Policy, Politics, Public Health, Vaccines
The Orwellification of the CDC
“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength” (George Orwell, 1984) According to the CDC w...
Subject: Politics
Policy, Politics, Public Health
Revoking Pedestrian Safety Grants is a Matter of Health, Not Just Policy
The health of our society is a social determinant of health. This means that political happenings in our country that in...
Clinical Ethics, Policy, Politics, Vaccines
No surprise: RFK Jr will find some nonsensical reason to link autism to vaccines
At his confirmation hearing to be the 26th Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Ken...
Policy, Politics, Public Health, Reproductive Ethics
The Dark Side of Wearables: A Potential Fertility Surveillance Network
While there is an abundance of literature noting the risks of period tracking apps in jurisdictions with strict abortion...
Editorial-AJOB, Ethics, Justice, Politics, Social Justice
Bioethicists Must Push Back Against Assaults on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
This editorial appears in the August 2025 issue of the American Journal of Bioethics Bioethics emerged in the...
Health Policy & Insurance, Health Regulation & Law, Politics
Do Not Pervert Justice
Do Not Pervert Justice. ...
Abortion, End of Life Care, Health Regulation & Law, Philosophy & Ethics, Policy, Politics
What Should Have Happened in the Tragic Case of Adriana Smith?
What should have happened in the tragic case of Adriana Smith, the two-months-pregnant woman who was declared brain dead...
Abortion, End of Life Care, Ethics, Health Care, Health Policy & Insurance, Health Regulation & Law, Policy, Politics, Reproductive Ethics
The Adriana Smith Case Unfolding in Atlanta Raises Many Questions
The widely discussed Adriana Smith case unfolding in Atlanta raises many thorny ethical questions. Despite the case’s hi...
Editorial-AJOB, Global Ethics, Philosophy & Ethics, Politics
Bioethics’ Identity Crisis: Are We Asking It to Be What It Is Not?
This editorial appears in the May 2025 issue of the American Journal of Bioethics. As the “bio” in “bioethics” suggests...
Education, Policy, Politics, Professional Ethics
How do we Mentor in This Moment?
I don’t know how to be a good mentor right now and I’m mad about it. Almost as soon as I completed my PhD I was pu...
Health Regulation & Law, Politics, Public Health
Slouching Toward Kakistocracy: Experts Need Not Apply
Anti-intellectualism runs deep in American society. The cabinet picks of the current administration reflect this sentime...
Cultural, Politics
Have We Finally Amused Ourselves to Death? The Triumph of Entertainment Values over Civic ...
In early 2016, I wrote a blog for Bioethics Today (formerly bioethics.net) that examined the rise of the Trump movement ...