The 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade has played a subtle but critical role in the history of bioethics in America. The finding of a constitutional right to abortion coincided with the first several years of a more or less self-conscious transition from traditional medical ethics, focused on physician decision-making, to “bioethics,” which incorporated the [...]
The Supreme Court confirmed what was long suspected: Roe v. Wade is dead. No time for mourning, let’s get to work on what we must do to save our fundamental reproductive rights.First, let’s take a moment to unpack the Court’s ruling. An ultra-conservative Supreme Court majority has abolished the federal constitutional protections for abortion rights. There [...]
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The justices ruled 6-3 to uphold the Mississippi law which bans abortion after fifteen weeks, and overturned Roe v. Wade with a 5-4 vote. President Biden reacted to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, calling it a “sad day for the [...]
New York City began offering vaccination against monkeypox to at-risk groups on Thursday, as authorities scramble to contain a global outbreak. But demand was so high, within hours of launching the program the city had to cut off walk-in appointments, and scheduled visits were already booked through early next week. As opposed to the [...]
Conflict zones can be the most unpredictable and demanding environments in which to practice medicine as material deprivation, physical danger and health worker shortages have to be navigated in real time. They also disproportionately affect children, older adults and refugees. Meanwhile, the notion of war as a temporal event—with a clear beginning and end—has become [...]
On 20 June we celebrate World Refugee Day, recognizing the strength and courage of the estimated 100 million people around the world who have had to flee their homes.The health of refugees everywhere must be addressed. This entails attending to their immediate needs as well as helping countries build health systems that are sensitive to the reality [...]
COVID-19 shots for U.S. infants, toddlers and preschoolers moved a step closer Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration’s outside vaccine advisers gave a thumbs-up to Moderna’s two shots for the littlest kids. The panel is set to vote later Wednesday on whether to also recommend Pfizer’s three-shot series for those youngsters. The outside experts [...]
The Council of Europe’s Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO) issued a new report on the impact of artificial intelligence on the doctor-patient relationship, prepared by Brent Mittelstadt, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Research at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. The report examines AI systems regarding the [...]
The U.S. has reported 72 cases of monkeypox across 18 states in the last month, making it the country’s largest monkeypox outbreak ever. That total has grown significantly since the beginning of June, when just 19 cases were confirmed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidance Tuesday about how to identify monkeypox during this [...]
The monkeypox outbreak “poses a real risk” to public health, said the World Health Organization’s European chief Wednesday.Driving the news: “The magnitude of this outbreak poses a real risk; the longer the virus circulates, the more it will extend its reach, and the stronger the disease’s foothold will get in non-endemic countries,” said Dr. Hans Henri Kluge, the WHO [...]
