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The White House outbreak: How to criticize irresponsible leaders without getting stuck in the illness blame game
n a twist of fate, there was an outbreak of COVID-19 at a White House celebration of the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court of the United States. This elicited a wide range of reactions to seeing a gathering of opponents of strict COVID-19 control measures being hurt by the very pandemic they have downplayed. While others have worried about the moral philosophy of taking pleasure in others’ suffering, or the hypocrisy of evading rules one publicly espouses, I have a different worry. Continue reading
“There’s no proof that anything works!” The ethics of COVID-19 research
The New York Times Magazine recently published a long-form story about the tension between treating patients with COVID-19 by any means that might improve their chances of survival and recovery, and enrolling them in clinical trials to establish the safety and efficacy of these treatments, thus improving care both for future patients and for those who survived the trial. Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics in the News, Uncategorized
Tagged bioethics, Bioethics in the News, clinical ethics, clinical trial, clinical trials, coronavirus, COVID-19, disease, evidence-based medicine, evidence-based practices, health care, healthcare, research ethics, Robyn Bluhm, united states
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COVID-19 vs. Childhood Immunization? A Bioethics Perspective from Nigeria
This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Felix Chukwuneke, MD Avoiding the Impending Calamity: Our Ethical Responsibility United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that COVID-19 is disrupting life-saving immunization services around the world, putting millions … Continue reading
COVID-19 Vaccine: “Not throwing away my shot”
In the advent of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, there is an underlying belief in the United States that a COVID-19 vaccine may be the Holy Grail, the silver bullet to assuage the pandemic and open up the quarantine doors. Yet, there is a divide in the United States regarding vaccination acceptance. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports less than 50% of adults receive the vaccine for influenza (flu). In the 2017-2018 flu season, 37.1% received the vaccine, the lowest rate in ten years. Continue reading
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Tagged bioethics, Bioethics in the News, coronavirus, COVID-19, disease, public health, Sabrina Ford, united states, vaccination, vaccinations, vaccines
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Episode 7: ‘Imaging and Imagining Illness’ with Devan and Darian Stahl
Episode 7 of No Easy Answers in Bioethics is now available! This episode features guests Devan Stahl, Assistant Professor in the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences and the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, and Darian Goldin Stahl, … Continue reading
Posted in Center News, Outreach, Podcasts, Uncategorized
Tagged art, bioethics, chronic illness, Devan Stahl, disability, disease, medical humanities, medical images, medical imaging technology, No Easy Answers in Bioethics, podcast, printmaking
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What level of risk will be tolerated for interventions that are developed for treating “pre-diseased” patients?
Crossing the Biology to Pathobiology Threshold: Distinguishing Precision Health from Precision Medicine Event Flyer Diseases have long been defined by their symptoms, and therefore patients have typically been treated when they are symptomatic. However, through advances in “omics,” wearable sensors, … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics Events, Brownbag & Webinar Series, Outreach, Public Seminar Series
Tagged biomedicine, Christopher Contag, disease, event announcement, lecture, precision health, precision medicine, webinar
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Announcing the Fall 2017 Bioethics Brownbag & Webinar Series
The Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences at Michigan State University is proud to announce the 2017-2018 Bioethics Brownbag & Webinar Series, featuring a wide variety of bioethics topics. The fall series will begin on September 13, 2017. … Continue reading
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Tagged bioethics, disease, event announcement, genetic testing, genetics, Michigan State University, mind-reading, neuroscience, precision health, precision medicine, University of Michigan, webinar
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Defining The Spectrum of “Normal”: What is a Disease?
This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Jennifer Carter-Johnson, JD, PhD The world of Gattaca once seemed a faraway place where some babies had genetic defects corrected before birth resulting in two classes within … Continue reading
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Tagged bioethics, biotechnology, disease, embryos, gene-editing technology, genetics, research
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Ebola: A Tough Teacher
This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series. For more information, click here. By Ann Mongoven, Ph.D. The unfolding tragedy of Ebola in West Africa offers painful ethical lessons about international epidemic control. International public health organizations … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Ann Mongoven, bioethics, disease, ebola, health care, stigma
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