Health By Megan Molteni First transplant of a genetically altered pig heart into a person sparks ethics questions
First Opinion By Aaron Mitchell and Deborah Korenstein Drug companies’ payments and gifts affect physicians’ prescribing. It’s time to turn off the spigot
Health By Megan Thielking ‘Traumatic as hell’: Patients describe what it’s like to be restrained in the ER
First Opinion By Robert Truog New guidelines on severe brain injury complicate already difficult decisions
Health By Ruth Hailu Fitbits and other wearables may not accurately track heart rates in people of color
First Opinion By I. Glenn Cohen and Alex Pearlman Creating eggs and sperm from stem cells: the next big thing in assisted reproduction?
Exclusive By Megan Molteni New details emerge about a U.S. scientist’s obscured role in the ‘CRISPR babies’ scandal
Pharmalot By Ed Silverman Few public biotech companies disclose environmental, social, and governance steps
First Opinion By Lawrence O. Gostin and David Beier Race alone should not be used to allocate scarce Covid-19 treatments
First Opinion By Hedy S. Wald, Herwig Czech and Shmuel P. Reis Doctors were complicit in Holocaust atrocities. Current and future health care workers need to know that
Health By Andrew Joseph Hospitals are denying transplants for patients who aren’t vaccinated against Covid, with backing from ethicists
First Opinion By Merith Basey It’s not the mission of universities to perpetuate inequity. Why do Emory and others do that?
First Opinion By Fred D. Ledley Why the big questions about drug prices are rarely asked: It’s hard to do
In the Lab By Megan Molteni Most advanced lab-grown human embryos prompt a pressing question: Are they getting too real?
Pharmalot By Ed Silverman Obesity journal editor’s extensive company ties raise concerns about conflicts of interest in publishing
Health By Megan Molteni Q&A: Bioethicist Leigh Turner on the worrisome boom in unregulated stem cell clinics
First Opinion Podcast By Patrick Skerrett Listen: A physician and philosopher on the dangers of ‘curating’ natural deaths and executions
First Opinion By Joel B. Zivot and Ira Bedzow What the death rattle and capital punishment have in common
Hospitals By Eric Boodman Philanthropist-funded study at a prestigious hospital raises thorny questions about clinical research
First Opinion By Carl Elliott On a day to celebrate the Nobel in medicine, a stain still mars the institute that awards it
Biotech By Matthew Herper and Megan Molteni Return of the mammoth? George Church-backed company launches with $15 million for elephant-sized quest
Biotech By Megan Molteni SENS Research Foundation removes Aubrey de Grey over concerns he was interfering in sexual harassment investigation
Pharmalot By Ed Silverman Medical journal editorial writers have financial conflicts of interest, too
In the Lab By Megan Molteni By creating mouse eggs entirely from scratch, researchers raise the prospect of a futuristic fertility treatment
First Opinion By Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Matthew Guido and Patricia Hong Vaxxed or axed: To protect patients, every health care worker must be vaccinated
Health By Claudia López Lloreda Researchers raise concerns about using genetic risk scores to pick ‘healthier’ embryos