ethics

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Doctors are accepting as much money from industry as they were when OpenPayments launched

First Opinion By Sam Beyda and Abigail Marsh

If donating a kidney to a stranger is ethical and allowable, taking part in a Covid-19 challenge trial should be, too

First Opinion By Charles E. Binkley

Give teachers high priority access to Covid-19 treatments and vaccines

First Opinion By Patrick Skerrett

The ethics of pausing a vaccine trial in the midst of a pandemic: a conversation with Ruth Faden

First Opinion By Jeffrey S. Flier

Hospital CEOs, med school leaders shouldn’t sit on for-profit health care company boards

First Opinion By Alan Kadish and John Loike

A pandemic ethical conundrum: Must health care workers risk their lives to treat Covid-19 patients?

Health Tech By Rebecca Robbins and Erin Brodwin

STAT+ Conversations: AI’s march into the clinic

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

A would-be chain of cancer centers wants to treat patients with Right to Try drugs, raising ethical questions

First Opinion By Parker Crutchfield, Tyler S. Gibb, and Michael Redinger

To allocate remdesivir fairly, give it to communities that bear a disproportionate burden of Covid-19

Health Tech By Casey Ross

At Mayo Clinic, sharing patient data with companies fuels AI innovation — and concerns about consent

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Medical societies have ‘extensive’ financial ties with drug and device makers

Health By Sharon Begley

Ethics questions swirl around historic Parkinson’s experiment

First Opinion By Richard E. Leiter

Palliative care needs tweaking in the coronavirus era

First Opinion By Shailin A. Thomas and Arthur L. Caplan

Are infertility treatments ‘essential’? How to ethically determine what kind of care must go on amid Covid-19

First Opinion By Eva Feder Kittay

People with disabilities are at a disadvantage when scarce medical resources are being allocated

On the Front Lines By Eric Boodman

Who gets the last ventilator? Facing the coronavirus, a hospital ponders the unthinkable

First Opinion By Henry T. Greely

Covid-19 ‘immunity certificates’: practical and ethical conundrums

First Opinion By Kelly Michelson

If it comes to rationing, I shouldn’t have to be the one deciding who should live and who should die

First Opinion By Susie A. Han and Valerie Gutmann Koch

Allocate ventilators, other Covid-19 resources based on evidence, not political hunches

First Opinion By Matthew K. Wynia and John L. Hick

If Covid-19 gets bad, triage will be needed. Are we ready for that?

Pharma By Phil Galewitz — Kaiser Health News

Heart association admits ‘misstep’ in its drug-store aspirin displays with Bayer

First Opinion By Gavin Yamey

A coronavirus vaccine should be for everyone, not just those who can afford it

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Health care conference about conflicts of interest has a conflict itself, say critics who won’t attend

First Opinion By Ira Bedzow

A strategy for securing religious freedom and tolerance in health care

Health By Andrew Joseph and Ed Silverman

A lottery like no other offers up a cutting-edge medicine — with lives on the line