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...
by John McMillan | Jul 11, 2025 | Ethics, Policy
Christian Heiss, University of Surrey We’re constantly told to “eat healthy” – but what does that actually mean? Even doctors sometimes struggle to offer clear, practical advice on which specific foods support health, why they work and what real benefits people can...
by John McMillan | Jul 11, 2025 | Ethics, Policy
Shaon Lahiri, College of Charleston In 2019, a rare and shocking event in the Malaysian peninsula town of Ketereh grabbed international headlines. Nearly 40 girls age 12 to 18 from a religious school had been screaming inconsolably, claiming to have seen a “face of...
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