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...
by John McMillan | May 23, 2025 | COVID-19, Health, Policy
Libby Richards, Purdue University On May 20, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new stance on who should receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The agency said it would approve new versions of the vaccine only for adults 65 years of age and older as well as for...
by John McMillan | May 23, 2025 | Health, Policy
Nicole Hassoun, Binghamton University, State University of New York On March 20, 2025, members of the World Health Organization adopted the world’s first pandemic agreement, following three years of “intensive negotiations launched by governments in response to the...
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 | 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...
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