February 26, 2021
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 46, no. 3, 2020) is available online by subscription only. “Confused Out of Care: Unanticipated Consequences of a ‘Hostile Environment’” by Rose Glennerster and Nathan Hodson “Ethical Concerns with Online Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Companies” by Henry … Read More
February 24, 2021
(Associated Press) – A former member of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s secret police was convicted Wednesday by a German court of facilitating the torture of prisoners in a landmark ruling that human rights activists hope will set a precedent for … Read More
February 24, 2021
(The Guardian) – What my husband was experiencing was all too familiar. Since 1955, when communist China annexed Xinjiang as an “autonomous region”, we Uighurs have been seen as a thorn in the side of the Middle Kingdom. Xinjiang is … Read More
February 22, 2021
(Associated Press) – Libyan authorities raided a secret prison in a southeastern city used by human traffickers and freed at last 156 African migrants, as the U.N. migration agency said Monday more than 1,300 Europe-bound migrants were returned over the … Read More
February 19, 2021
(STAT News) – An analysis of the demographics of a decade’s worth of vaccine clinical trials has found that Black Americans, Latinos, American Indians, and Alaskan Natives, as well as people age 65 and older, were underrepresented as participants within … Read More
February 18, 2021
(Los Angeles Times) As the well-known bishop and senior pastor of City of Refuge Church in Gardena, Noel Jones was in a powerful position to help reverse the stubborn racial disparities that have, thus far, dogged California’s rollout of the vaccines.
February 17, 2021
(Associated Press) – Executioners who put 13 inmates to death in the last months of the Trump administration likened the process of dying by lethal injection to falling asleep and called gurneys “beds” and final breaths “snores.” But those tranquil … Read More
February 16, 2021
(Vox) – Covid-19 vaccines are becoming available, but not everyone wants to get a shot. Which raises a fraught question: Should it be up to each individual to decide whether or not to get vaccinated against a disease that poses … Read More
February 16, 2021
(NPR) – A lingering mistrust of the medical system makes some Black Americans more hesitant to sign up for COVID-19 vaccines. It has played out in early data that show a stark disparity in whom is getting shots in this … Read More
February 15, 2021
The Linacre Quarterly (vol. 87, no. 7, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Is Research on Transgender Children What It Seems? Comments on Recent Research on Transgender Children with High Levels of Parental Support” by Walter R. … Read More
