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Griefbots Are Here, Raising Questions of Privacy and Well-being - The Hastings Center www.thehastingscenter.org/griefbots-ar...
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Access to Pediatric Assistive Technology: A Moral Test
by Kaiulani S. Shulman and Joseph J. Fins www.thehastingscenter.org/access-to-pe...
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What is AI? Everyone thinks they know but no one can agree. And that’s a problem. | MIT Technology Review www.technologyreview.com/2024/07/10/1...
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Second Patient to Receive Pig Kidney Transplant Has Died: Lisa Pisano, 54, lived with the organ for 47 days. She was the first patient to receive both a heart pump and an organ transplant, doctors said. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/09/h...
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Doctors Use A.I. Chatbots to Help Fight Insurance Denials: As health plans increasingly rely on technology to deny treatment, physicians are fighting back with chatbots that synthesize research and make the case www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/h...
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HHV‐8‐associated diseases in transplantation: A case report and narrative review focused on diagnosis and prevention - Olivia S. Kates, Heather McDade, Francis J. Tinney Jr, Sharon R. Weeks-Groh, Kathryn Lurain - Transplant Infectious Disease onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Nudging the Nudger: Performance Feedback and Organ Donor Registrations - by Julian House, Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis, Nina Mazar www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The ethical value of consulting community members in non-emergency trials conducted with waivers of informed consent for research - Emily A Largent, Steven Joffe, Neal W Dickert, Stephanie R Morain, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Drone Attacks on Health in 2023: International Humanitarian Law and the Right to Health - by Joseph Ammon & Leonard Rubenstein www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
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Craving for drugs - by Hanna Pickard - Mind & Language - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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U.K. publishes first guidelines for human embryo models grown from stem cells | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Len Rubenstein, Johns Hopkins University: “The policy is hand-wringing… Total impunity.” He joins The CommonHealth Podcast to unpack the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition’s 11th annual report on 2023 www.csis.org/podcasts/com...
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New parents in Baltimore could get a $1,000 'baby bonus' to reduce childhood poverty: NPR www.npr.org/2024/07/09/n...
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The untold story of the Human Genome Project: How one man’s DNA became a pillar of genetics www.statnews.com/2024/07/09/h... via @statnews
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FIrst Opinion - Anna Wexler: The ethical implications of Elon Musk’s unorthodox approach to medical science www.statnews.com/2024/07/08/n... via @statnews
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Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - this week: untold Human Genome Project story, malaria vaccine rollout, voice box transplant, AI for prior authorizations, and more
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In Constant Battle With Insurers, Doctors Reach for a Cudgel: A.I. - The New York Times
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#Bioethics in the Academic Literature: July 9 - this week: ethical dilemmas in the care of chronically critically ill children, global perspectives of healthcare AI, a human right to mental health, insights on personhood, and more
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The untold story of the Human Genome Project: How one man’s DNA became a pillar of genetics - STAT
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A rare voice box transplant helped a cancer patient speak again, part of a pioneering study - AP
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NASA's Mars simulator crew emerged after 378 days: What did they learn? - ABC News
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Chad eliminates tropical disease targeted by WHO program - The Washington Post
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Scientists create first mouse model with complete, functional human immune system - Medical XPress
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Malaria Vaccine Rollout to Africa is a Cautionary Tale - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/07/05/h...
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Where do families turn? Ethical dilemmas in the care of chronically critically ill children, Monash Bioethics Review - authors include our Renee Boss link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - this week: application are open for this year's Stavros Niarchos Foundation Bioethics Academy, dengue is spreading, health inequities haven't improved, pandemic children are struggling, and more mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
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New Drug Approved for Early Alzheimer’s - The New York Times
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If a bot relationship FEELS real, should we care that it's not? Body Electric - NPR
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#Bioethics in the Academic Literature: this week - local context considerations, AI for surrogate decision making, research with refugees, children's morals, research-treatment hybrids and more
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Ethical Complexities in Utilizing Artificial Intelligence for Surrogate Decision Making | American Journal of Bioethics - authors include our Brendan Saloner
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Disability community has long wrestled with ‘helpful’ technologies – lessons for everyone in dealing with AI | The Conversation
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Brain-driven prosthesis marks scientific advance for people with amputations - The Washington Post
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A.I. ‘Friend’ for Public School Students Falls Flat - The New York Times
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Scientists in Japan Give Robots a Fleshy Face and a Smile - The New York Times
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The Youngest Pandemic Children Are Now in School, and Struggling - The New York Times
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Global #FoodEthics and Policy Program: News Roundup - this week: addiction to ultra-processed foods, driverless tractors, kelp farming, corporate sustainability, and more
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These 3D model brains with cells from several people are first of their kind - Nature
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Applications are open through July 20 for the 5th annual SNF Bioethics Academy in Athens, Greece in September. The Academy aims to support and enhance knowledge and awareness for bioethics among biomedical researchers, policy professionals, and healthcare administrators. Learn more and apply here:
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By the numbers: America’s alcohol-related health problems are rising fast | STAT
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Health inequities haven't improved in last two decades, report says | AXIOS
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Ethics & Emerging Biotechnologies Weekly Roundup - this week: brain data privacy, DBS for epilepsy, racism in AI, research ethics reimagined, supercrops, the end of animal testing, and more
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Eating rocks: The case for early integration of medical ethics into AI product development - STAT
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C.D.C. Warns Doctors About Dengue as Virus Spreads to New Regions | New York Times
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Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - this week: better communication, ISSCR working group, pooping on the moon, collaborative ethics, AI translators, and more mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
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When bureaucracy blocks a promising fight against the opioid crisis - POLITICO
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Communicating Our Way to Better Patient Care - The Johns Hopkins Center for Innovative Medicine interviews our Mary Catherine Beach
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U.S. surgeon general declares firearm violence a public health crisis | The Washington Post
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If humans are to return to the moon, space agencies and governments need to figure out the legal, ethical, and practical dimensions of extraterrestrial waste management. | Wired
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#Bioethics in the Academic Literature - this week: youth boarding in the ER, racism in AI, respectful AMA discharges, healthcare workers in Myanmar, advocacy, collaboration, and more
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U.S. is 'flying blind' with bird flu, repeating mistakes of COVID, health experts say | NPR Shots
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