All posts tagged "Medicalethics"

A San Francisco Bay Area dermatologist and university professor accused last year of using state prisoners in decades-old experiments that included pesticide injections has denied in a legal filing that his accusers had any evidence he caused harm. Dr. Howard Maibach, now in his mid-90s, filed a court petition challenging a University of California at San Francisco report accusing him of using “questionable research methods” in experiments in the ’60s and ’70s on at least 2,600 male inmates at the California Medical Facility, a state prison hospital in Vacaville. According to the petition, the......

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker is seeking to strike down Missouri’s criminal penalties for abortion, adding to an already intense legal confrontation playing out in St. Louis that could result in a judge overturning the state’s near-total ban. The Democratic prosecutor, whose jurisdiction includes much of Kansas City, last month filed a petition in St. Louis Circuit Court arguing the criminal penalties violate the Missouri Constitution’s guarantees of equal protection. Baker’s filing came in an ongoing lawsuit brought by progressive faith leaders challenging the abortion ban on re......

SAN DIEGO — The dreams that began haunting Randy Dalo almost as soon as he recovered from neck surgery in January 2017 went on trial in a downtown San Diego courtroom Tuesday. Are they the hazy evidence revealing the harrowing truth that he awakened during his operation? Or are they just that — nothing other than dreams — of an otherwise routine event at the end of a successful surgery? Dalo, a former sport fishing boat captain, has filed a lawsuit against UC San Diego, as well as a former anesthesiologist and nurse who were part of the surgical team at UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest that pe......

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday granted Gov. Ron DeSantis’ call for a grand jury to investigate COVID-19 vaccines, despite overwhelming scientific consensus they have saved millions of lives in the U.S. and across the world. The court issued an order stating the grand jury can investigate “pharmaceutical manufacturers (and their executive officers) and other medical associations or organizations” involved in almost any way with the use of “vaccines purported to prevent COVID-19 infection, symptoms, and transmission.” The grand jury can also look into “other criminal activ......

DETROIT — At least one Michigan organ transplant center is considering making COVID-19 vaccination a requirement for the procedure — a policy that has presented challenges elsewhere for people who need a transplant but object to the vaccine. In Michigan, two of the largest hospital systems — Henry Ford Health System and Beaumont Health — don't require vaccination for an organ transplant. But Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan's health system, is considering making COVID-19 vaccination a requirement for organ transplantation, spokeswoman Mary Masson said Friday. A Colorado woman at r......

The Catholic Church is the latest global organization to throw its hat into the ring in an effort to encourage the world population to get a coronavirus vaccine. In a joint statement released on Friday, the Vatican’s bioethics academy and the World Medical Association vowed to correct “myths and disinformation” that are leading to vaccine hesitancy among many people worldwide. The statement goes on to address that in many countries where vaccine hesitancy is high, it is only so because of inequalities that have taken place throughout history that have led to suspicion growing toward pharmaceut......