Ebola’s wake-up call
Globalisation gives the discovery of vaccines for neglected diseases new urgency. Is there a silver lining to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa which has...
Ebola threat fades in West Africa
The last known Ebola patient in Liberia has been discharged from a Chinese-run clinic. Beatrice Yordoldo with Chinese health workers Fears of a public...
Paternity presumption threatens same-sex marriage
A legally-married lesbian couple in New Jersey are fighting requests for visitation rights from their two children’s biological fathers. Sheena and Tiara Yates ...
UK may cut welfare if you don’t diet
If you are a fat, unemployed Brit, a long Lent lies before you. If you are a fat, unemployed Brit, a long Lent lies before...
Israeli defence forces under fire for abuses during Gaza War
Independent investigators commissioned by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel have concluded last year’s war in Gaza involved “several serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian...
“Virginity tests” unethical, says South African physician
While virginity tests for unmarried women have been universally regarded as unethical in Western countries, the practice is spreading in immigrant communities. While virginity tests...
The ethics of skin colour stereotypes
In many countries, especially South Asia, a preference for lighter skin predates European colonialism. At the intersection of marketing and bioethics is the issue of...
No contraception, no govt handouts, says Aussie politician
Make women responsible, says Gary Johns. A tragic murder in the Australian state of Queensland has provoked a controversial solution by a former Federal government...
Remembering the dark story of Peru’s population control campaign
Showcasing an interactive documentary about women and men who were sterilised in Peru in the mid-1990s by population controllers. The Quipu Project is an interactive...
The world’s most controversial bike-ride
An American nurse recently returned from Liberia has vowed to defy government quarantine measures as authorities seek legal authority to forcibly isolate her. An American...
Ethical issues multiply for Ebola
Concern over the epidemic leads to more discussion. Volunteers! Volunteers! World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has appealed for thousands of volunteer medical workers to...
Should all Ebola volunteers be quarantined?
Hundreds of foreign healthcare workers have been shuttling in and out of Ebola-affected countries in West Africa. Hundreds of foreign healthcare workers have been shuttling...