Alan Regenberg
@aregenberg.bsky.social
Bioethicist, etc: Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. Ethics & emerging biotech. Curator: @bermaninstitute.bsky.social. Baltimore enthusiast. He/Him.
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Amid Confusing CDC Guidance, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy — ProPublica www.propublica.org/article/covi...
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to sto...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy — ProPublica www.propublica.org/article/covi...
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South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak Shows Chilling Effect of Vaccine Misinformation | KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak Shows Chilling Effect of Vaccine Misinformation - KFF Health News
When a measles outbreak emerged in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in October, health officials announced that most cases were tied to one public charter school, where only 17% of the 605 students enroll...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak Shows Chilling Effect of Vaccine Misinformation | KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - This Week - Bad Drugs or No Drugs, Dilemmas in Pragmatic Clinical Trials, On Being a Scientist, Not Sure, New Limits on Nursing Loans, Mind-Reading Devices, Changed CDC Website, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
Berman Institute Bioethics Bulletin
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November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - This Week - Bad Drugs or No Drugs, Dilemmas in Pragmatic Clinical Trials, On Being a Scientist, Not Sure, New Limits on Nursing Loans, Mind-Reading Devices, Changed CDC Website, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
Top Ivermectin Prescriber Now in CDC's Second Highest Position — Ralph Lee Abraham, MD, has a questionable public health track record. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
Opinion | Top Ivermectin Prescriber Now in CDC's Second Highest Position
Ralph Lee Abraham, MD, has a questionable public health track record
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November 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Top Ivermectin Prescriber Now in CDC's Second Highest Position — Ralph Lee Abraham, MD, has a questionable public health track record. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters | ProPublica www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters | ProPublica www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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Materials Now Available From NIH-Hosted Workshop, ‘Digging Into Dilemmas of Pragmatic Clinical Trials'. Presenters include our Jeremy Sugarman | NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory - Rethinking Clinical Trials rethinkingclinicaltrials.org/news/novembe...
November 25, 2025: Materials Now Available From NIH-Hosted Workshop, ‘Digging Into Dilemmas of Pragmatic Clinical Trials’ - Rethinking Clinical Trials
Materials and videocast recordings are now available from the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory’s recent workshop, “Digging Into Dilemmas of Pragmatic Clinical Trials.“ The 2-day workshop, hosted by ...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Materials Now Available From NIH-Hosted Workshop, ‘Digging Into Dilemmas of Pragmatic Clinical Trials'. Presenters include our Jeremy Sugarman | NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory - Rethinking Clinical Trials rethinkingclinicaltrials.org/news/novembe...
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#Bioethics in the Academic Lit - This Week - More Evidence Needed, Women's Protective Sexual Behaviors, Pediatric Oncology Ethics, Moral Resilience, Advance Directives, Artificial Womb Tech, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
Bioethics in the Academic Literature: November 25, 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#Bioethics in the Academic Lit - This Week - More Evidence Needed, Women's Protective Sexual Behaviors, Pediatric Oncology Ethics, Moral Resilience, Advance Directives, Artificial Womb Tech, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
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Materials are now available from our NIH-hosted workshop, "Digging Into Dilemmas of #PragmaticTrials." Access slides and videos for all sessions, including a keynote by David Zaas, president of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and professor at @wakeforest.bsky.social.
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November 25, 2025: Materials Now Available From NIH-Hosted Workshop, ‘Digging Into Dilemmas of Pragmatic Clinical Trials’ - Rethinking Clinical Trials
Materials and videocast recordings are now available from the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory’s recent workshop, “Digging Into Dilemmas of Pragmatic Clinical Trials.“ The 2-day workshop, hosted by ...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Materials are now available from our NIH-hosted workshop, "Digging Into Dilemmas of #PragmaticTrials." Access slides and videos for all sessions, including a keynote by David Zaas, president of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and professor at @wakeforest.bsky.social.
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She Studied How to Protect Children From Pollution and Heat. “There was no warning, no conversation,” said Jane Clougherty, an environmental health scientist, who had a federal grant canceled earlier this year. | NY TImes: Lost Science www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
She Studied How to Protect Children From Pollution and Heat
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November 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
She Studied How to Protect Children From Pollution and Heat. “There was no warning, no conversation,” said Jane Clougherty, an environmental health scientist, who had a federal grant canceled earlier this year. | NY TImes: Lost Science www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
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NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling. Policy drops “paylines” based on peer-review scores and requires geography and other factors to guide approvals. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling
Policy drops “paylines” based on peer-review scores and requires geography and other factors to guide approvals
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November 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling. Policy drops “paylines” based on peer-review scores and requires geography and other factors to guide approvals. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
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"After federal immigration officers in Charlotte saw a man taking photos of them, they chased him nearly 2 miles down a main road and made plans to “smash” into him, video played in court Thursday showed. They broke his window, charged him with a federal felony and accused him of assaulting them."
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"After federal immigration officers in Charlotte saw a man taking photos of them, they chased him nearly 2 miles down a main road and made plans to “smash” into him, video played in court Thursday showed. They broke his window, charged him with a federal felony and accused him of assaulting them."
Mind-reading devices can now predict preconscious thoughts: is it time to worry? Ethicists say AI-powered advances will threaten the privacy and autonomy of people who use neurotechnology. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Mind-reading devices can now predict preconscious thoughts: is it time to worry?
Ethicists say AI-powered advances will threaten the privacy and autonomy of people who use neurotechnology.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Mind-reading devices can now predict preconscious thoughts: is it time to worry? Ethicists say AI-powered advances will threaten the privacy and autonomy of people who use neurotechnology. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Moral Resilience Is Distinct From General Resilience When Predicting Burnout Among Interprofessional Health Care Workers: Secondary Analysis - Katie Nelson, Ginger Hanson, Sarah Giordano, Cynda Rushton - Journal of Nursing Scholarship sigmapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
<em>Journal of Nursing Scholarship</em> | Nursing Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
Introduction Burnout, a form of moral suffering, has become more commonplace among health care workers in recent years. Measures of general resilience have been widely used to capture improvement in...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Moral Resilience Is Distinct From General Resilience When Predicting Burnout Among Interprofessional Health Care Workers: Secondary Analysis - Katie Nelson, Ginger Hanson, Sarah Giordano, Cynda Rushton - Journal of Nursing Scholarship sigmapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are currently undertaking the consensus study - On Being a Scientist: An Updated and Online Guide to the Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research. The study committee includes our Nancy Kass. www.nationalacademies.org/projects/PGA...
On Being a Scientist Panel on Responsible Conduct and Stewardship of the Research Process
An ad hoc panel on responsible conduct and stewardship of the research process will produce content for On Being a Scientist: An Updated and Online Guide to the Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Rese...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are currently undertaking the consensus study - On Being a Scientist: An Updated and Online Guide to the Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research. The study committee includes our Nancy Kass. www.nationalacademies.org/projects/PGA...
“The CDC is no longer a reliable and trustworthy source of information regarding vaccination," said Boston Health Commissioner Bisola Ojikutu MD, MPH. www.boston.com/news/health/...
Boston Public Health Commissioner: Do not trust CDC on vaccines
“The CDC is no longer a reliable and trustworthy source of information regarding vaccination," said Commissioner Bisola Ojikutu MD, MPH.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“The CDC is no longer a reliable and trustworthy source of information regarding vaccination," said Boston Health Commissioner Bisola Ojikutu MD, MPH. www.boston.com/news/health/...
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Unconscionable. Full stop. No excuses to be associated with or endorse or remain silent: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | ‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally
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November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Unconscionable. Full stop. No excuses to be associated with or endorse or remain silent: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges. The homeland security committee's chair has asked researchers to turn over troves of documents related to the Jan 6 attack, vaccines, & more, according to a letter reviewed by WIRED www.wired.com/story/senato...
Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges
The Senate homeland security committee's chair has asked researchers to turn over troves of documents related to the January 6 attack, vaccines, and more, according to a letter reviewed by WIRED.
www.wired.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges. The homeland security committee's chair has asked researchers to turn over troves of documents related to the Jan 6 attack, vaccines, & more, according to a letter reviewed by WIRED www.wired.com/story/senato...
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Kennedy Says He Told CDC to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines. In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines
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November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Kennedy Says He Told CDC to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines. In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious. The predictive intelligence program has resulted in people being stopped, searched and some arrested. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has fo...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious. The predictive intelligence program has resulted in people being stopped, searched and some arrested. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Global #FoodEthics and Policy Program Weekly Roundup | Global Protein Supply, Farmer Healthcare, Culprit to Solution, Too Late, Ultra-Processed Harms, Massive Profits, Hunger Rising, Machine Learning in Modern Agriculture, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/we3frp22...
Global Food Ethics and Policy Program: News Roundup
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November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Global #FoodEthics and Policy Program Weekly Roundup | Global Protein Supply, Farmer Healthcare, Culprit to Solution, Too Late, Ultra-Processed Harms, Massive Profits, Hunger Rising, Machine Learning in Modern Agriculture, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/we3frp22...
Paradromics Gets FDA Approval to Trial Its Brain Implant in People. The Austin-based startup will test its high-bandwidth device to help restore speech in people with extremely limited movement. | WIRED www.wired.com/story/paradr...
Paradromics Gets FDA Approval to Trial Its Brain Implant in People
The Austin-based startup will test its high-bandwidth device to help restore speech in people with extremely limited movement.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Paradromics Gets FDA Approval to Trial Its Brain Implant in People. The Austin-based startup will test its high-bandwidth device to help restore speech in people with extremely limited movement. | WIRED www.wired.com/story/paradr...
Amid the MAHA Anti-Vaxxers at the Texas Book Festival. Books are not fact-checked. Books are the perfect medium for grifters. | Literary Hub lithub.com/amid-the-mah...
Amid the MAHA Anti-Vaxxers at the Texas Book Festival
When I walked into the hotel lobby the first person I saw was a woman with enormous lips wearing a T-shirt that said BAN ASSAULT VACCINES. Wow, Austin really has changed, I thought. I used to come …
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November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Amid the MAHA Anti-Vaxxers at the Texas Book Festival. Books are not fact-checked. Books are the perfect medium for grifters. | Literary Hub lithub.com/amid-the-mah...
‘This is censorship.’ Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order. NASA-funded planetary science institute previously scrubbed hundreds of records from its archive | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
‘This is censorship.’ Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order
NASA-funded planetary science institute previously scrubbed hundreds of records from its archive
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November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
‘This is censorship.’ Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order. NASA-funded planetary science institute previously scrubbed hundreds of records from its archive | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Maryland to provide free vaccines to uninsured and underinsured adults | WYPR www.wypr.org/wypr-news/20...
Maryland to provide free vaccines to uninsured and underinsured adults
The policy comes as the state is blazing its own trail with public health.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Maryland to provide free vaccines to uninsured and underinsured adults | WYPR www.wypr.org/wypr-news/20...