An ethical way forward for Indigenous microbiome research: Science has a history of exploitation and extraction. Microbiologists have the chance to take a different approach. By Sam Jones nature.com/immersive/d415…

Letting funding for the All of Us research program lapse will cost the U.S. far more than it saves: Investing in preventive medicine and drug target discovery now will save lives and billions of dollars - By Pradeep Natarajan statnews.com/2024/09/03/all… via STAT

Doctors use problematic race-based algorithms to guide care every day. Why are they so hard to change? statnews.com/2024/09/03/emb… via STAT

How a Leading Chain of Psychiatric Hospitals Traps Patients: Acadia Healthcare is holding people against their will to maximize insurance payouts, a Times investigation found. nytimes.com/2024/09/01/bus…

California, nation’s largest milk producer, confirms bird flu outbreaks in three dairy cow herds statnews.com/2024/08/29/cal… via STAT

Apply Now: Multiple Bioethics Postdoctoral Fellowships Available - Applications for Fall 2025 fellowships are being accepted through Friday, December 13, 2024. Link for more info & to apply - bioethics.jhu.edu/news-events/ne…

Join us next Monday, Sept 9 at Noon to launch or Fall 2024 Seminar Series with Jacquelyn Fox - open to all, lunch provided, link below for more info:

Humans infecting animals infecting humans − from COVID-19 to bird flu, preventing pandemics requires protecting all species - by Anna Fagre theconversation.com/humans-infecti…

Why the next pandemic could come from the Arctic — and what to do about it: Only a unified approach across disciplines can reduce the underappreciated threat of emerging diseases arising in the north. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Worked to the Bone, India’s Doctors Fear for Their Safety, Too: Grueling shifts, abuse from the public and subpar security are nothing new to medical workers in India, where a ghastly killing has put a spotlight on their plight. nytimes.com/2024/09/01/wor…

How race became ubiquitous in medical decision-making tools - By Usha Lee McFarling and Katie Palmer statnews.com/2024/09/04/emb… via STAT

Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - This Week - Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities, Events, Tired and Scared Docs, Race in Medicine, Pandemics, Indigenous Microbiome Research, + Much More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethicsb…

On Tuesday I started my month-long research exchange to the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics at JHU - I'm excited to get to work with colleagues here on a few projects, and meet some other new postdocs! 😁

Ethics & Emerging Biotechnologies Weekly Roundup - Addiction, Neural Interface for Prosthetics, Why AI Isn't Going to Make Art, Humanizing Chatbots, AI Scientist, Pig Organ Transplants, Regenerative Medicine Perspectives, Standardization, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/scienceeth…

Inside the bruising battle to purge race from a kidney disease calculator statnews.com/2024/09/05/emb… via STAT

Africa has an mpox emergency. Why doesn’t it have more vaccines? The Democratic Republic of the Congo received its first 215,000 doses today. Health officials say millions more are needed | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

As Record Heat Sweeps the US, Some People Must Choose Between Food and Energy Bills kffhealthnews.org/MTkwMTE4Mw via @kffhealthnews

Global #FoodEthics & Policy Program Weekly Roundup - Medicine & Farming, Pollinators, Price Hikes, Seaweed, Supply Chains, Public Advocacy Campaign, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/we3frp22p5…

DRC receives first donation of 100,000 mpox vaccines to contain outbreak | Global health | The Guardian theguardian.com/global-develop…

Register Today! AI Ethics and Governance Symposium: Oct. 7 in Washington, DC. Free & Open to All. A limited number of travel grants are available. Link for the full agenda and online registration: bioethics.jhu.edu/events/ai-ethi…