Top scientists call for restrictions on pathogen creation
A prestigious international group of scientists has called for a limit on the creation of potential pandemic pathogens (PPPs). A prestigious international group of scientists...
Virginia’s compulsory vasectomy
A Virginia petty criminal has been sentenced to 20 months in prison, three years supervised probation and two years unsupervised probation – and a vasectomy....
White House promises not to mix spying and vaccinations
The use of a CIA-organised vaccination campaign in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad has led to a polio epidemic. Memo to public health workers: don’t...
Bureaucrats cooked the books at US military hospitals
Almost no group in American society is more respected and better cared for than military veterans. Theoretically, that is.Almost no group in American society is...
What’s the big deal with artificial intelligence?
Stephen Hawking recently wrote an article warning of the dangers of artificial intelligence. Nobody seemed too concerned. Stephen Hawking recently co-authored an article in the...
Syrian government “systematically targets” medical personnel
The Syrian government has been systematically targeting medical personnel, according to a damning new report. In September last year BioEdge reported that combatants in Syria...
Iran tries to reverse falling birth rates
The Iranian parliament is to consider banning vasectomies as a way of pushing up the country’s below-replacement birth rate. The Iranian parliament is to consider...
The Lancet sounds alarm over care of the elderly
The elderly care crisis is set to worsen, according to an alarming editorial published in The Lancet this month. The Lancet has published an alarming...
Mourning ends. Analysis begins.
Should Nelson Mandela have received special treatment?Now that the time of mourning for Madiba – South Africa’s hero of liberation from apartheid, Nelson Mandela –...
Educating pressure resistant medicos
How can we ensure that doctors resist pressure to participate in unethical activities? How can we ensure that doctors resist pressure to participate in unethical...
War brings polio to Syria
The chaos of war is ruining the lives of civilians, too. The chaos of war has brought about a breakdown in health care in Syria....
Weight loss surgery provokes controversy
Obesity, one of the great health issues of our time, is provoking some controversial treatments by doctors. Here are two recent issues which ought to...