October 21, 2019
(Nature) – Russian biologist Denis Rebrikov has started gene editing in eggs donated by women who can hear to learn how to allow some deaf couples to give birth to children without a genetic mutation that impairs hearing. The news, … Read More
October 16, 2019
(Newsweek) – Eugenics is a concept often associated with the horrors of Nazi Germany. But, as disability rights activist Adam Pearson explores in a new documentary series, the ideology had its roots in 19th century Britain—and still affects people alive … Read More
October 14, 2019
(National Council on Disability) – Today, the National Council on Disability (NCD) released the findings of a federal examination of the country’s assisted suicide laws and their effect on people with disabilities, finding the laws’ safeguards are ineffective and oversight … Read More
October 14, 2019
(The Guardian) – A judge has given doctors the go-ahead to perform an abortion on a woman with severe learning disabilities who is 12 weeks pregnant. Mr Justice Williams heard that a GP had recently discovered that the woman, who … Read More
October 14, 2019
(Reuters) – A divided federal appeals court on Friday said Ohio cannot enforce a 2017 law banning abortions when medical tests show that a fetus has Down syndrome. Upholding a preliminary injunction, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in … Read More
October 14, 2019
(The Australian) – Discussions with rational beings of another species are science fiction, of course. But such an imaginative exercise is necessary because in the absence of beings other than humans, the claim that we have rights by virtue of … Read More
October 11, 2019
(The Wall Street Journal) – For Pat Quinn, eye-tracking technology is a lifeline to the world. Mr. Quinn, who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, is almost completely paralyzed. To speak, write, change the television channel or turn on … Read More
October 7, 2019
(Montreal Gazette) – In a groundbreaking ruling, a Superior Court judge has granted two Quebecers the right to seek medically assisted death after both had been turned aside by their physicians. Jean Truchon and Nicole Gladu are both severely handicapped … Read More
October 4, 2019
(Reuters) – A man paralyzed from the shoulders down has been able to walk using a pioneering four-limb robotic system, or exoskeleton, that is commanded and controlled by signals from his brain. With a ceiling-mounted harness for balance, the 28-year-old … Read More
September 19, 2019
European Journal of Public Health (vol. 29, no. 10, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Unexplained Variations in General Practitioners’ Perceptions and Practices Regarding Vaccination in France” by Fanny Collange et al. “Recommendations for Design and Analysis … Read More
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