Russia rushes its vaccine
Russia has dashed across the finish line and seized the trophy for being the first nation to release a vaccine for Covid-19. It has been...
Russia rushes Covid-19 vaccine, dismaying bioethicists
President Putin says that one of his daughters has been inoculated Russia has become the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine, even though it...
Are we heading towards ‘bioethics nationalism’?
Different bioethics for different countries? The coronavirus pandemic is placing unprecedented strains not only on economies and hospitals, but on bioethics, renowned bioethicist Jonathan Moreno...
Some Flemish doctors support legalization of infanticide: survey
Almost 9 out of 10 who do late-term abortions Physicians and other healthcare professionals in the Dutch-speaking regions of Belgium who are willing to do...
Animal rights score big win in Pakistan – but what about human rights?
Let elephants go free, but keep ‘blasphemers’ locked up Animal rights activists are cock-a-hoop about a recent ruling by the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan....
The tide turns in the international surrogacy market
Now it’s Japanese and Chinese who are the exploiters International surrogacy is often reviled as a system in which Western, mostly white people, exploit the...
Should doctors manage the pandemic? No, says French philosopher
Bernard-Henri Lévy, France’s rock-star public intellectual, has harsh words for health professionals Earlier this year the coronavirus pandemic caught Bernard-Henri Lévy, France’s rock-star public intellectual,...
Euthanasia polling data may fail to capture people’s considered views
A biased picture of progressive illness may cloud people’s views on euthanasia. Public support for euthanasia in countries like the United States is quite strong...
