Bioethics
Perspective | How to banish manels and manferences from scientific meetings.
22 Feb, 2022 | 08:23h | UTCHow to banish manels and manferences from scientific meetings – Nature
Scientists deliberately gave people COVID — here’s what they learnt.
15 Feb, 2022 | 10:06h | UTCScientists deliberately gave people COVID — here’s what they learnt – Nature
Original Study: [Preprint] Results from the first Covid-19 human challenge study (deliberately infecting individuals in a controlled environment).
Related:
World’s first coronavirus “Human Challenge” study receives ethics approval in the UK (several texts on the subject)
Ending the evidence gap for pregnancy, HIV and co-infections: ethics guidance from the PHASES project.
15 Feb, 2022 | 08:35h | UTC
FIMS / EFSMA Joint position statement on the International Olympic Committee framework on fairness, inclusion and non-discrimination based on gender identity and sex variations.
13 Feb, 2022 | 22:17h | UTCOriginal Guidance: IOC Framework on fairness, inclusion and non-discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sex variations – International Olympic Committee
Commentary: International Olympic Committee transgender guidance criticised by medical experts – BBC
Commentary on Twitter
You do not have to agree with all content in this position statement. But surely we can agree that we need further debate and discussion (and consultation with all stakeholders) to protect the rights of all athletes. #OpenAccess ➡️ https://t.co/xIfnsyk7FV#Diversity #Inclusion pic.twitter.com/2c9S8lGCoa
— BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine (@BMJOpenSEM) January 20, 2022
Experts question unusual authorization plan for Covid vaccine for kids under 5.
4 Feb, 2022 | 09:57h | UTCExperts question unusual authorization plan for Covid vaccine for kids under 5 – STAT
Related:
Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5 – Associated Press
Pfizer Asks FDA to Approve Its Vaccine for the Youngest Children – HealthDay
Viewpoint: social media and the transformation of the physician-patient relationship.
4 Feb, 2022 | 08:28h | UTC
[Preprint] Results from the first Covid-19 human challenge study (deliberately infecting individuals in a controlled environment).
3 Feb, 2022 | 09:48h | UTCSafety, tolerability and viral kinetics during SARS-CoV-2 human challenge – Research Square
Commentaries:
Scientists deliberately gave people COVID — here’s what they learnt – Nature
First COVID-19 human challenge study yields infection clues – CIDRAP
Exposure to one nasal droplet enough for Covid infection – study – The Guardian
Related:
World’s first coronavirus “Human Challenge” study receives ethics approval in the UK (several texts on the subject) Are SARS-CoV-2 Human Challenge Trials Ethical? – “A clinical trial is underway in the UK in which young, healthy participants are exposed deliberately to SARS-CoV-2 to assess the viral inoculum needed to produce an infection and to test vaccine efficacy”.
Perspective: The origins, development, and context of the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death – “Death has turned from being a family, social, and cultural event to primarily a medical event”.
3 Feb, 2022 | 08:51h | UTCThe origins, development, and context of the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death – The BMJ
Increasing financial payments from industry to medical oncologists in the U.S., 2014-2017.
3 Feb, 2022 | 08:26h | UTCInvited Commentary: Physician Interactions With Industry: Striking the Right Balance – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Study Commentary | Diagnostic labels in mental illness: helpful or harmful?
2 Feb, 2022 | 08:10h | UTCDiagnostic labels: helpful or harmful? – The Mental Elf
Related: Consequences of a diagnostic label: A systematic scoping review and thematic framework.
Opinion | “The use of polygenic risk scores in pre-implantation genetic testing: an unproven, unethical practice”.
26 Jan, 2022 | 01:52h | UTCCommentary: ‘Unproven and unethical’: experts warn against genetic embryo tests – The Guardian
After a flurry of firsts, xenotransplantation is suddenly back in the spotlight.
25 Jan, 2022 | 09:09h | UTCAfter a flurry of firsts, xenotransplantation is suddenly back in the spotlight – STAT
Related: In 1st, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient.
Editorial | Covid-19 vaccines and treatments: we must have raw data, now.
21 Jan, 2022 | 10:00h | UTCCovid-19 vaccines and treatments: we must have raw data, now – The BMJ
News Release: Editors call for covid-19 vaccine and treatment data to be available for public scrutiny – The BMJ
WHO’s Emergencies expert group re-asserts stance against covid ‘vaccine passports’ for international travel.
21 Jan, 2022 | 10:02h | UTC
How do we make decisions for the most immature babies, with their families?
20 Jan, 2022 | 08:49h | UTCHow do we make decisions for the most immature babies, with their families? – Neonatal Research
Opinion: The COVID-Risk social contract is under negotiation.
19 Jan, 2022 | 08:48h | UTCThe COVID-Risk Social Contract Is Under Negotiation – The Atlantic (a few articles per month are free)
Study shows many patients with metastatic cancer near the end of life still receive guideline-nonconcordant radiotherapy.
18 Jan, 2022 | 09:35h | UTCCommentary: Study: Cancer patients given high-dose radiation treatments even near end of life – UPI
AAN Position Statement: Consent Issues in the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke.
14 Jan, 2022 | 08:24h | UTCConsent Issues in the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke: AAN Position Statement – Neurology
News Release: Who gives consent for treatment when a person with stroke cannot? – American Academy of Neurology
Consequences of a diagnostic label: A systematic scoping review and thematic framework.
12 Jan, 2022 | 08:37h | UTC
Opinion: COVID-19 vaccine strategies must focus on severe disease and global equity.
17 Dec, 2021 | 09:45h | UTCCOVID-19 vaccine strategies must focus on severe disease and global equity – The Lancet
Opinion: Unequal global vaccine coverage is at the heart of the current covid-19 crisis.
16 Dec, 2021 | 09:50h | UTCUnequal global vaccine coverage is at the heart of the current covid-19 crisis – The BMJ
Perspective: Doctors are trained to be kind and empathetic – but a ‘hidden curriculum’ makes them forget on the job.
16 Dec, 2021 | 08:41h | UTC
Study suggests COVID-19 certificates may boost vaccine uptake in countries with below average coverage.
15 Dec, 2021 | 08:41h | UTCNews Release: COVID-19 certificates may boost vaccine uptake in countries with below average coverage – University of Oxford
Original Study: The effect of mandatory COVID-19 certificates on vaccine uptake: synthetic-control modelling of six countries – The Lancet Public Health
Commentary on Twitter
In our paper @TheLancetPH, @melindacmills and I found that mandatory vaccine passports are effective in increasing vaccine uptake! Already between announcement and introduction, France, Israel and Italy had strong uptick in vaccinations, esp young people: https://t.co/K0xnPdc4o1 https://t.co/WGvhpZjhyo pic.twitter.com/KGCNFmFgVD
— Tobias Rüttenauer (@ruettenauer) December 14, 2021
Opinion: Revoke the Omicron travel ban against African countries.
13 Dec, 2021 | 09:48h | UTCRevoke the Omicron Travel Ban Against African Countries – The New York Times (a few articles per month are free)
Commentary on Twitter
Revoke the Omicron Travel Ban Against African Countries https://t.co/RhuHtnCYgR. Well said @SaadOmer3 this is not based in science and simply unjustifiable and needs to end now.
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) December 11, 2021
Editorial | Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants: shooting the messenger.
10 Dec, 2021 | 10:19h | UTCEmerging SARS-CoV-2 variants: shooting the messenger – The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Commentary on Twitter
"Omicron is the latest variant but is unlikely to be the last. We cannot risk disincentivising nations from alerting the world to new variants. In fact, globally, we would benefit from upscaling genomic surveillance" @TheLancetInfDis #IDTwitter #MedEd https://t.co/3Mz6WAgsKD
— Antibiotic Stewa®️x? Bassam Ghanem (@ABsteward) December 9, 2021