Bioethics News.Congress and the Food and Drug Administration need to tame the Wild West of drug pricing. When there’s an E. coli outbreak that causes illness and death, we rightly expect our regulatory bodies to step in. The outbreak of insulin greed is no different.
#Bioethics News: Measles has been in the news a lot lately. New York is one of the epicenters of a growing epidemic that poses a serious threat. 285 confirmed cases since last fall; with 21 leading to hospitalizations, and 5 to an admission to an ICU. https://t.co/12ffi3Sgle
#Bioethics News: Despite a worsening #Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization on Friday again decided not to declare the outbreak a global health emergency.
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#Bioethics News: @nature are calling for a global moratorium on all clinical uses of human germline editing — that is, changing heritable DNA (in sperm, eggs or embryos) to make genetically modified children. https://t.co/WeRHPh7HKr
#Bioethics News: When and where should scientists report controversial research ideas that colleagues share with them in confidence? Have scientists acted inappropriately if they provide research advice to someone conducting an unorthodox experiment?https://t.co/KzeWNAjEvq
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