by admin | Mar 21, 2025 | COVID-19, Ethics, Policy
Dylan Thomas Doyle, University of Colorado Boulder In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers struggled to grasp the rate of the virus’s spread and the number of related deaths. While hospitals tracked cases and deaths within their walls, the broader...
by admin | Mar 7, 2025 | Ethics, Mental Health
Lynda Boothroyd, Durham University What we think of as “normal” body shape is affected by what we’re accustomed to – the range of body shapes we see. My new research with colleagues shows that this is true for young children as well as adults. Research with adults and...
by admin | Feb 28, 2025 | COVID-19, Ethics
Dr. Philip McMillan, John McMillan At 4 a.m. one Wednesday, Dr. Philip McMillan, a clinician and researcher, was awakened by an urgent call from a confidante at the other end of the world. The call concerned 6,000 pages of documents linking the Covid-19 virus to Cold...
by admin | Feb 21, 2025 | COVID-19, Ethics
Dr. Philip McMillan, John McMillan Imagine a world where mere mention of a flu shot makes octogenarians pull back in terror. Where any utterance from a health official is drowned out by a substantial dose of public skepticism. Where trust, that tenuous fragile thing,...
by admin | Feb 14, 2025 | Ethics, Policy
Daniel T. Kim, Albany Medical College I sit on an ethics review committee at the Albany Med Health System in New York state, where doctors and nurses frequently bring us fraught questions. Consider a typical case: A 6-month-old child has suffered a severe brain injury...
by admin | Feb 7, 2025 | COVID-19, Ethics
Dr. Philip McMillan, John McMillan The COVID-19 pandemic upended global health, and in so doing exposed deep fissures in the foundations of scientific research. A recent Vejon Health episode hosted by Dr. Philip McMillan featured epidemiologist Professor Amitav...
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