🚨 NEW Hastings Bioethics Forum essay: "Submit a Comment: Keep Politics Out of Science Funding." 🔬 ⏰ The deadline to submit public comments is TODAY (7/13). Read the essay and submit your comment here: https://bit.ly/4hav1zm

🩺🤔 How do you make the best medical decisions when the science isn't clear? Hastings President @varditravitsky.bsky.social interviewed on Tradeoffs podcast last week (recorded at Aspen Ideas: Health). 📖: https://bit.ly/44iWFmk

🌍 NEW in AJOB: How "America First" Abandoned Global Health: The Case for an African Model What happens when global health funding disappears? HC President @varditravitsky.bsky.social argues that today's health challenges demand global cooperation—not isolation. https://bit.ly/4yaWwPm

🧫🤯 Scientists created the most advanced synthetic cell yet—and it can adapt and learn survival skills! Hastings Research Director Gregory Kaebnick joined NPR to discuss what “Spudcell” could mean for science and ethics. 🔬🤔 🎧 Listen: https://n.pr/4gZ3qB7

Stay up to date with The Hastings Center for Bioethics by signing up for our weekly e-newsletter!👏📰 You will learn about our latest publications, research projects, special events and more. 🔗 https://bit.ly/40y4SR8 #HastingsCenter #Bioethics #Newsletter

🤖🌸 What does it really mean to stay human in the age of AI? In a NEW Hastings Bioethics Forum essay, Nancy Berlinger (Hastings senior research scholar) explores a thought-provoking new report on this topic. https://bit.ly/4pgwiHv #AI #Bioethics #AIEthics #FutureOfAI

💊⚖️ Science Will Not Save the #AbortionPill In a NEW Hastings Bioethics Forum essay, Chris ChoGlueck examines the upcoming Supreme Court case #Louisiana v. FDA and what it could mean for access to abortion pills mailed to states with #AbortionBans. https://bit.ly/4fYYZpE

🦟❓ What if we could eliminate #mosquitoes forever? Should we? Hastings Center Research Director Gregory Kaebnick is featured in a new @vox.com#mosquitoespodcast exploring the #ethics of wiping out species to protect #humanhealth. 🔗 : https://bit.ly/4gEttgM

🚜💬 What happens when a migrant farm worker gets sick—but no one can understand them? 📖 Read Hastings Bioethics Forum essay by Fraea Renaerts and J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD: lnkd.in/enXREXsr #Bioethics #HealthEquity #MigrantWorkers #PublicHealth #HealthcareAccess

📚✨ Two books by members of the Hastings community are featured in a new review in @bostonreview.bsky.social 🔹 The Art of Flourishing, co-edited by HC Scholar Erik Parens 🔹 A Life Worth Living, by HC Fellow Joel Michael Reynolds 📖 https://bit.ly/3SgX2ev

🌟 Hastings Center for Bioethics President and CEO @varditravitsky.bsky.social is heading to #AspenIdeasHealth this week to participate in two timely panel discussions exploring some of the most challenging questions in medicine and bioethics. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4uLl3HX

🎓✨ We had a fantastic day welcoming Yale University students for their annual visit to The Hastings Center for Bioethics! We’re always inspired by the next generation of #bioethics thinkers and #leaders. 🌟

🩺 Physician or Provider? Does the title really matter? 🤔 A NEW Hastings Bioethics Forum essay by Brandon Ambrosino examines the debate over whether physicians should be called "providers"... https://bit.ly/3S1hHDd

🚨 Flesh-eating #screwworms are back in the U.S. after nearly 50 years. In a NEW essay, Hastings Research Director Gregory Kaebnick asks: Could using #GenomeEditing to eradicate one dangerous species make it easier to justify eliminating others? 🧬🤔 https://bit.ly/4xqkZQy

🌍✈️ This week, Hastings Center President @varditravitsky.bsky.social will deliver a keynote address at the international conference "Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Novel (Bio)ethical Solutions for Novel Challenges" in Paris, France. https://bit.ly/4ee8mix

🇫🇷✈️ A spectacular flyover from our neighbors at West Point. Patrouille de France soared overhead as part of their U.S. goodwill tour commemorating the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding. 🇫🇷🤝🇺🇸 #PatrouilleDeFrance #WestPoint

🚨 The flesh-eating screwworm is back, detected in Texas cattle! Hastings Director of Research Gregory Kaebnick weighs in on a provocative question: Should humans ever drive a species to extinction to prevent suffering and economic harm? 🤔 @nbcnews.com 📖 https://bit.ly/4vgfoLj

🎓✨ A huge congratulations to our Project Coordinator, Lourena De Abreu, MBE, on graduating from @harvard.edu with her Master’s Degree in Bioethics! 🎉 #HarvardUniversity #Bioethics #Graduation #FutureLeader

In #Israel after the October 7th attack, a policy was expanded allowing parents of #fallensoldiers to request posthumous #spermretrieval. But who do you think should have the authority to make that decision?🤔 📖 Read, https://bit.ly/4ucL56D

🚜💬 What happens when a migrant farm worker gets sick—but no one can understand them? After a gas leak sent Carlos and other migrant farm workers to the hospital: no professional interpreter was available. 📖 NEW Hastings Bioethics Forum essay: https://bit.ly/4dMQHzE

💡 New in 2026: Most taxpayers who take the standard deduction can also claim the Universal Charitable Deduction. ✅ Up to $1,000 (single) ✅ Up to $2,000 (joint) Support #bioethics research while potentially lowering your taxes ❤️ Donate: https://bit.ly/4nVWfLr

🚨 Hastings in the spotlight - The @60minutes.bsky.social Episode Hastings President @varditravitsky.bsky.social was featured in about "Egg Freezing and Maternal Health" aired again last night ! 🚨 🎥 https://cbsn.ws/3Z1owoI #HastingsCenter #EggFreezing #60Minutes #Bioethics #ReproductiveEthics

🤖🙏 If AI Replaced God, What Could We Demand of It? In a new Hastings Bioethics Forum essay, Hastings research scholar Gregory Kaebnick reflects on Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI, which warns that humanity faces “a pivotal choice." 🌍✨ https://bit.ly/4dGHNng #AI #PopeLeo

🤖🧬 How is #AI transforming biomedical research—and what ethical challenges come with it? Today Hastings President @varditravitsky.bsky.social will give a talk at @fredhutch.org#AIon the emerging use of AI in #biomedicalresearch.

🏆 The Hastings Center honors Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Christine Grady as recipients of the 2026 Bioethics Founders’ Award for their groundbreaking contributions to bioethics, medicine, and public policy. 🌍⚖️🧬 Learn more: https://bit.ly/3PxEkye #Bioethics #MedicalEthics

🧬 New York Magazine highlights our debate, “The Embryo Frontier: Editing Human Life,” featuring CEO and Founder at Origin Genomics @CathyTie and Harvard Law’s I. Glenn Cohen, moderated by Hastings President @VarditRavitsky. 👶🔬⚖️ https://bit.ly/49pzMk4

🚨 NEW in the Hastings Bioethics Forum: “The Enhanced Games Are Paying Athletes Well — Too Well.” https://bit.ly/4dw6di0 #abstract #Bioethics #SportsEthics #EnhancedGames #Doping #Athletes #SportsNews

🚨 NEW Hastings Center Report essay: “Rethinking Mandated Drug Treatment: Why Expanding Freedom Requires Structural Drug Policy Reform” Can mandated drug treatment truly promote freedom and justice? 🤔 🔗 : https://bit.ly/3PHbBXw

🚨 NEW in the Hastings Bioethics Forum: “The Enhanced Games Are Paying Athletes Well — Too Well.” Author argues the issue isn’t just doping… it’s whether huge financial incentives threaten athletes’ autonomy. 💰⚖️ https://bit.ly/4dw6di0 #Bioethics #EnhancedGames #Sports 

📣 Calling advanced doctoral candidates in the United States! Apply by June 5 to become a 2026–2027 Hastings Center Sadler Scholar. 🎓✨ 🔗 Apply here: https://bit.ly/4cVAsym #Bioethics #AIEthics #Genomics #HealthcareEthics #PhDStudents #DoctoralStudents #AcademicOpportunities

⚖️ The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s ban on certain gender-affirming treatments for minors in United States v. Skrmetti. A new Hastings Center Report essay examines the Court’s reasoning...🏳️‍⚧️ https://bit.ly/4935zHu #Bioethics #TransRights #GenderAffirmingCare #LGBTQHealth

🤝 How do we measure organizational trustworthiness in community-engaged research? TRUST TEAM is PCORI funded project using community-engaged methods to co-develop a first-of-its-kind, psychometrically sound measure of organizational trustworthiness.📊 https://bit.ly/4d9PWAo

🧬 Gene-editing therapies for sickle cell disease offer groundbreaking hope—but are they truly a “cure”? ⚖️ A NEW Hastings Center Report essay argues that calling them a cure is misleading... https://bit.ly/4dmH752

🎧 Public radio show @npr.org 1a interviews Julia Kolak our Assistant Director of Research, discusses the growing use of remote ICU care & the need for more evidence on safety and effectiveness.. ⚕️💻 🔗 https://bit.ly/4nrgtfW #Bioethics #Telemedicine #CriticalCare #MedicalEthics

📚 Join behavior geneticist Paige Harden at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social on May 26 for a discussion of her new book, Original Sin: The Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame, and the Future of Forgiveness 🧬⚖️ #Bioethics #Genetics #BehaviorGenetics #Ethics #Neuroscience #BookTalk

⚖️ Can mandated drug treatment help address addiction-driven crime—or does it go too far? Read more: https://bit.ly/3RouJtX #Bioethics #Addiction #SubstanceUseDisorder #CriminalJustice #PublicHealth #MedicalEthics #DrugPolicy

🧬 Your "digital twin" could help predict disease, personalize treatment, and test therapies without risk—but at what cost? 🤖⚖️ Read more: https://bit.ly/3PF7POt #Bioethics #AIethics #MedicalEthics #DataPrivacy #DigitalTwin #HealthcareInnovation

🕊️ Karen Ann Quinlan’s parents won the right to remove the ventilator keeping their daughter alive — reshaping patient autonomy, end-of-life care, and medical ethics in the U.S. ⚖️🏥 https://bit.ly/4uIQWRM #MedicalEthics #EndOfLifeCare #PatientRights #HealthcareHistory

🎤 Hastings President @varditravitsky.bsky.social is speaking this week at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai “Health AI: What Makes Humans Special?” 🤖🧠 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ewUVbv7r #Bioethics #AIinHealthcare #MedicalEthics #FutureOfMedicine #ArtificialIntelligence

Hastings President @varditravitsky.bsky.social was featured on France TV discussing the growing trend of embryo selection. 🧬📺 🎥: https://bit.ly/4u7I60f #Bioethics #EmbryoSelection #Genetics #ReproductiveEthics #MedicalEthics #FutureOfMedicine

🆕 Hastings Bioethics Forum essay: After a suicide attempt, a 71yr old woman arrived in the ICU in shock—but breathing on her own. A DNR request, scribbled on a napkin 📝, was found beside her. Should it be honored? 🔗: https://bit.ly/4detbtI

📣 The Hastings Center for Bioethics 2025 Impact Report is here! 🧬 Science, 🩺 health, and 🤝 public trust are under pressure—and we responded. We’re proud to share our first-ever interactive Impact Report, designed to be explored, not just read. 🔗: https://bit.ly/3QMP0cy

👩‍⚕️📚 Hastings Research Scholar, Carolyn Neuhaus and Professor of Bioethics at Albany Medical College, Johanna Crane explore the key ethical challenges in community health—highlighting issues of trust, equity, and the real-world complexities of care. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3OZzTvL

🎉 Congratulations to our Research Scholar, Carolyn P. Neuhaus, PhD on being named a 2026 recipient of the Montefiore Einstein Bioethics Award for Excellence in Bioethics Education! Learn more, https://bit.ly/42OQ7uR

🆕 NEW Hastings Bioethics Forum essay: Updated Endometriosis Guidelines: A Step Forward in Ethical Reproductive Healthcare 🩺✨ 🔗: https://bit.ly/3QIaFCI #Endometriosis #ReproductiveHealth #Bioethics #ReproductiveJustice #WomensHealth

📣 Calling advanced doctoral candidates in the United States! Apply by June 5 to become a 2026–2027 Hastings Center Sadler Scholar. 🎓✨ 🔗 Apply here: https://bit.ly/4cVAsym #Bioethics #AIEthics #Genomics #HealthcareEthics #PhDStudents #DoctoralStudents #AcademicOpportunities

The recording of our lively debate from 4/23/26, “The Embryo Frontier: Editing Human Life" is available now! 🧬Watch here: https://bit.ly/4eie4BY #Bioethics #GeneEditing #CRISPR #Healthcare #Ethics #FutureOfMedicine #HastingsCenter #ScienceDebate

✨ 2026 Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Award recipients! 🏆 Awards: -Dr. Noelle Marie Javier: the Dr. Richard Payne Senior Leadership Award -Dr. Amar D. Bansal, Dr. Gina Piscitello and Dr. Ramy Sedhom: Three Early-Career Physician Awards @pittdeptofmed.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4dQDCWw

Yale University Bioethics Summer Institute 🎓🧠 Join the “Foundations in Bioethics” program this May (remote!) and dive into ethics in research, law, and clinical care. 🌍 https://bit.ly/48l1f62 #Bioethics #Yale #SummerInstitute #MedicalEthics #PublicHealth #TechEthics

TikTok’s algorithm often amplifies controversial, emotionally charged content 🔥—but how does that shape our values? 🤔 Article in Bioethics Today, co-authored by Hastings Sadler Scholar Odia Kane. https://bit.ly/41SF5Ev