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 25, 2021
(The Verge) – Oxford University disclosed on Thursday that one of its research labs dedicated in part to studying COVID-19 suffered a cyberattack, following an investigation from Forbes indicating external access to a number of the lab’s systems. The lab … Read More
February 23, 2021
(The New York Times) – Mark Lewis was desperate to find monkeys. Millions of human lives, all over the world, were at stake. Mr. Lewis, the chief executive of Bioqual, was responsible for providing lab monkeys to pharmaceutical companies like … Read More
February 22, 2021
(NPR) – Tens of thousands of people who volunteered to be in studies of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are still participating in follow-up research. But some key questions won’t be easily answered, because many people who had been … Read More
February 22, 2021
The American Journal of Bioethics (vol. 20, no. 3, 2020) is available online by subscription only. “What the HEC-C? An Analysis of the Healthcare Ethics Consultant-Certified Program: One Year in” by Claire Horner, et al. “Beneficence, Interests, and Wellbeing in … Read More
February 19, 2021
(Reuters) – The second dose of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine could be delayed in order to cover all priority groups as the first one is highly protective, two Canada-based researchers said in a letter published in the New England Journal … Read More
February 17, 2021
(The Guardian) – The world’s first coronavirus human challenge study will begin in the UK in a matter of weeks, following approval from the country’s clinical trials ethics body, the business department said. Approval has been given for an initial … Read More
February 17, 2021
(STAT News) – Bluebird Bio said Tuesday that it has suspended clinical trials involving its gene therapy for sickle cell disease after receiving reports that two patients treated with the one-time therapy were diagnosed with cancer. The trials were placed … Read More
February 17, 2021
(Nature) – Many human genome studies ask participants to sign a form that gives them little direct control over how their data will be used. But a panel of researchers in Africa says that this can fuel distrust between researchers … 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
