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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 3h

#Bioethics in the Academic Lit - This Week - Pragmatic Clinical Trials, AI, Health, and Health Care, Formal Reporting Standards, Explantation, DNR Orders for Patients with Cancer, Reuse of Genetic Data, Elective Surgery Waiting Lists, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...

Bioethics in the Academic Literature: October 14, 2025

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 2h

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 3h

Clarinetist playing 'Ghostbusters' arrested at ICE facility: she is apparently being held without bail on no specific charges at the Clark County Jail after her husband said she was arrested Sunday during a protest across the street from the ICE facility in Portland. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 3h

The dark history of medical illustrations and the question of consent: They were pregnant. Some were prisoners. Others the poorest of the poor, forgotten in death as in life. Yet dissection and depiction of their bodies became the foundation of anatomical teaching theconversation.com/the-dark-his...

The dark history of medical illustrations and the question of consent

Historical anatomy textbooks are built on the bodies of prisoners, the poor and the powerless – and we’re still using them today.

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 3h

Inside the New Bible-Infused Texas English Curriculum: The curriculum was created as several states fought to bring prayer or religious texts like the Ten Commandments into public school classrooms, erasing the line between church and state. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Inside a New Bible-Infused Texas English Curriculum

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 3h

Science must break its silence to rebuild public trust | Nature Neuroscience www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Blurb from article that reads, "This Comment calls on scientists to acknowledge how insufficient communication and limited engagement beyond academia have deepened the divide between science and the public. Restoring trust requires a paradigm shift in which scientists accept that the responsibility to champion science lies with us. We propose a new model in which public communication and advocacy are considered as essential to our mission as rigor and reproducibility — critical not only for safeguarding science, but also for ensuring that its benefits reach all segments of the societies we serve."

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 1d

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 1d

AI, Health, and Health Care Today and Tomorrow: The JAMA Summit Report on Artificial Intelligence | Authors include our Kadija Ferryman | JAMA jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

AI, Health, and Health Care Today and Tomorrow

This Special Communication discusses how health and health care artificial intelligence (AI) should be developed, evaluated, regulated, disseminated, and monitored.

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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 1d

Does Clinical Documentation Reflect How Parents and Clinicians Share Decisions About Surgery? - Angele Kelly, Dalia Mitchell, Anne Links, Mary Catherine Beach, Emily Boss, Elaine Thompson | Research Square www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

Does Clinical Documentation Reflect How Parents and Clinicians Share Decisions About Surgery?

BackgroundWhile use of shared decision-making (SDM) is widely accepted and applied in practice, it is unknown how core elements of SDM are reflected in clinical documentation. This knowledge gap is un...

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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 1d

A Call for Formal Reporting Standards for Legal Research in Public Health Studies - Cason Schmit, Scott Burris, Safura Abdool Karim et al. | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 11 ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...

A Call for Formal Reporting Standards for Legal Research in Public Health Studies | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 11

American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)

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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 1d

Bioethics Seminar, TODAY, Noon - John Santelli, MD, MPH, "Inclusion of Minor Adolescents in Health Research: Key Issues, New Guidance". Open to all. Attend in person, Lunch provided. Feinstone Hall, @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social -More info: mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...

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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 2d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 3d

I guess fighting infectious disease is “Democrat oriented”.

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 3d

This is staggering. “The staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the journal that reports on health trends and emerging infectious threats, was also laid off.”

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 3d

This is insane. I feel like I’m going insane when I’m watching this. Not just the fact that it’s clearly their fault, but the way a heavily-armed squad of masked thugs immediately jumps into the street and brutalizes the woman they just hit, despite having no idea who she is.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 3d

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 3d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 3d

Firing workers has always been part of the Vought/Trump Project 2025 plan. This has nothing to do with the shutdown. It's just an unpopular move and they are trying to shift the blame. | White House Signals Federal Layoffs Have Begun During Government Shutdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

White House Signals Federal Layoffs Have Begun During Government Shutdown

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 3d

This HHS spokesperson can't keep the "because of the shutdown" story straight even over just a few sentences... www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...

"HHS employees across multiple divisions have received reduction-in-force notices as a direct consequence of the Democrat-led government shutdown," Andrew Nixon, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services said shortly after Vought's post. "All HHS employees receiving reduction-in-force notices were designated non-essential by their respective divisions."

The spokesperson blamed the Biden administration for creating a "bloated bureaucracy," although HHS has already cut more workers — 20,000 workers through an earlier RIF and through voluntary resignations and retirements — than were added during the Biden administration.

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 4d

HHS employees to be fired as White House enacts mass terminations it wants to blame on the shutdown. I guess Trump is saying that 'enhancing the health and well-being of all Americans' is a 'Democrat' program - sounds right. www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/h... via @statnews.com

HHS employees to be fired as White House enacts mass terminations it blames on shutdown

Federal health employees are being fired as the White House makes good on a promise to terminate federal employees en masse because of the shutdown.

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 4d

Smart move - it's a trap. | MIT Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment | New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 4d

Global #FoodEthics and Policy Program Weekly Roundup - Defining 'Ultraprocessed', Food Label Fight, Farmer Aid, Government-Owned Groceries, Vertical Farming in Hospitals, Controversial Dietary Guidelines, AI in Food Processing, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/we3frp22...

Global Food Ethics and Policy Program: News Roundup

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 4d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 4d

Surrogates’ perspectives on the communication and support processes that enable them as active decision-makers across chronic critical illness - authors include our Renee Boss | CHEST Critical Care www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

Surrogates’ perspectives on the communication and support processes that enable them as active decision-makers across chronic critical illness

Our findings suggest that future interventions should deliver decisional support in CCI through longitudinal, relationship-centered strategies integrating iterative care planning, compassionate and in...

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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 4d

Ethics and Life Sciences Weekly Roundup | Knowing Enough, Mini-Brains to Power Computers, Chatbots Don't Want to Say Goodbye, Faking Crowds, Editing to Fix Failures, Meaningful Public Participation, Stem Cells In Space, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/sciencee...

Ethics and Life Sciences Weekly Roundup

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