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  • Report Examines Racism & Health, Calls on Bioethics to Lead Change

    Posted on April 28, 2022

    A new Hastings Center special report calls on the field of bioethics to take the lead in efforts to remedy racial injustice and health inequities in the United States. As...
  • Roscoe Award for Early-Career Scholar’s Essay on Science, Ethics, & Society

    Posted on April 27, 2022

    Artificial intelligence, gene editing, and other powerful new technologies have profound implications for society. They will likely bring both potential benefits and safety concerns and have other ethical and social...
  • Issue Brief: Equitable Access to Precision Medicine

    Posted on April 12, 2022

    A new issue brief from The Hastings Center, “Strategies to Support Equitable Access to Precision Medicine for All of Us Participants from Federally Qualified Health Centers,” presents policy recommendations to mitigate disparities in access to appropriate medical follow-up after the return of genetic findings.
  • Polygenic Embryo Testing: Understated Ethics, Unclear Utility

    Posted on March 24, 2022

    New technologies are expanding the reach and accessibility of preimplantation genetic testing of human embryos. But what these advances can deliver is still unclear, and a frank assessment of their...
  • “Hard to Hear” About Racism in Medical Education

    Posted on March 23, 2022

    “You have to embed structural practices in health professions education to dismantle racism in medicine,“ said Priya Garg, associate dean of medical education at Boston University School of Medicine, at...
  • Improving Access Key to Improving Health Equity

    Posted on March 17, 2022

    Improving access to health care is critical to improving health equity, stated health care leaders  at a panel at the health equity summit sponsored by The Hastings Center earlier this...
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