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- New Ethical Questions and 21st Century Genomics
Posted on May 28, 2020
The Hastings Center hosted a special virtual discussion on “New Ethical Questions and 21st Century Genomics” on Thursday, June 4. After the atrocities of Nazi medical experimentation, the Nuremburg Code... - Covid-19 Crisis Triage—Optimizing Health Outcomes and Disability Rights
Posted on May 20, 2020
- We Must Test, and Do It Differently, to Re-open the Nation
Posted on April 23, 2020
- Physicians Honored for Outstanding Care of Patients Near the End of Life
Posted on April 23, 2020
- In the Media: The Hastings Center Responds to Covid-19
Posted on March 24, 2020
Hastings Center research scholars have been talking with the press and writing on ethical issues raised by the coronavirus pandemic. Here is a selected roundup. Check back for updates. - America’s Bioethicists and Health Care Leaders: Government Must Use Federal Powers To Fight COVID-19
Posted on March 24, 2020
Nearly 1,400 of the nation’s most prominent bioethicists and health leaders signed an urgent letter to Congress and the White House, imploring the U.S. government to immediately use its federal power and funds to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic as a matter of moral imperative. The petition was developed by Mildred Solomon, president of The Hastings Center, and Lawrence Gostin, a Hastings Fellow and director of the O’Neill Center for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University.
