Coronavirus pandemic continues
It takes a strong character not to get a bit dejected at the current situation. If you're not sick, you're probably in isolation. Still worse,...
The scandal of nursing home deaths in the pandemic
Some say that the elderly are being abandoned Governments the world over have turned their countries upside down with social distancing, forced unemployment and massive...
UN official criticizes ‘liberal eugenics’
Disability expert denounces ‘ableism’ Catalina Devandas Aguilar A United Nations official has slammed “liberal eugenics”. In her report to the Human Rights Council on people...
Foetal tissue 1: US politicians call for change in policy
Could ‘humanised’ mice help create a Covid-19 vaccine? Lost in the blizzard of news about coronavirus statistics, lockdowns, social distancing and possible miracle drugs is...
Foetal tissue 2: is it ethical to use a vaccine derived from aborted fetuses?
It’s not a crazy question, says a bioethicist Helen Watt, of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, at Oxford University, says that she is often asked whether...
Extreme social distancing: ‘shoot any coronavirus troublemakers’
Authoritarian regimes are taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemicPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks to the nation about coronavirus on April 16 / AP Authoritarian regimes are...
Will social distancing lead to more suicides?
Hard to say, but possible An editorial in JAMA Psychiatry warns that the Covid-19 crisis could lead to more suicides. The authors decline to quantify...
Coronavirus quotes
Moments of candour Applauding health workers: Udo Schuklenk, editor of Bioethics Is it too soon to note the hypocrisy of citizens and politicians standing on...