June 18, 2021
(Wired) – After years of failed attempts to curb surveillance technologies, Baltimore is close to enacting one of the nation’s most stringent bans on facial recognition. But Baltimore’s proposed ban would be very different from laws in San Francisco or … Read More
June 18, 2021
(New York Times) – As the Indian government struggles to expand a Covid-19 vaccination program dogged by shortages and bureaucratic missteps, its health workers in Kashmir are facing another challenge: attacks by residents. In recent weeks, health workers in the … Read More
June 18, 2021
(Associated Press) – As Brazil hurtles toward an official COVID-19 death toll of 500,000 — second-highest in the world — science is on trial inside the country and the truth is up for grabs. With the milestone likely to be … Read More
June 18, 2021
(STAT News) – As doctors who believe that people are ultimately responsible for their own health and need greater agency in directing their own care, we’ve long bemoaned the lack of progress, entrenched paternalism, and learned helplessness that has pervaded … Read More
June 18, 2021
Nursing Ethics (vol. 27, no. 5, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Sensitivity in Ethical Decision-Making: The Experiences of Nurse Managers” by Mostafa Roshanzadeh, Zohreh Vanaki and Afsaneh Sadooghiasl “Concepts of Health in Long-Term Home Care: An … Read More
June 17, 2021
(Kaiser Health News) – In March 2020, the Department of Justice accused Chin and SpineFrontier of illegally funneling more than $8 million to nearly three dozen spine surgeons through “sham consulting fees” that paid them handsomely for doing little or … Read More
June 17, 2021
European Journal of Human Genetics (vol. 28, no. 8, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Willingness to Donate Genomic and Other Medical Data: Results from Germany” by Torsten H. Voigt, et al. “How the ‘Control-Fate Continuum’ helps … Read More
June 17, 2021
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include: “The Ethics of DNR-Decisions in Oncology and Hematology Care: A Qualitative Study” by Mona Pettersson, Mariann Hedström and Anna T. Höglund “Public Awareness of and Attitudes Towards Research Biobanks in … Read More
June 16, 2021
(STAT News) – In the last year, the nation’s enthusiasm has finally caught up to his own. As the pandemic spread, hundreds of U.S. cities, states, prisons, universities, and private businesses leaped, sometimes clumsily, into wastewater surveillance. Federal investments in … Read More
June 16, 2021
(Wall Street Journal) – Some 450 U.S. colleges and universities—including our institutions—have announced policies mandating that all students be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 before the fall semester, with some requiring vaccination now for the summer term. Schools have for decades … Read More
