🧬 #EmbryoTesting is advancing rapidly — but how far is too far? Join us on December 3, 2025, for “Testing Embryos: How Far Should We Go?” — the first webinar in our new series, Frontiers in the Ethics of Human Reproduction. FREE event — register here: https://bit.ly/4qSclXV

🧠 NEW from the Hastings Bioethics Forum essay! @carlelliott.bsky.social shines a light on a striking truth: many notorious research scandals are almost entirely absent from bioethics literature. 🔗 Read the full piece: https://bit.ly/495dPYk

🌍 #GivingTuesday is less than a month away! This year, your donation can be DOUBLED! How? A generous donor will match up to $10,000 in gifts received by midnight on Tuesday, December 2nd. Your support fuels vital research! 💙 https://bit.ly/4hLQWeH

🧠How do the stories we tell about #dementia shape care, stigma, and understanding? JAMA Medical News podcast, HC Scholar Nancy Berlinger discusses our new special report, “Living with Dementia: Learning from Cultural Narratives in Aging Societies.” 🎧 https://ja.ma/3Lf0Yc8

🧬 Interested in the ethics of #genetictesting of embryos? Join us on December 3, 2025, for “Testing Embryos: How Far Should We Go?” — the first webinar in our new series, Frontiers in the Ethics of Human Reproduction. FREE event: https://bit.ly/4qSclXV

Are medical aid-in-dying deaths “natural”? 🩺 New York says yes — raising deep questions about ethics, privacy & how we define death. ⚖️ 🔗 https://bit.ly/48UlFDU #Bioethics #Ethics #MedicalAidInDying

🌟 🎤 Join Hastings President @varditravitsky on November 7 at the PRIM&R Annual Conference, where she’ll be delivering the keynote address! 👉 Register: https://bit.ly/47qkLN7

💡 Our end-of-year appeal is here — and we need your support! As grant funding risks rise and misinformation erodes trust, The Hastings Center stands firm for justice, equity, inclusion and integrity. 🙏 Give today: https://bit.ly/3WnmtK3 #Bioethics #PublicTrust #grants

🚨 Mississippi has declared infant mortality a public health emergency. The state has the highest and rising infant death rate in the U.S. The solution? Midwives can lead the way! 🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4qlohAS #InfantMortality #BlackMaternalHealth #MidwiferyMatters

We are excited Episode 5 of Bioethics Chats is out NOW! 👏 🎉 HC President @VarditRavitsky and Joel Michael Reynolds, associate professor of philosophy and disability studies at Georgetown University and School of Medicine discuss #disabilityethics https://bit.ly/4ovSf3r

🗓️Will you be at the annual ASBH conference this Friday? If so, don’t miss Lourena De Abreu’s presentation on a new healthcare evaluation system to promote justice and underserved communities. 🔗Learn more: bit.ly/495hZPK #asbh2025 #asbh #bioethics #justice #underservedcommunities

📣 It’s here! The September/October issue of the Hastings Center Report is out now! 📰✨ This timely and thought-provoking issue takes a deep dive into #xenotransplantation, #healthjustice and #animalwelfare. 👉 READ: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1552146x/2025/55/5

🗓️Will you be at the annual ASBH conference next Friday? If so, don’t miss Faith Wershba’s presentation on the ethical considerations for the use of AI to predict suicide risk! 🔗Learn more: bit.ly/495hZPK #asbh2025 #asbh #bioethics #AI #suicideresearch #suicide

📅 Save the Date, D.C.! Join Hastings Center President @varditravitsky.bsky.social and esteemed colleagues at the National Academy of Medicine's Annual Conference 2025 on October 20! 🔗 Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/4n4rORy #AIinHealthcare #NAM2025 #TrustInAI

📢 NEW Hastings Bioethics Forum essay by Joseph J. Fins. Is it time to consider geographical aging? 🌍⏳ Dr. Fins suggests that where you age in the U.S. — can significantly impact both your life expectancy and quality of life. 👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/42KtbNL

🧠 Millions face dementia worldwide, but myths persist. Would enhanced services and programs ease fear and improve care? 🔗 New HC Bioethics Forum essay explores how better cultural narratives can improve lives: https://bit.ly/4h2WXmZ #DementiaAwareness #AgingSociety

🏆 We're proud to honor two global leaders in bioethics — John Harris & Dorothy Roberts — with the 2025 Bioethics Founders’ Award! Presented annually by Hastings, this award celebrates individuals who have made substantial contributions to bioethics. 🔗 https://bit.ly/46NFviI

🧡 It’s DAF Day 2025 and we’re all in! If you have a DAF, this is your chance to join a nationwide wave of generosity and support The Hastings Center for Bioethics. 🔗: https://bit.ly/48i3rvO #DAFDay2025 #givingtogether #philanthropy

📅 Save the Date, D.C.! Join Hastings Center President @varditravitsky.bsky.social and esteemed colleagues at the National Academy of Medicine's Annual Conference 2025 on October 20! 🔗 Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/4n4rORy #AIinHealthcare #NAM2025 #TrustInAI

Meet the 2025-26 Sadler Scholars and CERA Fellows: Blessing Adewuyi & Victor Ekuta, MD @hastingscenter.bsky.social collaborates with CERA to offer additional professional opportunities to their Sadler Scholars who conduct ELSI related work. Learn more: www.thehastingscenter.org/news/meet-th...

🎙️ Hastings President @varditravitsky.bsky.social joins PRIM&R’s podcast "Research Ethics Reimagined" to dive into the powerful intersection of AI, trust, and bioethics. 🎧 Listen now: https://apple.co/3W8jMvX #AI #Bioethics #ResearchEthics

🚫💊 “Don’t take Tylenol,” President Trump told pregnant women last week. Despite his claims, there is no evidence that Tylenol taken during pregnancy increases the risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability. NEW Hastings Bioethics Forum essay, https://bit.ly/46yeqA1

🎉 Nominations are OPEN for the 2026 Hastings Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards! These awards honor physicians who deliver exceptional end-of-life care. Awards: 🏆 $15K Early-Career (≤10 yrs) 🏆 $25K Senior Leadership (15+ yrs, underserved focus) 🔗 https://bit.ly/3VMP9ff

💉 For more than 50yrs, the U.S. followed a unified, science-based system for vaccine guidance. But now, we’re entering a new era of vaccine federalism—where state policies clash with a national scientific process. https://bit.ly/4gXIt7S

How can health care orgs support community health beyond their walls? Register for the Oct. 14 National #HealthEquity Grand Rounds virtual event featuring rural and urban health systems sharing how they partner to improve financial and #pophealth. RSVP: bit.ly/46seC2v

🆕 🏛️ Latest Hastings on the Hill Update! We launched new tool to help policymakers, patients, and providers better understand how AI is transforming medicine—while navigating the ethical questions that come with it. Check out the guide https://bit.ly/4nGXE85 #Bioethics

🚨 Event Alert! 🚨 Join Hastings President @VarditRavitsky at Endpoints AI Day for a powerful panel discussion: The Ethics of AI in Science and Healthcare 📅 October 14th, 4:45 PM – 5:30 PM EDT 🧠 AI in Biopharma: Where Promise Meets Pressure Register: https://bit.ly/482VYAM

NEW HC Bioethics Forum essay examines recent claims by RFK Jr. opposing mandated mental health screenings in IL schools. Authors argue that nutrition & exercise are important,but these interventions should complement—not replace—professional care. https://bit.ly/3W6nO7O

📰 New in Hastings Center Report: Trudo Lemmens examines how Canada’s MAiD regime is evolving, w/ assisted death increasingly framed as a therapeutic option for non-medical suffering. Raises key questions on consent, safeguards, & practitioner training. 📖 https://bit.ly/46Og00B

🧠 NEW Hastings Special Report is out now! Living with Dementia: Learning from Cultural Narratives of Aging Societies Explore how diverse cultures understand and respond to dementia in aging populations — and what we can learn from them. 📖: https://bit.ly/46JUFW2

👉What can our voices reveal about our health? Dr. Yaël Bensoussan of USF joins Dr. Sanjay Gupta on @CNN Chasing Life Podcast to discuss how AI voice analysis is being used to detect diseases like Parkinson’s and cancer. 🎧 Don’t miss it, watch now https://bit.ly/3KasdE7

📅 Save the Date! Join us for our joint conference in Paris for: “Existential Threats and Other Disasters” 🗓️ June 11–12, 2026 | 📍 Reid Hall Explore bioethical responses to global crises! 🔗 Register: https://www.csb.eu.com/conference/ #Bioethics #ExistentialRisks #Paris2026

🎉 Congrats to our talented team members — Art Director Nora Porter & Communications Director @susangilb.bsky.social — for winning the 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 for our 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭! 🏆✨ 📘🔗 View report here: bit.ly/4ohpOqB

🎉 Meet the 2025–26 Sadler Scholars & CERA Fellows! 🌟 The Hastings Center welcomes a new cohort of emerging leaders in bioethics 🧠✨ Selected through a competitive process, these scholars will receive mentorship, workshops, and community support. 🔗: https://bit.ly/465QwLV

🎉 Congrats to Hastings Board Member Louise P. King, MD, JD — recipient of the Harvard Medical Student Bioethics Teaching Award! 🏆👏 A leader in ethics & co-director of Harvard’s core med ethics course 🩺📚 🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4pAp1C2

💉Vaccination isn’t just personal — 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. If FL removes vaccine mandates, it’s turning its back on: 📚 Scientific evidence 📜 Historical precedent ⚖️ Established law 🧭 Basic ethics 🔗: https://bit.ly/3K0PuID

🌟We’re proud to share we have received a top rating from Charity Navigator — the nation’s largest and most trusted evaluator of nonprofits. 🧭💙 You can give with confidence, knowing your support is used ethically, effectively, and for real impact. 💪🏽 https://bit.ly/4mS0MNM

What does it mean when global leaders casually discuss 🧬 living to 150 or 🧠⚔️ neuroweaponry? NEW HC Bioethics Forum essay, explores how bioethics—and the rules-based order it grew out of—is being tested by today's shifting geopolitics. 👉 https://bit.ly/4pdPdC2

📅 Join us in DC Sept 11–13 for a powerful 3-day symposium on justice, healing & public health. We will explore the enduring legacy of #HurricaneKatrina through the lenses of justice, healing, & collective memory. 🔗https://bit.ly/3QKatrina25

🧬 How do genetic diagnoses reshape what we believe about choice, blame & responsibility? A new Hastings Bioethics Forum essay explores this through one young woman’s journey with a rare condition. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4p5tqfL #Bioethics #Genetics #ChronicIllness #HastingsCenter

As AI grows more autonomous, do intelligent machines deserve moral consideration? 🤔 Bioethicist, President and CEO of @hastingscenter.bsky.social Vardit Ravitsky unpacks the ethical dilemmas around artificial intelligence. Watch the video below: #AI #Science #Humanity #Ethics

🌟 Meet Erik Parens, our Senior Research Scholar! His new book, The Art of Flourishing 💬♿🌱, shares powerful stories from people with disabilities on what it means to thrive — and demand equal respect. 🙌❤️ 🔗 https://bit.ly/4oZWWUk #Bioethics #DisabilityJustice

🧠 Understanding autism goes beyond outdated myths and harmful assumptions. NEW HC Bioethics Forum essay by @robertklitzman.bsky.social explores the real science behind autism’s causes — and the ethical steps society should take next. 🔍 Read, https://bit.ly/45zcqae #Autism #Bioethics

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

🌟August is National Make-A-Will Month🌟, the perfect moment to make estate plans to benefit the people and places you care about most. Including us in your plans will unlock an immediate MATCHING CONTRIBUTION to the HC annual fund!💸🔑🎉 Learn more, https://bit.ly/4mo7BGF

🎙️ Episode 4 of Bioethics Chats is OUT NOW! @varditravitsky.bsky.social chats with Dorothy Roberts, George A. Weiss Professor at UPenn, on the “trifecta of violations of reproductive justice” & what bioethicists & healthcare providers must do to address them. 👩🏾‍⚖️📚 https://bit.ly/45sYBdn

📣 Hastings President @varditravitsky.bsky.social research is featured in @nytimes.com! 📰✨ Ravitsky and fellow researcher made a bold case: sperm screening should be part of routine primary care. And young men should consider freezing their sperm. https://nyti.ms/41isESt

Most troubling part about removing uncomfortable truths from history is the whitewashing that follows. If you disagree, the answer isn’t to erase them,it’s to challenge them w/ thoughtful counterarguments.🤔 NEW HC Bioethics Forum essay by Barron Lerner https://bit.ly/47EEFFN

🎙️ New Episode Alert! The latest episode of The Big Question from the Museum of Science is out now! 🧠✨ This episode dives into the challenges of our aging society 👵👴, featuring: @varditravitsky.bsky.social – CEO, HC Nancy Berlinger – Senior Scholar, HC 🔗 https://bit.ly/45VvDD1

🎉 Meet the newest members of our amazing team! 👋 We're excited to welcome these talented individuals to The Hastings Center for Bioethics. Learn more about them here 👉 https://bit.ly/47rruYI #HastingsCenter #Bioethics #NewStaff #TeamUpdate #WelcomeAboard