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Inaugural Levi Professor of Bioethics and Public Policy Installed
Thu May 17 16:45:45 EDT 2012
Jeffrey Kahn, Ph.D., MPH, deputy director for Policy and Administration at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and an authority on research and public health ethics, was installed as the inaugural Robert Henry Levi and Ryda Hecht Levi Professor of Bioethics and Public Policy May 1.
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Vatican bioethics panel wants only like-minded scientists
Wed May 09 13:00:17 EDT 2012
Members of the Vatican's bioethics advisory panel have called for its board to resign after scientists who don't support core church teaching on issues like birth control and infertility were featured at its annual conference.
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Pre- Conference Symposium "Personalized Health Monitoring Ethics
Thu May 24 06:47:44 EDT 2012
Interdisciplinary research to analyse the relationship between ethics, law and psychosocial as well as medical sciences Symposium prior to the 11th World Congress of Bioethics June 26th 2012, 13 16.30 hrs.
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Obama's Bioethics Commission to meet in D.C.
Wed May 09 15:43:26 EDT 2012
( Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues ) The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues will hold its ninth public meeting on May 17, 2012. At this meeting in Washington, D.C., the Commission is pleased to welcome Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen...
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Senate panel looks at ties between advocacy groups, pain pill industry
Sat May 12 10:19:55 EDT 2012
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A U.S. Senate committee is examining a Kansas City, Mo.-based bioethics think tank's financial...
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Vatican's bioethics advisory board asked to resign over conference
Wed May 09 15:46:53 EDT 2012
The annual event featured scientists who don’t support core church teaching on issues like birth control and infertility.
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Ethics and modern medicine
Mon May 14 20:11:35 EDT 2012
Islam regards human life as an invaluable gift from Allah, and should therefore be both respected and protected.
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NEWS SCAN: Pediatric countermeasure ethics, flu activity slows further, infant infections during H1N1, healthcare ...
Fri May 18 17:51:15 EDT 2012
Bioethics commission takes on pediatric countermeasure issues Based on a request from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), President Barack Obama's bioethics commission yesterday started discussing issues related to developing medical countermeasures such as anthrax vaccine for...
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Johns Hopkins Human Rights Advocate Urges WHO Action to Protect Healthcare Workers in Humanitarian Crises
Mon May 21 17:25:45 EDT 2012
Johns Hopkins University scholar, lawyer and human rights advocate Leonard Rubenstein is attending the 65th session of the World Health Assembly this week, pushing for a resolution to document attacks on health care workers in conflict zones such as Syria and Bahrain. Recent escalation of such...
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Vatican board asked to resign over conference
Wed May 09 11:01:46 EDT 2012
Members of the Vatican's bioethics advisory panel have called for its board to resign after scientists who don't support core church teaching on issues like birth control and infertility were featured at its annual conference.
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