Category Vaccine

Prove AI Can’t Care First

Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon argues that defaulting to AI in health settings could do more harm than good.

The NY Declaration on Animal Consciousness: New or Very Old News?

Andrew Fenton examines the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness with an eye to a previous declaration and some current animal law and policies concerning scientific animal use.

Vaccines Treating Cancer: Would Anti-Vaxxers Change their Minds?

Chris Kaposy wonders about the impact of mRNA vaccines that treat cancer on the anti-vaccine movement.

Into the Unknown: An Ethicist Reflects on COVID-19

Marika Warren compares her expectations going into the pandemic with the actual ethical challenges that arose.

What Counts as a COVID-19 Pandemic Success Story?

Chris Kaposy draws lessons from diverging claims of success versus failure in the management of the pandemic in Florida and Canada.