Apply Now, Deadline: June 1 - Fogarty African Bioethics Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program in Global Health Ethics – an 18-mo. advanced joint bioethics training program for scholars from sub-Saharan Africa w a bioethics-related PhD. Link for info & to apply: bioethics.jhu.edu/news-events/ne…

Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - This Week - Attacks on Health Workers, Nexus Awards, MBE Grads, Farmworker Risks, Painful Fights, Awaiting Treatment in Jail, Medicalization of Birth, Addressing Disparities in Neuroscience Research, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethicsb…

Farmworkers Face High-Risk Exposures to Bird Flu, but Testing Isn’t Reaching Them kffhealthnews.org/MTg1NzE5NA via @kffhealthnews

Ancient Skull With Brain Cancer Preserves Clues to Egyptian Medicine: Cuts in the cranium, which is more than 4,000 years old, hint that people in the ancient civilization attempted to treat a scourge that persists today | The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/05/29/sci…

Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto doesn’t have a psychiatric unit, so it sends patients elsewhere for mental health treatment. When publicly funded facilities are full, some patients go to jail to wait for help. One doctor said that’s “unthinkable.” propublica.org/article/baptis…

For Some Families of Color, a Painful Fight for a Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosis: Universal screenings for the inherited disease promised to get babies diagnosed and treated sooner. But they still miss some children of color | The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/05/29/wel…

A new study of brain samples from Black people shows the influence of environment and genetics on mental disorders: The work is part of an ongoing initiative aimed at addressing disparities in neuroscience research | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

Congrats to our 2024 MBE grads!

After a traumatic C-section, journalist takes on the medicalization of birth: Rachel Somerstein's 'Invisible Birth' chronicles the history of C-sections | NPR npr.org/2024/05/28/nx-…

#Bioethics in the Academic Lit - This Week - Factors Influencing Adherence, NFTs for Organoids, Appeals to Character, Value of Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Autonomoy-Based Bioethics & Vulnerability, Humanization Debates, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethics-…

The AI revolution is coming to robots: how will it change them? The melding of artificial intelligence and robotics could catapult both to new heights. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Florida has become the first state to allow doctors to perform cesarean sections outside of hospitals, siding with a private equity-owned physicians group kffhealthnews.org/MTg1NDQ1Mw via @kffhealthnews

When ‘Prior Authorization’ Becomes a Medical Roadblock: Medicare Advantage plans say it reduces waste and inappropriate care. Critics say it often restricts coverage unnecessarily | The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/05/25/sci…

Inside the Factory Supplying Half of Africa’s Syringes - The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/05/27/hea…

Fallout From Cyberattack at Ascension Hospitals Persists, Causing Delays in Patient Care: For 2 weeks at the 140-hospital system, doctors & nurses have had little access to digital records for patient histories, resorting to paper & faxes to treat people. nytimes.com/2024/05/23/hea…

Beef Tissue from Sick Cow Tests Positive for Bird Flu Virus: Muscle from a sick dairy cow tested positive for the virus. The meat did not enter the commercial food supply, which officials said remained safe. - The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/05/24/hea…

Global #FoodEthics & Policy Program Weekly Roundup - Raw MIlk, Ozempic, Intuitive Eating, Farm Bill, Disease Detectives, Global Burden of Disease, Voice, Access, Ownership, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/we3frp22p5…

Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic: Negotiators plan to ask for more time. Among the sticking points are equitable access to vaccines and financing to set up surveillance systems. nytimes.com/2024/05/24/hea…

Routine collection of immigrants’ DNA by federal authorities has ballooned since 2020, with a 50-fold spike in the number of samples held in a national database of the sensitive genetic information, according to a report released Tuesday. latimes.com/politics/story…

First Opinion - Stacy Hurt: Making the case for fair compensation in clinical trials - STAT statnews.com/2024/05/23/cli…