in Illinois. I am opposed to this legislation for multiple reasons, but especially to protect my patients. … Read More
November 3, 2025
American Journal of Law & Medicine (vol. 51, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 30, 2025
(KFF Health News) – Maine Family Planning’s closures are among the first visible signs of what health leaders call the biggest setback to reproductive care in half a century. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Population … Read More
October 29, 2025
Hastings Center Report (vol. 55, Issue 4, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
