Category Vaccine

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.

L’intelligence artificielle du point de vue de la santé globale

Vincent Couture et Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon explorent les nouvelles menaces existentielles qu’engendre l’intelligence artificielle restreinte et générale pour la santé mondiale et proposent des stratégies pour s’y attaquer.

Mind the Ethical Gap in AI-Powered Drug Discovery

Dessislava Fessenko shows that while artificial intelligence might revolutionize drug development, its use comes with risks and potential ethical implications. Iterative ethics oversight from the get-go is needed to address the looming concerns.

COVID-19 Vaccines: Did Research Exclusion Affect Informed Consent?

Thomas Milovac looks back at the groups initially excluded from COVID-19 vaccine research, such as pregnant and breast-feeding women, and considers whether their exclusion prevented members of these groups from being able to provide informed consent to vaccination.