Will AI make healthcare more human?
Health analysts have mixed opinions. One of the biggest developments in medicine in recent years has been the application of AI technology to healthcare practice....
Australia’s window onto exclusion of people with Down syndrome
Mother recalls her tears when she heard the news Toni Mitchell and Joshy at the Royal Commission. Source: Council for Intellectual Disability/ Twitter @CIDvoice After...
Israel to allow surrogacy for gay couples and single men
LGBT lobby rejoices Supreme Court of Israel building Israel’s high court has struck down a law which excludes single men and gay couples from using...
Questioning Bernie’s praise of Cuban health stats
Are they ‘fake news’? Senator Bernie Sanders again got into hot water this week with careless remarks about Cuba. "It's unfair to simply say everything...
Coronavirus: should frontline doctors and nurses get preferential treatment?
A significant number of doctors and nurses have already been affected It is mid-March 2020. James is a 29-year-old junior doctor working in a London...
Portugal moves closer to euthanasia
Portugal could be the next country to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide. A bill is still in committee but it has the support of the...
Portugal moves closer to legal euthanasia
A committee is writing a final draft bill Portuguese protesters / Euronews After its parliament approved five bills this week, Portugal will probably become the...
Twitter piles on Richard Dawkins over eugenics tweet
The eminent expert in communicating science botches his explanationDawkins exploring New Zealand / Twitter Twitter may not be the best medium for explaining the science...
Biologists question transgender claims
Denounced as ‘a dangerous and anti-scientific trend’ Two biologists have denounced “sex denialism” in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. Colin Wright, of Penn State University,...
Gender dysphoria soars in Sweden
Authorities perplexed Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash The number of teenagers born as girls who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria has increased by almost 1,500 percent...
Victoria releases first euthanasia implementation report
The number of deaths is higher than predicted. The panel charged with montoring the implementation of Victoria’s voluntary assisted dying (VAD) legislation has released its...
Belgium could criminalise abortion protest
New bill seems difficult to reconcile with freedom of expression or conscience Belgian Federal Parliament / Palais de la Nation Once again, the Belgian parliament is...