Bioethics
Bioethics | Should clinical guidelines incorporate cost pathways for persons with financial hardship?
28 Feb, 2021 | 20:54h | UTC
AAP Clinical Report: Ethical Considerations in Pediatricians’ Use of Social Media
23 Feb, 2021 | 01:24h | UTCEthical Considerations in Pediatricians’ Use of Social Media – Pediatrics
News release: Post or pause? Report guides pediatricians’ ethical use of social media – AAP News
Editorial: The reporting of race and ethnicity in medical and science journals
23 Feb, 2021 | 01:21h | UTCThe Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals – JAMA
What makes new variants of SARS-CoV-2 concerning is not where they come from, but the mutations they contain
23 Feb, 2021 | 01:56h | UTCRelated: The world needs a single naming system for coronavirus variants – Nature AND Why the WHO won’t call it the ‘U.K. variant’, and you shouldn’t either – CTV News
Twelve criteria for the development and use of COVID-19 vaccine passports
21 Feb, 2021 | 22:36h | UTCTwelve criteria for the development and use of COVID-19 vaccine passports – The Royal Society
Commentaries: Vaccine passports can work, but face 12 challenges – University of Oxford AND UK scientists highlight 12 criteria for Covid vaccine passports – The Guardian
See also: What place should COVID-19 vaccine passports have in society? – Ada Lovelace Institute AND WHO looks at possible ‘e-vaccination certificates’ for travel – Reuters
WHO call to action: Vaccine equity declaration – We must accelerate vaccine equity for all health workers – Now
19 Feb, 2021 | 03:03h | UTCCall to Action: Vaccine Equity Declaration – World Health Organization
SOFA score is not accurate enough for mortality prediction in severely ill patients with COVID-19 pneumonia
19 Feb, 2021 | 02:44h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
'The discriminant accuracy of the #SOFA score for
mortality prediction in patients prior to intubation for#COVID-19 pneumonia was poor and significantly inferior to simply using age.' Age, apparently can't be used because 'discrimination'. #bioethics https://t.co/QJIxqupoVx— udo schuklenk 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🇦🇺🇩🇪 (@schuklenk) February 17, 2021
Clinical decisions: Delayed second dose vs. standard regimen for Covid-19 vaccination
18 Feb, 2021 | 03:17h | UTC
World’s first coronavirus “Human Challenge” study receives ethics approval in the UK
18 Feb, 2021 | 03:14h | UTCWorld’s first coronavirus Human Challenge study receives ethics approval in the UK – GOV.UK
Commentaries: Covid-19: World’s first human trials given green light in UK – BBC AND UK to infect up to 90 healthy volunteers with Covid in world first trial – The Guardian
WHO Guidance on the subject: Feasibility, potential value and limitations of establishing a closely monitored challenge model of experimental COVID-19 infection and illness in healthy young adult volunteers – World Health Organization AND Key criteria for the ethical acceptability of COVID-19 human challenge studies – World Health Organization
See also: Challenge Trials—Could Deliberate Coronavirus Exposure Hasten Vaccine Development? – JAMA AND Ethical guidelines for deliberately infecting volunteers with COVID-19 – Journal of Medical Ethics AND Challenge trials can speed development of a Covid-19 vaccine. Planning for them needs to start now – STAT AND Accelerating Development of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines — The Role for Controlled Human Infection Models – New England Journal of Medicine AND Human Challenge Studies to Accelerate Coronavirus Vaccine Licensure – The Journal of Infectious Diseases AND Ethics of controlled human infection to address COVID-19 – Science AND Extraordinary diseases require extraordinary solutions – Vaccine
What place should COVID-19 vaccine passports have in society?
18 Feb, 2021 | 03:12h | UTCWhat place should COVID-19 vaccine passports have in society? – Ada Lovelace Institute
Perspective: What science can and cannot do in a time of pandemic
17 Feb, 2021 | 01:34h | UTCWhat Science Can and Cannot Do in a Time of Pandemic – Scientific American
Opinion: It’s time to consider vaccine mandates in high-risk settings
12 Feb, 2021 | 02:19h | UTCIt’s Time to Consider Vaccine Mandates in High-Risk Settings – Scientific American
Commentary on Twitter
It's Time to Consider #Vaccine Mandates in High-Risk Settings
"Leaving vaccination to individual choice is unacceptably high in places like #NursingHomes, #LongTermCare facilities and #Prisons"
Professors @doritmi @ArthurCaplan in @sciam https://t.co/km2PZPM5bK
— Paul Belcher (@PaulJBelcher) January 28, 2021
Perspective: Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines—Ethical and Legal Considerations
12 Feb, 2021 | 02:18h | UTCMandating COVID-19 Vaccines – JAMA
Commentary on Twitter
Mandatory #COVID #vaccines are of intense interest. Now, in @JAMA_current, Dan Salmon @JohnsHopkinsSPH, @ProfHeidiLarson & I examine whether it's lawful & ethical. We cover mandates ordered by states, employers, schools, unis & as a condition of service. https://t.co/n9MQN3p1Wi pic.twitter.com/GmacRB5KKZ
— Lawrence Gostin (@LawrenceGostin) December 29, 2020
Editorial: Covid-19 has amplified moral distress in medicine
12 Feb, 2021 | 02:16h | UTCCovid-19 has amplified moral distress in medicine – The BMJ
Related: Physicians aren’t ‘burning out.’ They’re suffering from moral injury – STAT
Near-equivalence in oncology: Generating evidence to support alternative cost-effective treatments
11 Feb, 2021 | 02:02h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Thoughtful piece with real implications for decreasing costs and improving access to cancer care – with particular relevance in low- and middle-resource settings although applicable in all settings. https://t.co/MkQx6Gzte4
— Julie Gralow (@jrgralow) February 10, 2021
Mitigating inequities and saving lives with ICU triage during the COVID-19 pandemic
9 Feb, 2021 | 01:29h | UTC
Perspective: COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant and lactating women
9 Feb, 2021 | 01:18h | UTCCOVID-19 Vaccination in Pregnant and Lactating Women – JAMA
Related: Fauci says ‘no red flags’ seen in 10,000 pregnant women who’ve received Covid shots so far – CNBC
Perspective: Pregnancy, postpartum care, and COVID-19 vaccination in 2021
9 Feb, 2021 | 01:16h | UTCPregnancy, Postpartum Care, and COVID-19 Vaccination in 2021 – JAMA
Opinion: Vaccine Nationalism Harms Everyone and Protects No One
5 Feb, 2021 | 01:45h | UTCVaccine Nationalism Harms Everyone and Protects No One – Foreign Policy
Related: Jeremy Farrar: Until we are all safe, no one is safe. Covid is a global problem – The Guardian AND Covid-19: WHO warns against “vaccine nationalism” or face further virus mutations – The BMJ AND ‘Vaccine nationalism’ threatens global plan to distribute COVID-19 shots fairly – Science AND WHO chief warns against ‘catastrophic moral failure’ in COVID-19 vaccine access – United Nations
Why the WHO won’t call it the ‘U.K. variant’, and you shouldn’t either
5 Feb, 2021 | 01:40h | UTCWhy the WHO won’t call it the ‘U.K. variant’, and you shouldn’t either – CTV News
Related: The world needs a single naming system for coronavirus variants – Nature
The COVID-19 vaccine in pregnancy: risks, benefits, and recommendations
4 Feb, 2021 | 01:30h | UTCRelated: Pregnancy, breastfeeding and the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine: an ethics-based framework for shared decision-making AND The Coronavirus Vaccine Presents a Dilemma for Pregnant Women – The New Yorker
Opinion: We need an equitable and coordinated global approach to covid-19 vaccination
29 Jan, 2021 | 01:57h | UTCWe need an equitable and coordinated global approach to covid-19 vaccination – The BMJ Opinion
Related: WHO chief warns against ‘catastrophic moral failure’ in COVID-19 vaccine access (commentaries on the subject)
“Until there is an international consensus and coordinated operational strategy, the virus will find new vulnerable populations and continue to spread.”
Revised UNAIDS/WHO Ethical Guidance for HIV Prevention Trials
28 Jan, 2021 | 01:21h | UTCRevised UNAIDS/WHO Ethical Guidance for HIV Prevention Trials – JAMA
Pregnancy, breastfeeding and the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine: an ethics-based framework for shared decision-making
28 Jan, 2021 | 01:29h | UTCCommentary: Offer COVID-19 vaccines to pregnant or breastfeeding people – Canadian Medical Association Journal
Editorial: The world needs a single naming system for coronavirus variants (geographic associations risk stigma)
27 Jan, 2021 | 01:24h | UTCThe world needs a single naming system for coronavirus variants – Nature