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The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 20h

🏆 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

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The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 1d

🧡 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

The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 3d

📅 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

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ELSIhub | CERA @elsihub.bsky.social · 3d

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...

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The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 7d

🎙️ 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

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The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 8d

🚫💊 “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

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The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 9d

🎉 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

The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 10d

💉 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

The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 11d

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

The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 14d

🆕 🏛️ 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

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The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 15d

🚨 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

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The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 16d

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

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The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 18d

📰 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

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The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 21d

🧠 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

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The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 22d

👉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

The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 23d

📅 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

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The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 24d

🎉 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

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The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 25d

🎉 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

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The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 27d

🎉 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

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The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 28d

💉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

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The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · 29d

🌟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

The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · Sep 9

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

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The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · Sep 5

📅 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

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The Hastings Center for Bioethics @hastingscenter.bsky.social · Sep 3

🧬 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

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Museum of Science @museumofscience.bsky.social · Sep 2

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

Is AI Earning Human-Level Rights?

YouTube video by Museum of Science

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