by John McMillan | Nov 14, 2025 | COVID-19, Ethics
Dr. Philp McMillan, John McMillan “You may think you want the truth, but the reality is that you can’t handle the truth.” This isn’t a line from a courtroom drama; it effectively summarizes the stance UK courts took when denying Dr. Clare...
by John McMillan | Nov 7, 2025 | Ethics
Marisha Burden, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus We’ve all been there: You wait 45 minutes in the exam room when the doctor finally walks in. They seem rushed. A few questions, a quick exam, a glance at the clock and then a rapid-fire plan with little...
by John McMillan | Sep 26, 2025 | Ethics, Medical Research
Lucy Xiaolu Wang, UMass Amherst Pharmaceutical innovation saves lives. But not every “new” drug is truly new. Patents are designed to reward breakthrough inventions by granting the inventors temporary monopoly rights to recoup the costs of research and development and...
by John McMillan | Sep 26, 2025 | Ethics, Medical Research
Dr. Philp McMillan, John McMillan Nicolas Hulscher felt his stomach drop as another professor walked past his poster without making eye contact. Standing at the University of Michigan epidemiology session, the young researcher watched faculty members deliberately...
by John McMillan | Aug 1, 2025 | COVID-19, Ethics
Dr. Philp McMillan, John McMillan “COVID Vaccines Save 14.4 Million Lives in First Year!” This headline was ubiquitous in 2022, presented as definitive proof that aggressive vaccination campaigns had triumphed over the pandemic. Major health organizations...
by John McMillan | Jul 18, 2025 | COVID-19, Disease, Ethics
Dr. Philp McMillan, John McMillan Science often proceeds from observation to hypothesis. In an era when medical data typically remains locked behind institutional walls, a group of 350 Japanese volunteers armed with determination and Freedom of Information requests...
Recent Comments