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November 21, 2024 at 6:30 PM

Choosing Words: MAID vs. Euthanasia

Choosing Words: MAID vs. Euthanasia Words matter in assisted dying discussions; AI medical transcription warning; double your donation Latest News November 21, 2024 "Jump in Kids, We're Taking Grandpa to His Euthanas…
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November 19, 2024 at 2:30 PM

Giving Tuesday is Two Weeks Away!

Giving Tuesday is Two Weeks Away! DOUBLE your donation today!😱 Dear , Giving Tuesday is just two weeks away, and The Hastings Center needs your support to promote ethics in health, science, and tech and help build a better future!  When you …
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November 14, 2024 at 6:30 PM

Changing Life as We Know It

Changing Life as We Know It Changing life as we know it; AI in hospitals; renovate to age in place; help us fight misinformation Latest News November 14, 2024 Changing Life as We Know It Event will explore the role o…
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November 12, 2024 at 4:49 PM

Giving Tuesday is Less Than A Month Away!

Giving Tuesday is Less Than A Month Away! DOUBLE your donation today!😱 Dear , Giving Tuesday is less than a month away, and The Hastings Center needs your support to promote ethics in health, science, and tech and help build a better future! …
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November 7, 2024 at 2:34 PM

Make your gift today!

Make your gift today! Help Hastings sustain our trustworthy work on bioethics for future generations.👏 Dear , In a world increasingly challenged by polarization, antiscience, and misinformation, The Hastings Center is proud to be recognized a…
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October 31, 2024 at 5:45 PM

Hastings on the Hill

Hastings on the Hill New project to inform policy; #election2024; bioethics rediscovered; health equity grand rounds Latest News October 31, 2024 Hastings on the Hill New project will inform policy on AI and health. …
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October 17, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Putting Bioethics to Work

Putting Bioethics to Work Opportunity award on trust, AI, health; reproductive technologies; genetic medicine access; MacArthur Award Latest News October 17, 2024 Putting Bioethics to Work on Trust, AI, and Health Ca…
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October 3, 2024 at 5:30 PM

Did AI Write Your Doctor's Note?

Did AI Write Your Doctor's Note? Genomics research hub, AI doctors' notes, nominate an outstanding nurse Latest News October 3, 2024 New Project to Expand Research Hub on Implications of Advances in Human Genomics Sp…
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September 19, 2024 at 3:15 PM

Gene Therapy: Hopes and Challenges

Gene Therapy: Hopes and Challenges Disinformation, trust, & AI event highlights; gene therapy project; Bioethics Founders' award Latest News September 19, 2024 Disinformation, Trust, & the Role of AI: Highlig…
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September 5, 2024 at 6:31 PM

Integrating Ethics into AI Research

Integrating Ethics into AI Research Ethics & AI research; prenatal genetic screening; Solomon wins prize Latest News September 5, 2024 When Should Ethics Be Integrated into AI Research? The earlier it begins, the…
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August 29, 2024 at 5:44 PM

Disinformation, Trust, & AI

Disinformation, Trust, & AI Disinformation, trust, & AI event; psychedelic therapy; IVF access; new board members Latest News August 29, 2024 Disinformation, Trust, and the Role of AI: Threats to Health &…
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August 15, 2024 at 1:00 PM

What Makes an Organization Trustworthy?

What Makes an Organization Trustworthy? PCORI award, gender and sport, serious genetic conditions, legacy challenge Latest News August 15, 2024 What Makes an Organization Trustworthy? The Hastings Center to lead majo…
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August 1, 2024 at 6:29 PM

Voice AI in Health Care

Voice AI in Health Care Voice AI in health care, summer program success, latest ideas in Hastings Bioethics Forum Latest News August 1, 2024 What Would Make Voice AI in Health Care Ethical and Trustworthy? First stak…
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July 18, 2024 at 7:58 PM

Disabled People as Health Disparity Population

Disabled People as Health Disparity Population Designating disabled people as a health disparity population; crowdsourcing in research; Biden's dilemma; individualized genetic therapies Latest News July 18, 2024 Desi…
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June 27, 2024 at 4:59 PM

Ethics of Anti-obesity Medicines

Ethics of Anti-obesity Medicines Relational public health; from NIMBY to YIMBY; ethics of anti-obesity medicines; thank you June 27, 2024 Relational Public Health Yields Benefits Analysis finds it essential to pandem…
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June 13, 2024 at 6:44 PM

Meet the New Sadler Scholars

Meet the New Sadler Scholars New Sadler Scholars; embryo screening, pediatric gender-affirming care June 13, 2024 Hastings Center Welcomes 2024-25 Sadler Scholars They are doctoral students from underrepresented grou…
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June 6, 2024 at 7:44 PM

Artificial Wombs

Artificial Wombs Clinical trials on artificial wombs, organ transplant ethics, autonomous AI June 6, 2024 Too Soon for Clinical Trials on Artificial Wombs Society must first address the ethical and legal implications…
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May 16, 2024 at 5:44 PM

Comic Relief

Comic Relief Comic explores extinction, health equity event, and more May 16, 2024 Would Causing Extinction Ever Be the Right Thing to Do? Comic explores that question.   Hastings Center research director Gregory Ka…
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May 9, 2024 at 5:59 PM

Exceptional Physicians

Exceptional Physicians Physician awards announced, Hastings staff promotions, remembering Nancy Neveloff Dubler May 9, 2024 Physicians Recognized for Providing Exceptional End-of-Life Care 2024 Hastings Center Cunnif…
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April 25, 2024 at 8:59 PM

Is the Sky Falling?

Is the Sky Falling? AI X-Risk, pig organ transplants, medical aid-in-dying, pain disparities April 25, 2024 Is the Sky Falling? Interrogating warnings of AI's existential risk.   A growing chorus of tech leaders has…
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April 11, 2024 at 5:59 PM

AI Code of Conduct

AI Code of Conduct AI code of conduct, NPR discussion, embryo screening, digital humans April 11, 2024 Draft Code of Conduct for AI is Released Submit public comment.   A draft code of conduct for artificial intelli…
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April 4, 2024 at 8:59 PM

Consent for Intimate Exams

Consent for Intimate Exams Federal ruling informed by Hastings report, Caribbean voices, organ transplant eligibility April 4, 2024 New Federal Ruling Informed by Hastings Center Report Findings Requires consent from…
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March 28, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Brain Pioneers

Brain Pioneers Launching neuroscience & society series; posthumous sperm retrieval; pig kidney transplant March 28, 2024 Neuroscience and Society Series Launches What do we owe the "brain pioneers"? What is good …
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March 14, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Anti-Ableism in Medical Education

Anti-Ableism in Medical Education Anti-ableism in medical education; impact forum; improving trust in science March 14, 2024 Anti-Ableism in Medical Education: Meeting the Challenges Issue brief provides strategic re…
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February 29, 2024 at 7:59 PM

Facing Dementia

Facing Dementia Facing dementia special report, Alabama frozen embryos ruling, applications for Sadler Scholars, health equity proposals February 29, 2024 Facing Dementia: Clarifying End-of-Life Choices, Supporting B…
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February 8, 2024 at 5:00 PM

In Science We Trust?

In Science We Trust? Hastings-science journalism event; next CRISPR drugs, AI in doctor's office February 8, 2024 In Science We Trust? Join us for a Hastings-Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT event   We’re te…
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January 25, 2024 at 7:59 PM

New Fellows; AI Ethics Framework; Humility

New Fellows; AI Ethics Framework; Humility New Hastings Center fellows, ethics framework for AI in health care; doctors and humility January 25, 2024 Hastings Center Welcomes 13 New Fellows Focus on ethics of digital…
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January 18, 2024 at 8:01 PM

Summer Program; Safer and Fairer World; Human Genomics

Summer Program; Safer and Fairer World; Human Genomics Summer program for undergraduates; safer and fairer world, big questions on controversial research January 18, 2024 Applications Open: Summer Bioethics Program f…
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January 4, 2024 at 5:04 PM

Endangered Species Act, Artificial Wombs, Mass Incarceration

Endangered Species Act, Artificial Wombs, Mass Incarceration Endangered Species Act question, ethics of artificial wombs, mass incarceration as bioethics issue January 4, 2024 Does the U.S. Endangered Species Act Per…
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December 28, 2023 at 4:02 PM

Leading in These Times of Change

Leading in These Times of Change Leading in These Times of Change Leading in These Times of Change Last winter, the launch of ChatGPT captured the imagination of millions – and demanded atte…
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December 14, 2023 at 7:01 PM

Scholars Honored, No Quick Wins in Buiding Trust, Chatbots

Scholars Honored, No Quick Wins in Buiding Trust, Chatbots Senior scholars honored, improving trust, nominate an outstanding physician December 14, 2023 Five Senior Scholars Honored Elected Hastings Center fellows  …
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December 7, 2023 at 5:02 PM

Who Are the Legal Parents?

Who Are the Legal Parents? Embryo mix-up, bioethics service award December 7, 2023 Who Are the Legal Parents? Recommendations on embryo mix-up cases  “Last year, a woman who had undergone in vitro fertilization was …
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November 30, 2023 at 7:01 PM

Pitfalls of Diversifying Genomic Data

Pitfalls of Diversifying Genomic Data Flawed idea in diversifying genomic data; misinformation in mental health crisis November 30, 2023 Pitfalls of Diversifying Genomic Data Efforts are based on flawed idea  Health…
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November 22, 2023 at 5:38 PM

Rebuilding Trust in Science

Rebuilding Trust in Science Join us on Dec. 7; right to health care; ART research gaps November 22, 2023 Rebuilding Trust in Science Join us on December 7 Since before the pandemic we have been experiencing a break…
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November 16, 2023 at 7:01 PM

Rebuilding Trust

Rebuilding Trust Rebuilding trust in health care and science; future of bioethics; early signs of dementia November 16, 2023 Rebuilding Trust in Health Care and Science Special report provides actionable insights  W…
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November 9, 2023 at 7:01 PM

Looking forward and outward...Together

Looking forward and outward...Together A blueprint that prioritizes the common good, human flourishing, global solidarity, and impact November 2023Dear Friend of The Hastings Center, As I sit down to write this note, let me first share how honored I am to serve as the new president of Th…
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November 2, 2023 at 5:01 PM

Human eggs grown in a lab?

Human eggs grown in a lab? Prospect of lab-grown human eggs, climate bioethics program launched, big health data research November 2, 2023 Lab-Grown Human Eggs? New reproductive possibilities raise societal questions…
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October 26, 2023 at 7:00 PM

AI Hype vs. Hope

AI Hype vs. Hope Can AI diagnose skin cancer, fix broken peer-review? Scholar honored October 26, 2023 AI in Health Care: Hype vs. Hope Can AI outperform dermatologists in spotting melanoma? *  That was one of the q…
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October 19, 2023 at 4:29 PM

Swiss Army Knife of AI

Swiss Army Knife of AI New guidance on AI in publishing; ChatGPT in medicine; pig organs in humans October 19, 2023 Editors Issue Guidance on Use of AI in Scholarly Publishing Firm ban on chatbots as authors--but all…
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October 12, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Can AI Promote Health & Well-Being?

Can AI Promote Health & Well-Being? AI event next week, bioethicists honored, AI & teen health October 12, 2023 Can AI Promote Our Health & Well-Being? Challenges to effective use of AI in health systems …
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October 5, 2023 at 8:00 PM

Deliberate Extinction of Species

Deliberate Extinction of Species New project examines deliberate extintion of species; artificial wombs; health equity grand rounds October 5, 2023 New Project to Examine "Deliberate Extinction" of Species Why, exact…
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September 28, 2023 at 8:00 PM

Ethically Cleared to Launch?

Ethically Cleared to Launch? Ethial framework for commercial spaceflight research; Willowbrook legacy; newest board members September 28, 2023 Ethical Framework Proposed for Human Research in Commercial Spaceflight H…
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September 22, 2023 at 3:17 PM

Morally Ground-Shifting

Morally Ground-Shifting Legacy of Dolly the Sheep; Welcoming Virginia A. Brown; Hastings in the Media September 22 2023 The Legacy of Dolly the Sheep Scientifically Groundbreaking, Morally Ground-Shifting  The Briti…
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September 14, 2023 at 6:00 PM

Doubling Down on Ethics, AI & Health Care; Physician Awards

Doubling Down on Ethics, AI & Health Care; Physician Awards Countering threats to academic freedom, AI & health care, nominiate a physician September 14, 2023 Countering Threats to Academic Freedom Global Pro…
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September 7, 2023 at 8:00 PM

Meet Our New President

Meet Our New President Meet Vardit Ravitsky; AI event; Advance Directives for Senators September 7, 2023 Meet Our New President: Vardit Ravitsky "Bioethics is all about making a difference."  Vardit Ravitsky, who be…
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August 24, 2023 at 1:57 PM

The Retrievals: Women’s Vulnerability to Injury, Violence, and Pain in Health Care

The Retrievals: Women’s Vulnerability to Injury, Violence, and Pain in Health Care Pain can be tender, throbbing, lacerating, shooting, burning, and wrenching. View this email in your browser New from Hastings Bioethics Forum August 24…
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August 17, 2023 at 6:59 PM

AI & Health Care; Ethics of International Conferences; Telemedicine

AI & Health Care; Ethics of International Conferences; Telemedicine Can AI improve health care? Ethics principles for international conferences; relationships & telemedicine August 17, 2023 Can AI Improve Hea…
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August 11, 2023 at 2:01 PM

Forbidden Food; Alzheimer's Blood Test, AI Caregiving; CPR Harms

Forbidden Food; Alzheimer's Blood Test, AI Caregiving; CPR Harms Smuggled donuts; Alzheimer's blood test; AI caregiving ethics; New Yorker essay August 11, 2023 When Food Undermines Trust Smuggled Donuts and Forbidde…
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July 27, 2023 at 5:04 PM

Clinician Workplace Hazards; Antiracist Research Oversight; Health Equity Grand Rounds

Clinician Workplace Hazards; Antiracist Research Oversight; Health Equity Grand Rounds Clinician workplace hazards; IRB's antiracist intervention; health equity grand rounds; Rev. Frank Geer July 27, 2023 "It's Time …
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July 13, 2023 at 3:00 PM

AI Caregiving; Genomics of Social Traits; Public Engagement

AI Caregiving; Genomics of Social Traits; Public Engagement Should AI Care for Us? Genomics of Social Traits; Public Engaement & Precision Medicine Research July 13, 2023 Should AI Care for Us? Launching Online E…