Should we take whatever vaccine is offered?
On March 1, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker told residents in Mattapan that when it comes to the various COVID-19 vaccines, “These are all very...
Accelerating vaccine development
Creating a new vaccine and bringing it to market typically requires more than a decade of research and clinical testing. Many companies and research...
Thinking through the rationing of ventilators
When ventilators are in short supply, several key ethical principles can assist clinicians:
1) Ventilators should not be rationed based on categorical exclusions such as a patient’s age, disability (e.g. being paraplegic) or...
Christian girls and abortion
When Mother Teresa visited New Bedford in June 1995, she told those of us gathered at St. Lawrence Martyr Church: “Abortion is the greatest...
The foxes and the henhouse
Probably the biggest bioethics story of 2019 involved Dr. Jankui He (known to his associates as “JK”), a Chinese scientist who employed a new...
