Last week, the FDA’s Blood Products Advisory Panel chose to uphold the lifetime ban on blood and tissue donations from gay and bisexual men

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Disrupting Diagnosis?

November 18, 2014

New tech diagnostic companies must straddle the divide between the old way – regulation, medical oversight, payer and hospital interests – and the new world of “democratized,” autonomous data collection

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Electronic health records present a number of new risks to patient privacy – risks that are compounded by mobile access

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Are Football Injuries Ethical?

September 16, 2014

Nearly 1/3 of retired NFL players are expected to develop long-term cognitive problems.

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Joan Kub discusses public health nursing and justice. Part of our continuing #NursingEthics series

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Our Nancy Kass is a guest editor of the American Journal of Public Health’s comprehensive look at the current ethical landscape of human subjects research with minority populations

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DOMA Down

June 27, 2013

The Supreme Court has removed significant barriers to health-related benefits for gay spouses, and general wellbeing benefits for their children

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Johns Hopkins Bioethicist Jeffrey Kahn Chairs an IOM Committee On Astronaut Health Standards For Long-Duration Missions Beyond Low Earth Orbit

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