July 29, 2025
(Axios) – The Federal Trade Commission on Monday launched an inquiry into whether health providers are failing to disclose risks connected with gender-affirming care or are making false claims about its benefits. Why it matters: The action could help make … Read More
July 29, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Utilities and technology companies are at odds over who should pay for electricity costs in unprecedented data-center build-out Technology companies need an extraordinary amount of electricity to power data centers at the core of the artificial-intelligence … Read More
July 29, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – At least 16 children under 5 have died of hunger-related causes since mid-July, experts say The Gaza Strip is experiencing famine conditions, a group of global food-insecurity experts said, the most dire assessment of the enclave’s … Read More
July 29, 2025
(Wired) – AI chatbots strip language of its historical and cultural context. Sometimes what looks like a satanic bloodletting ritual may actually be lifted from Warhammer 40,000. But ChatGPT and similar programs weren’t just trained on the internet—they were trained … Read More
July 29, 2025
(NPR) – Chubb is a community organizer in a state with some of the highest rates of maternal and infant mortality in the country. She says a birth center is badly needed here — Augusta, Ga., is surrounded by maternal … Read More
July 29, 2025
(Outside Online) – Now that the fastest marathoner in history, Ruth Chepngetich, has been caught, is it time give up and let athletes dope? To be a sports fan in the modern era is to be at least somewhat numb … Read More
July 28, 2025
(CBS News) – After 10 years on dialysis, and just days after the story of her long wait for a transplant was featured on “CBS Sunday Morning,” LaQuayia “LQ” Goldring, 35, has a new kidney. Before receiving her transplant, Goldring … Read More
July 28, 2025
(Washington Post) – The first-of-its-kind wrongful-death lawsuit tests the laws blue states passed to protect abortion access after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. A Texas man whose girlfriend used abortion pills to end her pregnancy is suing a … Read More
July 28, 2025
(New York Times) – The conglomerate was viewed as one of the most successful companies in America, but patients are enraged and investors have lost faith in its business model. UnitedHealth Group emerged as a health care colossus over the … Read More
July 28, 2025
(KFF Health News) – The chains sell an array of body-reshaping operations, such as “Mommy Makeovers” and liposuction, targeting customers willing to pay up to $20,000 out-of-pocket for a new figure, often on credit with steep interest rates from companies … Read More
July 28, 2025
(NPR) – A stockpile of family planning products — including IUDs, implants and pills — worth $9.7 million has been stuck at a warehouse in Belgium since the administration dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and froze foreign … Read More
July 28, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Google DeepMind and OpenAI won gold medals at the math Olympics—but these American teenagers still got higher scores. Will this be the last time humans outperform AI? The famously grueling IMO exam is held over two … Read More
July 28, 2025
(Axios) – The biggest buzz around GLP-1 drugs these days has nothing to do with weight loss. And that might lead to some problems for patients and insurers. The big picture: Blockbuster treatments like Ozempic have been found to lower … Read More
July 28, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – These digital vision boards are a little like movie trailers showing coming attractions. In one, Ms. Melzer is flying on a private plane, giving a keynote address to a packed room and getting a notification on … Read More
July 28, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – If humanity’s existence were threatened by plague, nuclear war or environmental catastrophe, people would surely demand action. But what if the threat came from our own, passive acceptance of decline? This is not some theoretical curiosity: … Read More
July 28, 2025
Christian Bioethics (vol. 31, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
July 25, 2025
(Wired) – Starting today, UK adults will have to prove their age to access porn online. Experts warn that a global wave of age-check laws threatens to chill speech and ultimately harm children and adults alike. Ultimately, though, it’s not … Read More
July 25, 2025
(NPR) – Doctor’s team makes synthetic blood from hemoglobin, the protein that nourishes the body with oxygen. The researchers extract hemoglobin from expired blood and enclose the protein in a bubble of fat, essentially creating artificial red blood cells. The … Read More
July 25, 2025
(New York Times) – Therapists are cautious about sharing personal information. When they fall ill or die unexpectedly, the shock can be shattering. Ethics guidelines require psychologists to make preparations in case they become incapacitated or die, appointing an executor … Read More
July 25, 2025
(NBC News) – Heavy drinkers are likelier to get alcohol-related liver disease compared with decades ago, a study found. That’s most likely because certain groups, including women, are drinking more. The risk that alcohol poses to women’s health has mounted … Read More
July 25, 2025
(NPR) – While neurotic robots are a staple of science fiction — just think of C-3PO in Star Wars or Marvin in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — they haven’t really been a focus of research into how people … Read More
July 25, 2025
(Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Thursday systemic weaknesses in the oversight of the global pharmaceutical supply chain have resulted in medicines formulated with poisonous chemicals claiming lives and compromising the health of patients, mainly children. In a … Read More
July 25, 2025
(NHPR) – The new law specifically addresses people with medical conditions who want to get sterilized for their reproductive health. New Hampshire is the first state to legally require doctors and medical staff to follow a patient’s desires to seek … Read More
July 25, 2025
(Washington Post) – Victims of the recent global hacking campaign include the National Institutes of Health and the National Nuclear Security Administration, officials said. The National Institutes of Health and the federal agency responsible for securing the nation’s nuclear weapons … Read More
July 25, 2025
(ABC News) – The European Medicines Agency has recommended authorizing a twice-yearly injectable drug aimed at preventing HIV, which scientists say could help end the virus’ transmission. In a statement on Friday, the EU drug regulator said its evaluations of … Read More
