October 16, 2023
(Aeon) – In fact, using the principle of autonomy that dominates our present research ethics environment, it could be argued that it is unethical to encroach upon those who wish to conduct a medical experiment on themselves. What right would … Read More
October 16, 2023
(NBC News) – By the end of the month, two Alabama hospitals will stop delivering babies. A third will follow suit a few weeks later. That will leave two counties — Shelby and Monroe — without any birthing hospitals, and … Read More
October 16, 2023
(KFF Health News) – PrEP is a crucial tool in the fight against the ongoing HIV epidemic and, when taken as prescribed, is highly effective at preventing infection from sexual contact or injection drug use. But more than a decade … Read More
October 13, 2023
(Washington Post) – Some brain injury patients may appear to be in a coma, but they are not. They are processing at least some of what is happening around them but cannot physically respond. Without a physical response, a physician … Read More
October 11, 2023
(New York Times) – Ten months ago, Ms. Chapin was thrust into the center of the nation’s obsession with true crime, as armies of podcast listeners, internet commentators and amateur sleuths were consumed by the mystery of how Ethan Chapin … Read More
October 11, 2023
(Axios) – A trio of new studies paints a grim picture of how overdose deaths, depression and barriers to care are weighing heaviest on disadvantaged and minority groups — and are aligning to widen health disparities as the U.S. emerges … Read More
October 10, 2023
(Rest of World) – Bias occurs in many algorithms and AI systems — from sexist and racist search results to facial recognition systems that perform worse on Black faces. Generative AI systems are no different. In an analysis of more … Read More
October 9, 2023
(New York Times) – Approximately 20 percent of adolescents had symptoms of major depressive disorder in 2021 — the first full calendar year of the pandemic — but less than half who needed treatment received it, according to a new … Read More
October 9, 2023
(NPR) – His goal was to see if AI would come up with images that flip the stereotype of “white saviors or the suffering Black kids,” he says. “We wanted to invert your typical global health tropes.” Alenichev is quick … Read More
October 9, 2023
(Wired) – The genetic testing company 23andMe confirmed on Friday that data from a subset of its users has been compromised. The company said its systems were not breached and that attackers gathered the data by guessing the login credentials … Read More
October 6, 2023
(KKTV News) – The Fremont County Coroner says the investigation started when community members reached out about an odor coming from the facility. When officials made entry, they found dozens of bodies improperly stored creating a “hazardous scene,” according to … Read More
October 4, 2023
(UPI) – A new study out of Boston University released on Wednesday indicated that Black women age 18 to 65 have the highest risk for suicide irrespective of their socioeconomic status. The findings of the study, which revealed that Black … Read More
October 3, 2023
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 49, no. 8, 2023) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Ethical Problems with Kindness in Healthcare” by Edwin Jesudason “Human Equality Arguments against Abortion” by Calum Miller “Evidence, Ethics and the Promise of Artificial Intelligence … Read More
October 2, 2023
(New York Times) – In a state like Alabama, which has the third-highest maternal death rate and the sixth-highest infant death rate in the United States, some public health experts see birth centers as a potential solution to a gut-wrenching … Read More
September 28, 2023
(STAT News) – Children are often exposed to harmful chemicals in air, water, soil, food, food packaging, and plastics. However, low-income children and children of color are disproportionately impacted by these exposures, according to the authors of a study that … Read More
September 27, 2023
(MIT Technology Review) – Computer vision systems are everywhere. They help classify and tag images on social media feeds, detect objects and faces in pictures and videos, and highlight relevant elements of an image. However, they are riddled with biases, … Read More
September 27, 2023
(Axios) – From better medical training to more inclusive health benefits, a host of new efforts are aimed at reversing long-standing disparities and stigma that have prevented Black women from seeking out fertility treatments. Why it matters: Black women may … Read More
September 25, 2023
(Catholic News Agency) – The Commission of the Episcopal Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and the Commissariat of the German Bishops-Catholic Office in Berlin on Sept. 12 published a joint statement expressing their “deep concern” about a new draft … Read More
September 22, 2023
(The Atlantic) – It is extraordinary what we hide from ourselves—and even more extraordinary that we once hid her, my mother’s sister, and so many like her from everyone. Here are all these pictures of nonverbal children, so pulsingly alive—their … Read More
September 22, 2023
(Wall Street Journal) – A leading scholar of Uyghur traditional culture who disappeared in December 2017 has been sentenced to life in prison for endangering China’s state security, a human-rights group said, citing an unnamed Chinese official. The scholar, Rahile … Read More
September 13, 2023
(Quartz) – As tech executives flock to Capitol Hill to speak with lawmakers about potential AI regulations this week, they are also being probed on the working conditions of the workers who make ChatGPT, Bard, and Bing possible. US lawmakers … Read More
September 11, 2023
(The Guardian) – Moderators working in Hyderabad, a major IT hub in south Asia, have spoken of the strain on their mental health of reviewing images and videos of sexual and violent content, sometimes including trafficked children. Many social media … Read More
September 7, 2023
(Undark) – When Kevin E. Taylor became a pastor 22 years ago, he never expected how often he’d have to help families make gut-wrenching decisions for a loved one who was very ill or about to die. The families in … Read More
September 5, 2023
(Los Angeles Times) – Since it opened its doors eight years ago, the South Los Angeles-area hospital has relied on certified nurse midwives like Sojobi — nurses with graduate-level training in pregnancy and childbirth — working together with obstetricians to … Read More
September 5, 2023
(KFF Health News) – “I ended up fine,” said Jones, now 43. “But what about all the other women?” The question is especially pertinent in Jones’ home state, which had the nation’s second-highest age-adjusted cervical cancer mortality rate, 3.4 deaths … Read More
