This survey study assesses factors associated with respondent recommendations for surrogates to choose life-sustaining treatments vs comfort care for hypothetical older patients with or without dement...

People with mental illness alone were to be eligible for assisted dying in Canada in March 2027, but that has now been paused indefinitely.

A new study found that visits by people born outside of the U.S. to three LA emergency rooms dropped precipitously after ICE raids increased last year.

In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.

JESP is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal in moral, social, political, and legal philosophy. There are no publication fees for authors, and public access to articles is free of charge.

Socializing is linked to a healthier and more resilient brain. A neuroscientist explains why that’s so critical when you’re living with MCI or early Alzheimer’s.

The studies may help reveal the causes of brain disease in people and point the way to treatments. But researchers already are calling for new ethical guidelines.

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A new and unusually comprehensive dataset of all-cause mortality reports from 134 countries suggests that governments either ignored or covered up over 6 million covid-19 deaths.

Approvals come as the CDC's vaccine advisory panel remains in legal limbo

In the unprecedented absence of federal guidance, leading medical groups are issuing their own recommendations for who should get the COVID-19, flu and RSV immunizations.

BEIJING, China--The Chinese researchers have achieved a remarkable feat by using established stem cell therapy to transplant healthy pancreatic cells to mimic the function of insulin regulation inside...

The erosion of the presumption of regularity presents opportunities to those challenging the Trump administration’s agenda in court.

In Trump v. Cook, the Supreme Court affirmed judges' ability to scrutinize the president's stated rationale to prevent pretext.

As individuals concerned with ethics in science, medicine, and public health, we wish to express our dismay at the approach taken by Senate leaders to

The consequences of Trump's order on vaccines will come back to bite us

Jaw-dropping patient videos and miraculous testimonials ignited a frenzy in China over a technique that aims to improve drainage from the brain. Now it is entering trials worldwide.

Each year, we gather to honor Henrietta Lacks and reflect on her lasting impact on science, ethics, and informed consent.