Europe’s summer heat wave killed more than 50,000 people in urban areas. Researchers estimate climate change is responsible for two-thirds of the deaths. | Science | AAAS https://www.science.org/content/article/europe-s-summer-heat-wave-killed-more-50-000-people-urban-areas
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of #Bioethics. Our mission: Identify & address key ethical issues in science, clinical care, public health--locally & globally.
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First human death linked to recently discovered livestock virus in Europe. Scientists stress need for further study of Shamonda virus but say there’s no cause for alarm. | Science | AAAS https://www.science.org/content/article/first-human-death-linked-recently-discovered-livestock-virus-europe
Bird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won’t Act. — ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/bird-flu-mink-farm-utah-human-risk
ProPublicaBird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won’t Act.Federal officials brushed off the issue as Utah prioritized the fur industry’s interests. Little has been done to stop the spread of the virus and ensure it can’t spread to humans, a failure that experts called “irresponsible” and “astounding.”
Authorities investigating if first Kenya and Nigeria Ebola cases crossed paths : NPR https://www.npr.org/2026/10/23/g-s1-149515/africa-ebola-outbreak
AI Ethics & Governance Weekly Roundup | Cleaning Up Messes, Deadbots, Things Got Weird, Fakery, Should Chatbots say "I" or "Me"? Long-Secret Codes, Most Americans Want Data Center Construction Halted, Three Reasons Why AI Is Not Conscious, Ethics in AI Research, + More https://mailchi.mp/ffb63b5d6f60/aiethics-10951712
Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - This Week - When Bodies Become Markets, Gut Strings, Betting on 'Hope', Hepatitis B Surge? Deadbots, Then Measles Arrived, Why AI Is Not Conscious, Last-Hope Health Clinic, Adding Some People Back, Almost Alive, + More https://mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethicsbulletin-2519368-8a3ajiivxd-10951671
As Ebola epidemic rages, Congo bets on high-stakes ‘hope’ vaccine trial. Study will first test a “mismatched” vaccine, but Bundibugyo-specific shots may be added as early as next month. | Science | AAAS https://www.science.org/content/article/ebola-epidemic-rages-congo-bets-high-stakes-hope-vaccine-trial?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fus1.admin.mailchimp.com%2F
How tech billionaires are disrupting biomedical science, Money from the world’s increasingly prosperous technology entrepreneurs has been flooding into biomedical research. Is it changing how science is done? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03311-9
www.nature.comHow tech billionaires are disrupting biomedical scienceMoney from the world’s increasingly prosperous technology entrepreneurs has been flooding into biomedical research. Is it changing how science is done?
As Politicians Argue About China, US Patients Find Cutting-Edge Treatment There - KFF Health News https://kffhealthnews.org/health-industry/china-cancer-drugs-foreign-travel-pharma-biotech-fda-regulation-clinical-trials/
KFF Health NewsAs Politicians Argue About China, US Patients Find Cutting-Edge Treatment There - KFF Health NewsThe rapid emergence of the Chinese biotech industry has panicked U.S. politicians, but investors and patients caution that a clampdown on pharmaceutical collaboration could hurt everyone.
Amish Families Pushed to Undo a Vaccine Law. Then Measles Arrived. New York State eliminated religious exemptions for school immunizations, but some groups have been fighting that in court.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/nyregion/measles-amish-school-vaccine-requirement.html?smid=bs-share
‘When Bodies Become Markets: The Ethics of Organ Sales’ with Jeffrey Kahn and Mario Macis, part of the 7 Stories Up at SNFL Series ‘Conversations in Bioethics: Life, Death, and Who Decides?’. | The National Herald https://www.thenationalherald.com/when-bodies-become-markets-the-ethics-of-organ-sales-at-snf-library-in-midtown/
The National Herald‘When Bodies Become Markets: The Ethics of Organ Sales’ at SNF Library in Midtown - The National HeraldNEW YORK – The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) in Midtown Manhattan hosted a fascinating discussion, ‘When Bodies Become Markets: The Ethics of Organ Sales’ with Jeffrey Kahn and Mario Macis, on October 19 as part of the 7 Stories Up at SNFL Series ‘Conversations in Bioethics: Life, Death, and Who Decides?’ The series is presented in collaboration...
[EVENT - TODAY, Noon] Ethics for Lunch: Case Presentation & Discussion - "Paid Advocates". Open to all, attend in person, lunch provided. Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Room S101. Link for more info: https://mailchi.mp/jhu/z6pu34uy4o-10951522
An Accidental Centennial. By Jeremy A Greene, Alisha Rankin, Gabriela Soto Laveaga - Editors of the Bulletin of the History of Medicine. The accidental milestone of the centennial volume offered a good opportunity to revisit the Bulletin’s origins. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/1003641
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Join the National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care at Tuskegee University for a special CDC-supported Public Health Ethics Training exploring one urgent question: Why do we continue asking communities to trust institutions before requiring institutions to demonstrate trustworthiness?
[ONLINE EVENT] Public Health Ethics and Trustworthiness: Tuskegee Legacy & Ethical Public Health Action. Thurs, Oct 22, 1p EDT. Featuring Dr Nancy Kass, Dr Reed Tuckson, Dr David Augustin Hodge, Sr, w/ Dr Shuntavia James moderating. Link for free registration & info: https://tuskegee.zoom.us/meeting/register/YdzpJYKcRGmXVdCf0iVMOg#/registration
How pregnancy reshapes the brain throughout life. Neuroscience is mapping changes in the brain during pregnancy. What they mean for future health is yet to be pinned down. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03312-8
www.nature.comHow pregnancy reshapes the brain throughout lifeNeuroscience is mapping changes in the brain during pregnancy. What they mean for future health is yet to be pinned down.
Congrats to our Jeremy Greene, MD, PhD, who is among four Johns Hopkins Medicine faculty elected to the National Academy of Medicine | Newswise https://www.newswise.com/articles/four-johns-hopkins-medicine-faculty-elected-to-national-academy-of-medicine
www.newswise.comFour Johns Hopkins Medicine Faculty Elected to National Academy of Medicine | NewswiseThis year, four Johns Hopkins Medicine faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), an independent, renowned nonprofit organization of leading scientific and medical professionals worldwide.
At a Last-Hope Health Clinic, Desperation, Kindness and Fear for What’s Next. These doctors and community health workers are a safety net for patients losing coverage as premiums soar and Medicaid cuts mount, even as their clinic struggles to stay afloat. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/us/idaho-health-clinic-medicaid.html?smid=bs-share