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Last week, a suspect in California’s notorious Golden State Killer cases was captured after decades in hiding. In the end, Joseph James DeAngelo, a former

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CRISPR: A democratizing technology calls for democratic dialogue

April 27, 2018 CRISPR/Cas9, Deliberative Engagement, DNA, Dr. Christopher Scott, health policy

By now, you may have read stories about a gene editing technique called CRISPR/Cas9. CRISPR is poised to revolutionize the biological sciences because it’s the

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Comfort care or medical treatment?

April 20, 2018 Comfort Care, Dr. Stacey Berg, Narrative Medicine, Palliative Care

Before former first lady Barbara Bush passed away on April 17, 2018, it was widely reported that she had “decided not to seek additional medical

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Zika virus: We dodged a bullet, right?

April 13, 2018 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Pallavi Dinesh, public health, Stephanie Morain, zika

As the weather turns warm again in Houston, many of us are aware of what’s just around the corner: a hot and humid summer filled

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A ‘right to try,’ but at what cost?

April 6, 2018 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Christopher Scott, health policy, pharmaceuticals, Right to Try

A few weeks ago, my colleague Stephanie Morain wrote a PolicyWise post on attempts to pass so-called “right-to-try” legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Should teens call the shots on the HPV vaccine?

March 30, 2018 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, health policy, HPV, Suchi Agrawal, Vaccine Policy

Not too long ago, I sat in a middle school biology classroom and read about Edward Jenner successfully using cowpox material to introduce immunity to

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Direct-to-consumer BRCA testing: Can a reasonable decision still require caution?

March 21, 2018 23andMe, BRCA, genetic testing, health policy, Mary Anderlik Majumder, US FDA

On March 6, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized 23andMe to expand its direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic test to include selected variants in BRCA1

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State by State: Where you live affects newborn screening

March 16, 2018 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, health policy, Match Day, Newborn Screening, Stephanie Morain, Tony Xu

Match Day is finally here. For medical students seeking residency and fellowship training positions, this day is the culmination of years of studying and hard