Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
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Our mission: Identify & address key ethical issues in science, clinical care, public health - locally & globally.
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Michael T. Osterholm: Why my colleagues and I are undertaking an independent review of the hepatitis B birth dose. Ahead of a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting, assessing the evidence is paramount. www.statnews.com/2025/11/26/h... via @statnews.com
Why my colleagues and I are undertaking an independent review of the hepatitis B birth dose
“The Vaccine Integrity Project’s evidence review of the first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine will offer a transparent, data-driven view of its safety and effectiveness,” Michael Osterholm writes.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Michael T. Osterholm: Why my colleagues and I are undertaking an independent review of the hepatitis B birth dose. Ahead of a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting, assessing the evidence is paramount. www.statnews.com/2025/11/26/h... via @statnews.com
Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - This Week - Bad Drugs or No Drugs, Dilemmas in Pragmatic Clinical Trials, On Being a Scientist, Not Sure, New Limits on Nursing Loans, Mind-Reading Devices, Changed CDC Website, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
Berman Institute Bioethics Bulletin
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November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - This Week - Bad Drugs or No Drugs, Dilemmas in Pragmatic Clinical Trials, On Being a Scientist, Not Sure, New Limits on Nursing Loans, Mind-Reading Devices, Changed CDC Website, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
America loves to eat. But a third of its food still goes in the trash : NPR www.npr.org/2025/11/26/g...
The U.S. produces a lot of food waste. This place wants to address it
Even amid rising grocery prices and increased sensitivity to environmental issues, Americans still trash once-edible food at alarming rates.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
America loves to eat. But a third of its food still goes in the trash : NPR www.npr.org/2025/11/26/g...
South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak Shows Chilling Effect of Vaccine Misinformation | KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak Shows Chilling Effect of Vaccine Misinformation - KFF Health News
When a measles outbreak emerged in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in October, health officials announced that most cases were tied to one public charter school, where only 17% of the 605 students enroll...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak Shows Chilling Effect of Vaccine Misinformation | KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence – and that affects what scientific journals choose to publish
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence – and that affects what scientific journals choose to publish
Researchers design studies that might disprove what’s called their null hypothesis – the opposite of the claim they’re interested in exploring.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence – and that affects what scientific journals choose to publish
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Amid Confusing CDC Guidance, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy — ProPublica www.propublica.org/article/covi...
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to sto...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy — ProPublica www.propublica.org/article/covi...
CDC Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command
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November 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
CDC Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
Materials Now Available From NIH-Hosted Workshop, ‘Digging Into Dilemmas of Pragmatic Clinical Trials'. Presenters include our Jeremy Sugarman | NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory - Rethinking Clinical Trials rethinkingclinicaltrials.org/news/novembe...
November 25, 2025: Materials Now Available From NIH-Hosted Workshop, ‘Digging Into Dilemmas of Pragmatic Clinical Trials’ - Rethinking Clinical Trials
Materials and videocast recordings are now available from the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory’s recent workshop, “Digging Into Dilemmas of Pragmatic Clinical Trials.“ The 2-day workshop, hosted by ...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Materials Now Available From NIH-Hosted Workshop, ‘Digging Into Dilemmas of Pragmatic Clinical Trials'. Presenters include our Jeremy Sugarman | NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory - Rethinking Clinical Trials rethinkingclinicaltrials.org/news/novembe...
New limits on school loans could narrow physician and nurse pipeline, educators warn | WYPR www.wypr.org/2025-11-25/n...
New limits on school loans could narrow physician and nurse pipeline, educators warn
Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
New limits on school loans could narrow physician and nurse pipeline, educators warn | WYPR www.wypr.org/2025-11-25/n...
#Bioethics in the Academic Lit - This Week - More Evidence Needed, Women's Protective Sexual Behaviors, Pediatric Oncology Ethics, Moral Resilience, Advance Directives, Artificial Womb Tech, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
Bioethics in the Academic Literature: November 25, 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#Bioethics in the Academic Lit - This Week - More Evidence Needed, Women's Protective Sexual Behaviors, Pediatric Oncology Ethics, Moral Resilience, Advance Directives, Artificial Womb Tech, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
She Studied How to Protect Children From Pollution and Heat. “There was no warning, no conversation,” said Jane Clougherty, an environmental health scientist, who had a federal grant canceled earlier this year. | NY TImes: Lost Science www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
She Studied How to Protect Children From Pollution and Heat
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November 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
She Studied How to Protect Children From Pollution and Heat. “There was no warning, no conversation,” said Jane Clougherty, an environmental health scientist, who had a federal grant canceled earlier this year. | NY TImes: Lost Science www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
Federal biotech commission calls for retooling of scientific research infrastructure. Proposal focuses on easing process of applying for grants, leveraging AI. www.statnews.com/2025/11/25/b... via @statnews.com
Federal biotech commission calls for retooling of scientific research infrastructure
A federal commission is calling for significant changes to the way the U.S. government funds and assesses scientific research.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Federal biotech commission calls for retooling of scientific research infrastructure. Proposal focuses on easing process of applying for grants, leveraging AI. www.statnews.com/2025/11/25/b... via @statnews.com
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Materials are now available from our NIH-hosted workshop, "Digging Into Dilemmas of #PragmaticTrials." Access slides and videos for all sessions, including a keynote by David Zaas, president of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and professor at @wakeforest.bsky.social.
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November 25, 2025: Materials Now Available From NIH-Hosted Workshop, ‘Digging Into Dilemmas of Pragmatic Clinical Trials’ - Rethinking Clinical Trials
Materials and videocast recordings are now available from the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory’s recent workshop, “Digging Into Dilemmas of Pragmatic Clinical Trials.“ The 2-day workshop, hosted by ...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Materials are now available from our NIH-hosted workshop, "Digging Into Dilemmas of #PragmaticTrials." Access slides and videos for all sessions, including a keynote by David Zaas, president of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and professor at @wakeforest.bsky.social.
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NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling. Policy drops “paylines” based on peer-review scores and requires geography and other factors to guide approvals. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling
Policy drops “paylines” based on peer-review scores and requires geography and other factors to guide approvals
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November 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling. Policy drops “paylines” based on peer-review scores and requires geography and other factors to guide approvals. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
New - Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Oncology | Chapter 46 in Pizzo and Poplack's Principles and Practice of Pediatric Oncology. By Yoram Unguru, Daniel Benedetti, Amy Caruso Brown, Liza Marie Johnson, Pernilla Pergert, Eric Kodish shop.lww.com/Pizzo---Popl...
Pizzo & Poplack's Principles and Practice of ...
Pizzo and Poplack's Principles and Practice of Pediatric Oncology, 9th Edition remains the definitive, comprehensive reference in pediatric oncology. Under the expert editorial leadership of Drs. Susa...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
New - Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Oncology | Chapter 46 in Pizzo and Poplack's Principles and Practice of Pediatric Oncology. By Yoram Unguru, Daniel Benedetti, Amy Caruso Brown, Liza Marie Johnson, Pernilla Pergert, Eric Kodish shop.lww.com/Pizzo---Popl...
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Mind-reading devices can now predict preconscious thoughts: is it time to worry? Ethicists say AI-powered advances will threaten the privacy and autonomy of people who use neurotechnology. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Mind-reading devices can now predict preconscious thoughts: is it time to worry?
Ethicists say AI-powered advances will threaten the privacy and autonomy of people who use neurotechnology.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Mind-reading devices can now predict preconscious thoughts: is it time to worry? Ethicists say AI-powered advances will threaten the privacy and autonomy of people who use neurotechnology. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Moral Resilience Is Distinct From General Resilience When Predicting Burnout Among Interprofessional Health Care Workers: Secondary Analysis - Katie Nelson, Ginger Hanson, Sarah Giordano, Cynda Rushton - Journal of Nursing Scholarship sigmapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
<em>Journal of Nursing Scholarship</em> | Nursing Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
Introduction Burnout, a form of moral suffering, has become more commonplace among health care workers in recent years. Measures of general resilience have been widely used to capture improvement in...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Moral Resilience Is Distinct From General Resilience When Predicting Burnout Among Interprofessional Health Care Workers: Secondary Analysis - Katie Nelson, Ginger Hanson, Sarah Giordano, Cynda Rushton - Journal of Nursing Scholarship sigmapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are currently undertaking the consensus study - On Being a Scientist: An Updated and Online Guide to the Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research. The study committee includes our Nancy Kass. www.nationalacademies.org/projects/PGA...
On Being a Scientist Panel on Responsible Conduct and Stewardship of the Research Process
An ad hoc panel on responsible conduct and stewardship of the research process will produce content for On Being a Scientist: An Updated and Online Guide to the Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Rese...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are currently undertaking the consensus study - On Being a Scientist: An Updated and Online Guide to the Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research. The study committee includes our Nancy Kass. www.nationalacademies.org/projects/PGA...
The U.S. relies on immigrant physicians. What if they no longer want to come? : Shots - Health News : NPR www.npr.org/sections/sho...
'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The U.S. relies on immigrant physicians. What if they no longer want to come? : Shots - Health News : NPR www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Kennedy Sharpens Vaccine Attacks, Without Scientific Backing - KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Kennedy Sharpens Vaccine Attacks, Without Scientific Backing - KFF Health News
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims that the aluminum ingredients in vaccines cause a variety of harmful reactions, from allergies to autism. Scientists say that’s wrong and warn of risks if th...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Kennedy Sharpens Vaccine Attacks, Without Scientific Backing - KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Kennedy Says He Told CDC to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines. In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines
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November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Kennedy Says He Told CDC to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines. In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
The Trump administration is turning drug review into make-a-deal. A new voucher program can be used to prioritize drug companies that curry favor. www.statnews.com/2025/11/21/f... via @statnews.com
The Trump administration is turning drug review into make-a-deal
“FDA decision-making may be reduced to a sequence of ‘make-a-deals’ with Trump, his FDA, or even political allies,” experts warn.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Trump administration is turning drug review into make-a-deal. A new voucher program can be used to prioritize drug companies that curry favor. www.statnews.com/2025/11/21/f... via @statnews.com
Global #FoodEthics and Policy Program Weekly Roundup | Global Protein Supply, Farmer Healthcare, Culprit to Solution, Too Late, Ultra-Processed Harms, Massive Profits, Hunger Rising, Machine Learning in Modern Agriculture, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/we3frp22...
Global Food Ethics and Policy Program: News Roundup
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November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Global #FoodEthics and Policy Program Weekly Roundup | Global Protein Supply, Farmer Healthcare, Culprit to Solution, Too Late, Ultra-Processed Harms, Massive Profits, Hunger Rising, Machine Learning in Modern Agriculture, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/we3frp22...
Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health. The National Institutes of Health has canceled funding for at least 383 clinical trials in the last year, affecting some 74k participants | Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...
Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health
The National Institutes of Health has canceled funding for at least 383 clinical trials in the last year, affecting some 74,000 participants
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November 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health. The National Institutes of Health has canceled funding for at least 383 clinical trials in the last year, affecting some 74k participants | Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...
A brain implant that could rival Neuralink's enters clinical trials www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A brain implant that could rival Neuralink's enters clinical trials
Neurotechnology company Paradromics will test its device in a trial aimed at safely restoring speech for people with severe motor impairments.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A brain implant that could rival Neuralink's enters clinical trials www.nature.com/articles/d41...