Medical Ethics

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HHS Finalizes Youth Gender Care Review as Medical Societies Object

Major medical groups dispute the methodology, warning the findings misstate clinical standards.

Yale Study Finds Only 24% of Medicines Tested Reach Trial-Host Countries Within Five Years

U.S. Catholic Bishops Formalize Ban on Gender-Affirming Care at Catholic Hospitals

Whistleblower Alleges CHI Wrongly Labeled Harvey Morrison Palliative, Removing Him From Surgery List

As Health Systems Scale AI Scribes, Clinicians Push to Protect Human Care

Pritzker Weighs Illinois ‘Right-to-Die’ Bill After Narrow Overnight Senate Vote

Illinois Lawmakers Pass Medical Aid-in-Dying Bill, Sending It to Pritzker

GOP Senators Press FDA Over Generic Abortion Pill Approval

Widow Cleared Over Dignitas Trip Urges Peers to End ‘Elite-Only’ Access to Assisted Dying

Vicenza Trial Opens Over 14-Year-Old’s Death After Parents Rejected Cancer Care

France Sets Pre‑2027 Deadline for End‑of‑Life Laws as Government Presses Senate Action

Brazil’s Supreme Court Moves to Overturn Order Letting Nurses Assist in Legal Abortions

OHSU Creates Fertilizable Egg Cells From Human Skin in Peer-Reviewed Study

France 5 Documentary Exposes Crisis in Youth Mental-Health Care

Graz Trial Opens Over Alleged Child Participation in Emergency Skull Surgery

Paris Court of Appeal Recognizes Posthumous Assisted Reproduction Filiation for First Time in France

Italian Health Agencies Find No Device for Libera’s Self-Administration, Prompting Plea for Doctor Assistance

FDA Launches Mifepristone Safety Review, Weighing How the Drug Is Dispensed

Poll and Capitol Push Turn Up Pressure on Hochul Over New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Bill

Acting CDC Chief Calls to Split MMR Into Three Shots, Prompting Broad Pushback