Is informed consent still meaningful in the age of AI? Once the gold standard of medical ethics, it now risks becoming symbolic — a checkbox, rather than a safeguard.
The Texas legislature is considering a bill that purportedly aims to clarify the state’s near-total abortion ban. Texas law currently bans abortion at any time during pregnancy unless the pregnancy places the pregnant person “at…
AI is the use of computers or machine learning to simulate or imitate human intelligence. This technology has advanced rapidly over the past several years, allowing new forms of AI to leverage vast quantities of…
Concerns over ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and their responsibility for rising rates of chronic disease and obesity have been highlighted in the medical literature and in the popular press.
The Hastings Center’s Ethical Framework for Health Care Institutions Responding to Covid-19 (March 2020) established foundational duties for responding to a public health emergency. Building on recent work by Julie M. Linton and colleagues and…
It’s 2035. Halfway to Mars, a spacecraft’s chief medical officer collapses from a massive stroke. With Earth more than 50 million miles away, the crew scrambles for a telemedicine lifeline. Yet, amid this high-stakes emergency,…
A study published on March 19 yet again confirmed the widespread nature of healthmisinformation. Looking specifically at claims about ADHD on TikTok, the study found that more than half of all claims in the videos…
In July 2011, Rinat Dray delivered a healthy baby boy via cesarean section, or “C-section,” at Staten Island University Hospital—against her will.
One of the growing public health concerns this year is the Bird flu, or avian influenza A(H5N1) 2.3.4.4b clade virus, which has been circulating in the Americas since 2022.
Medicine is one of humanity’s greatest information-processing challenges. Understanding and repairing the human body requires synthesizing vast amounts of interconnected knowledge and information while making high-stakes decisions.
