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Global #FoodEthics and Policy Program Weekly Roundup | SNAP Waivers, Erosion, Food Security At Risk, Fertilizer, AI Farming Tools, Farmland Equity, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/we3frp22...

People who know more about AI art find it less ethical When people understand the system and process behind AI art, its moral implications become harder to accept

People who know more about AI art find it less ethical. When people understand the system and process behind AI art, its moral implications become harder to accept. | Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com/article/peop...

Genetically modified pig liver keeps man alive until human organ transplant First time the procedure has been performed on a living person.

Genetically modified pig liver keeps man alive until human organ transplant. First time the procedure has been performed on a living person. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Six Federal Scientists Run Out by Trump Talk About the Work Left Undone - KFF Health News Cancer treatments, disease outbreaks, addiction science: Scientists say an exodus from the National Institutes of Health will harm the nation's ability to respond to illness.

Six Federal Scientists Run Out by Trump Talk About the Work Left Undone. “There’s been a fundamental destruction,” one researcher said. It’s going to “take a very, very long time to rebuild.” | KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Pregnant women in ERs took less Tylenol after Trump autism warning A study in The Lancet finds that pregnant women in emergency rooms used less Tylenol after President Trump said it could raise their babies' risk of autism. Scientists say there is no proven link.

Tylenol use by pregnant women in ERs dropped after Trump autism warning | NPR www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...

1019 - Medical Aid in Dying

Jeffrey Kahn and Anna Mastroianni join the Public Health On Call Podcast host to discuss why some individuals with a terminal illness choose MAiD, the eligibility requirements in US states, and the tension between individual health choices and public policy. open.spotify.com/episode/29p9...

AI Ethics & Governance Weekly Roundup | Good Conscience, War, Mass Surveillance, How Humans Innovate, Shall We Play A Game? Regulatory Consequences, Synthetic Emotions, Using AI to Cheat? Doomers, + More mailchi.mp/7321a34a32a7...

Medical Journal Admits 138 of Its Case Reports Were Entirely Made Up At least 61 of the made-up case reports were unwittingly cited in other peer-reviewed medical journals, creating hundreds more errors.

Medical Journal Published 138 Fake Case Studies to ‘Protect Patient Confidentiality’. At least 61 of the made-up case reports were unwittingly cited in other peer-reviewed medical journals, creating hundreds more errors. gizmodo.com/medical-jour...

Governing real-world health data as a public utility The utility model offers a framework for ethical stewardship, patient empowerment, and distributed innovation

Governing real-world health data as a public utility. The utility model offers a framework for ethical stewardship, patient empowerment, and distributed innovation. | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Billions of dollars, decades of progress spent eliminating devastating diseases may be lost with undoing of USAID Public health campaigns had made significant strides toward eradicating diseases like elephantitis and river blindness. But this progress has since unraveled with the second Trump administration.

Billions of dollars, decades of progress spent eliminating devastating diseases may be lost with undoing of USAID
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Identical twins on trial: can DNA testing tell them apart? In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific methods could help in such cases.

Identical twins on trial: can DNA testing tell them apart? In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific methods could help in such cases. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

F.D.A. Faces Upset Over Denials of New Drugs

FDA Faces Upset Over Denials of New Drugs. Officials promise fast reviews of new treatments while vowing they will not be a “rubber stamp” for the industry. But patients with rare diseases view recent decisions as signs that the doors are closing on their options. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/h...

Ethics and Life Sciences Weekly Roundup | Brain Organoids, Pocket-Sized AI Brain with Monkey Neurons, Psychedelics, Is AI Smart Enough to do Science? How LLM Counselors Violate Ethical Standards, Human Embryo Models, Genetic Info in Insurance, + Much More mailchi.mp/jhu/sciencee...

In Sierra Leone, a New Maternal Care Center Aims to be a Blueprint

In Sierra Leone, a New Maternal Care Center Aims to be a Blueprint. The country has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Isata Dumbuya, a nurse and midwife, has made it her mission to change that. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/w...

Colossal Biosciences breeds controversy while trying to revive mammoths A Texas biotech company is trying to bring mammoths and other extinct creatures back to life. The science is as intriguing as the ethical questions are thorny.

Colossal aims to bring woolly mammoths back from extinction : NPR www.npr.org/2026/03/04/n...

Join us! A Symposium to Honor the Life, Scholarship, and Impact of Carlton Haywood, Jr., PhD - w Keynote Speaker: Vence L. Bonham, Jr., PhD. March 9, 2026, 3pm EST Open to all, Feinstone Hall, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Link for more info: mailchi.mp/jhu/2006-hay...

Preoperative Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery: Recommendations, Challenges, and Ethical Considerations. By Preeti John, Victoria Chen & Joanne Shay | Anesthesiology journals.lww.com/anesthesiolo...

The Dilemma Series: playing god? | Brooklyn Public Library The Dilemma Series: playing god?Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of BioethicsBusiness & Career Center Classroom, Second floorUnpack the ethical concerns around brain death disputes, organ sales and spor...

The Dilemma Series: playing god? | Brooklyn Public Library Night in the Library. Unpack the ethical concerns around brain death disputes, organ sales, sports doping, and more - w/ our Jeffrey Kahn, Anna Mastroianni, Amelia Hood & Travis Rieder. Mar 14, 9p, Info: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/dil...

Autism researchers rebuke Kennedy, form independent advisory group A group of autism researchers and advocates are forming an independent advisory body to develop a scientific agenda for the autism community.

Autism researchers rebuke Kennedy, form independent advisory group. The group wants to be a bulwark against potential misinformation from federal health agencies. www.statnews.com/2026/03/03/a... via @statnews.com

What It’s Like to Have a Brain Implant for 5 Years No one has had a Synchron brain-computer interface longer than Rodney Gorham. He's still finding new ways to use it.

What It’s Like to Have a Brain Implant for 5 Years. No one has had a Synchron brain-computer interface longer than Rodney Gorham. He's still finding new ways to use it. | WIRED www.wired.com/story/synchr...

Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - This Week - New Events! Brain Organoid Questions, Difficult to Justify, Embryo Model Dilemmas, Taking on Stigma, Understaffing Harms, Delays in Awards & Funding, Subverted System, Measles Hits, DNA Testing & Family Secrets + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...

Where Are China’s A.I. Doomers?

Where Are China’s AI Doomers? Chinese policymakers and the public have expressed high levels of optimism about A.I., even as many in the West worry about the technology’s effects on employment or humanity in general. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/w...

Stem cell therapies ‘come of age’ with two conditional approvals in Japan Induced pluripotent stem cells could help treat diseased hearts and brains

Stem cell therapies ‘come of age’ with two conditional approvals in Japan. Induced pluripotent stem cells could help treat diseased hearts and brains. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

TODAY, Noon: Writing What We Witness as Patients and Health Professionals: When the nurse becomes the patient - Amy Haddad & Erin Wright | Wed, March 4, Noon EST. | Open to all. JHUSON Carpenter Room A. Link for more info: mailchi.mp/jhu/y61ihduu...

Henrietta Lacks Building Celebrates Topping Off as Construction Progresses ictr.johnshopkins.edu/news_announc...

In Dialogue - Public Health & Religion Seminar Series: Join us Wed, Mar 11, Noon EDT for Hahrie Han, 'Understanding Religion as a Civic Institution: Evangelical Megachurches and Civic Action'. Open to all, Join via Zoom. Link for free registration: https://redcap.link/dn0yyhu9

In Dialogue - Public Health & Religion Seminar Series: Join us Wed, Mar 11, Noon EDT for Hahrie Han, 'Understanding Religion as a Civic Institution: Evangelical Megachurches and Civic Action'. Open to all, Join via Zoom. Link for free registration: redcap.link/dn0yyhu9

Delays in awards and funding calls worry NIH-funded researchers Many programs may be pushed into the next fiscal year, and some could face funding gaps

Delays in grant awards and funding calls worry NIH researchers. Many programs may be pushed into the next fiscal year, and some could face funding gaps. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

A Danish Program Takes On the Stigma of Mental Illness

A Danish Program Takes On the Stigma of Mental Illness. One of Us, run by Denmark’s health ministry, works with people with mental health conditions to share their stories in schools, hospitals and police stations, helping turn fear into understanding. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/h...

Study Links Nurse Understaffing to Higher Risk of Death, Readmissions 'Recommendations do not go far enough in calling for policy action,' experts say

Study Links Nurse Understaffing to Higher Risk of Death, Readmissions — "Recommendations do not go far enough in calling for policy action," experts say
www.medpagetoday.com/hospitalbase...

Opinion | The Doctors Are Not Alright Something is deeply misaligned when clinicians can't even voice their despair

N. Adam Brown: The Doctors Are Not Alright — Something is deeply misaligned when clinicians can't even voice their despair
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