Vaccines and Global Health: The Week in Review
04 Apr 2026 Issue 839
centerforvaccineethicsandpolicy.net
#vaccines #immunization #globalhealth #bioethics #vaccineequity #zerodosechildren
Center for Vaccine Ethics & Policy –
GE2P2 Global Foundation [www.ge2p2.org]

Vulnerability as a normative concept: reviving the scepticism - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy - Appeals to vulnerability are widespread in bioethics, yet they continue to face criticism. One line of critique concerns their normative force, with two major...

New paper out now in Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy on #vulnerability as a normative concept in #bioethics (Open-Access).
I revisit two sceptical challenges, arguing that they largely survive Mackenzie’s defence. I then examine alternative strategies, which I argue are unlikely to succeed.

💙📚🛟 'The Ideal and Non-Ideal in Bioethics,' an #OpenAccess book, adopts two approaches developed in political philosophy, "ideal" and "non-ideal" theory, to develop a new approach to bioethics. bit.ly/4c2UkPZ #Bioethics

'The Ideal and Non-Ideal in Bioethics,' an #OpenAccess book, adopts two approaches developed in political philosophy, "ideal" and "non-ideal" theory, to develop a new approach to bioethics. bit.ly/3PK84Yk #Bioethics

Who Gets to Do Science? Who Gets to Do Science?: A neuroscientist who spent the last decade tearing down the class, race, and language barriers that keep people like him out of research

"I became very aware that it isn’t that people from underrepresented backgrounds don’t want to get Ph.D.s.
It’s just that they don’t know how or they can’t afford to." ~ @fleabrained.bsky.social
#bioethics #science
nautil.us/who-gets-to-...

The Tom and Jerry of Medicine: Who Owns the Sick Newborn?
Read and Opine: open.substack.com/pub/vikkypae...
#medsky #meded #pediatrics #neonatology #bioethics

Read this great piece by @bioethxmark.bsky.social about the recent #ICE plot line in "The Pitt."

#Bioethics #Bioethx #Immigration #HealthCare

How rats conquered Earth Cognitive flexibility, opportunistic survival, and social cooperation have allowed rats to thrive in conditions that wipe out other species.

Read more from @bittelmethis.bsky.social in @bigthink.com 👇

bigthink.com/science-tech...

#Bioethics #AnimalSentience

Advance directives need full legal status in persons with dementia Currently, in the United States, there is no legal obligation for medical professionals or civil courts to uphold patients’ Advance Directives (ADs) regarding end-of-life care. The applicability and...

This piece argues advance directives for dementia should override current expressed preferences. We have argued preferences formed now — even under diminished capacity — still carry genuine moral weight. doi.org/10.1002/hast... #bioethics

Last month, the Canadian Council on Animal Care released its Ethics Principles for Animal Use in Science, replacing 30+ years of guidance and setting expectations for experimentation, testing, and teaching in Canada. ccac.ca/Documents/St...

A few notable (maybe hopeful 🤞) things 👇🧵

#bioethics

The fertility industry in crisis When fertility clinics make irreparable errors, what should happen to children born in the wrong family?

A case in Florida poses many ethical, societal, and legal questions. My latest column for @onlys.ky onlys.ky/fertility-in...
#science #tech #biology #IVF #genetics #florida #bioethics #invitro #fertilisation #lawsuit #geneticsmatter

Berman Institute Bioethics Bulletin

Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - This Week - Failing Newborns, Insurance Predicts Survival, 'Unconscionable' Refusal, Rejected Ban, Medical Emergency in Space, Dogma of Meat, Risky Behavior, NIH Restrictions, Euthanasia Battle, Drug Factories, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...

In @statnews.com
#bioethics #ChronicPain

Ethics in Health Research (Human Studies) by Assoc. Prof. Eva Szegezdi · Zoom · Luma

📆April 7, 11:00 (GMT+3)
🔗Registration link: luma.com/nt4d9hjl

We are looking forward to your participation.

#CHIRONProject #Webinar #ResearchEthics #Bioethics #HumanResearch

After Disability Rights by Tony Bogdanoski
An incisive study of ableism's role in perpetuating inequality in areas including selective reproduction, assisted dying and drug control.
📚 https://cup.org/49O8OTY

#bioethics #medicallaw

Thanks to Dr Markow for having me on the podcast! It was great to chat about all things chronic pain, including research that looks to predict, diagnose, and help treat chronic pain through biomarkers and AI -- and some of ethical questions it raises.
#bioethics #chronicpain #stigma #biaseddatasets

Inside the stealthy startup that pitched brainless human clones The ultimate plan to live forever is a brand new body.

#WTF ?! - From #MIT #Techonology Review: "Inside the stealthy startup that pitched brainless human clones"
www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/30/1...

#Ethics #Bioethics
#SnakeOil ?

Bioethics in the Academic Literature: March 31, 2026

#Bioethics in the Academic Lit -This Week- Legal Perceptions & Disclosure, Embodied Brain Organoid Concerns, Developing Gene Therapies, Mindfulness Modules for Promoting Resilience, Keep Track of Your Own Story, Culture Drives Truth Telling, Takes Two to Transplant, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...

Commentary in AJOB defending principlism against its critics, using Percival as backdrop. Being dismissive of durable frameworks is usually flawed. Basic sociological principle: things endure because they have utility. #bioethics

When ICE Brings You the Patient … Hospitals Must Stop Victimizing Forensic Patients Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 26, No. 3, 2026)

Full article: When ICE Brings You the Patient … Hospitals Must Stop Victimizing Forensic Patients #bioethics www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New special section in Bioethics on medical ethics and assisted dying. One piece makes a beneficence-based case for ethics consultation in MAiD settings — autonomy alone doesn't tell the whole story. #bioethics

A line art illustration of a woman in profile view, holding a microphone. The drawing uses a warm-to-cool rainbow gradient, transitioning from orange and red at the top to purple and teal at the bottom. She has long flowing hair and is dressed in a blazer with a beaded necklace.

🎓 Come see the next generation of bioethicists in action!

The Path of Distinction in Bioethics Student Research Showcase is Friday, April 10 — 9am to 12:30pm in HSLC 1248.

Coffee & pastries provided. All are welcome! ☕

#Bioethics #UWMadison #StudentResearch #MedEd go.wisc.edu/972vz7

Replacement changes what tools are available. Displacement changes how science is done.

@nicodmueller.bsky.social's revisit of “Lane‑Petter’s Pipeline” provides the wider lens we need to modernize and humanize biomedical research.

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#bioethics #paradigmchange #scipol #metasci #philsci

The following quote attributed to Lynn E Taylor, MD FIDSA FAASLD FAACP; Etai T Bally; and Zachary Burns, DO, MPH: "If science delivers on a cure for HIV, it will be precisely because of novel research methods -- not because of revelations born of the same animal models that have thus far proven inadequate." The quote appeared in a paper published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases (doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiag186). On the right, a photo of a macaque perched in a tree.

In response to criticism of the CDC's decision to end its in-house experiments on non-human primates, Drs. Lynn Taylor & Zach Burns, along w Etai Bally, penned a powerful letter outlining the many reasons the agency's choice was a good one.

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#bioethics #IDsky

Specific Trends in Pediatric Ethical Decision-Making: An 18-Year Review of Ethics Consultation Cases in a Pediatric Hospital This is a qualitative examination of ethics consultation requests, outcomes, and ethics committee recommendations at a tertiary/quaternary pediatric hospital in the U.S. The purpose of this review of...

18-year review of ethics consultation cases at a pediatric hospital — what gets referred, how that's shifted, where the ethical stress points are. The kind of longitudinal empirical work the field needs more of. #bioethics

Do vaccine mandates impair the voluntariness of informed consent? An ethical and legal obligation generally exists for informed consent to be obtained prior to the administration of medical interventions. This includes vaccinations. For an individual’s informed cons...

Here's the paper we discussed by Smith & Mackie: jme.bmj.com/content/52/4...

#bioethics

Erbe del Sole: la sapienza botanica del risveglio di aprile "Erbe del Sole: riscopri la sapienza botanica delle piante spontanee di aprile. Guida al risveglio verde e all’etica bio della Redazione Prisma. 🌿✨"

Online ora: Sapevate che le erbe selvatiche di marzo sono veri accumulatori di frequenze solari? 🌿☀️ Oggi sul blog riscopriamo la sapienza botanica di tarassaco e ortica.
🔗 Post tecnico: negliocchidiluna.blogspot.com/2026/03/erbe... #BioEthics #Sustainability #Mindset

The Place of Marginalization in Bioethics: Do We Need the Concept? Marginalization is a widely studied phenomenon and recognized as a critical topic in relation to health, shaping health inequities, access to resources, health outcomes, and policy decisions. However...

New article out in Bioethics with @veriwil.bsky.social: The Place of Marginalization in Bioethics: Do We Need the Concept?

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#bioethics #marginalization #health

Vaccines and Global Health: The Week in Review
28 Mar 2026 Issue 838
centerforvaccineethicsandpolicy.net
#vaccines #immunization #globalhealth #bioethics #vaccineequity #zerodosechildren
Center for Vaccine Ethics & Policy –
GE2P2 Global Foundation [www.ge2p2.org]