“Which suicides are morally permissible to prevent?” This question caught my attention during a session at the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) annual conference last
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On May 18, 2023, the FDA voted to approve Pfizer’s bivalent RSVpreF (Abrysvo) vaccine for pregnant women to protect their newborns against respiratory syncytial virus
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My patient was 15 years old when he was in a severe car accident. After finally going home from the hospital almost six months later,
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Texas has one of the highest UV indexes in the U.S. Excess sun exposure can lead to various types of skin cancer and exacerbate skin
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In early 2015, I was a postdoctoral fellow in bioethics with a research portfolio largely focused on climate change ethics, food ethics, overpopulation and other
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In the breast clinic, I hear many women say the same thing. What they say and think is very logical, however, they often are wrong.
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Learning that your child has cancer might seem like a nightmare, but this year, the American Cancer Society projects that it will become a reality
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Medical schools hold an esteemed place in society, training the next generation of healthcare providers. But we know that these seminal years can be challenging,
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Overdoses are an epidemic reaching a new record with more than 100,000 deaths in 2022. They are the leading cause of death in people under
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There is a well-established ethical and regulatory infrastructure that governs human research on Earth, but what happens when health research extends beyond Earth? Astronauts and
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