Alan Regenberg
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Bioethicist, etc: Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. Ethics & emerging biotech. Curator: @bermaninstitute.bsky.social. Baltimore enthusiast. He/Him.
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Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - This Week - Avoiding Opioids, Imperial Hegemon, FDA Staff Overruled, Safe Drugs During Pregnancy? Rare Disease, Science Communication, Inaccurate AI Health Advice, Moral Distress, + Much More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
Berman Institute Bioethics Bulletin
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February 11, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - This Week - Avoiding Opioids, Imperial Hegemon, FDA Staff Overruled, Safe Drugs During Pregnancy? Rare Disease, Science Communication, Inaccurate AI Health Advice, Moral Distress, + Much More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
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ICYMI, Watch Now! Nagla Rizk, "What Is Feminist Artificial Intelligence? Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa" | Berman Institute #Bioethics Seminar Series www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agd7...
What Is Feminist Artificial Intelligence? Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa
YouTube video by Berman Institute
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February 11, 2026 at 4:20 PM
ICYMI, Watch Now! Nagla Rizk, "What Is Feminist Artificial Intelligence? Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa" | Berman Institute #Bioethics Seminar Series www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agd7...
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
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February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Martha Washington’s enslaved maid Ona Judge made a daring escape to freedom – but the National Park Service has erased her story from Philadelphia exhibit
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Martha Washington’s enslaved maid Ona Judge made a daring escape to freedom – but the National Park Service has erased her story from Philadelphia exhibit
Ona Judge was one of 9 people George Washington owned when he lived in the President’s House in Philadelphia.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Martha Washington’s enslaved maid Ona Judge made a daring escape to freedom – but the National Park Service has erased her story from Philadelphia exhibit
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Freeman Family Ethics for Lunch: Case Presentation & Discussion, "Cancer Exceptionalism in Pain Medicine" - Tues, Feb 17, Noon EST. Open to all, attend in person, lunch provided. Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Carpenter B. Link for more info: mailchi.mp/jhu/z6pu34uy...
Ethics for Lunch, Feb. 17, Cancer Exceptionalism in Pain Medicine
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February 11, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Freeman Family Ethics for Lunch: Case Presentation & Discussion, "Cancer Exceptionalism in Pain Medicine" - Tues, Feb 17, Noon EST. Open to all, attend in person, lunch provided. Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Carpenter B. Link for more info: mailchi.mp/jhu/z6pu34uy...
USAID’s beloved innovation lab is back from the dead. one year later, Development Innovation Ventures is back — and under new management. Instead of being an entity under USAID, former leaders have spun the program into a newly-formed independent nonprofit. | Vox www.vox.com/health/47870...
One of America’s best foreign aid programs is back from the dead
How a small innovation lab resurrected itself.
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February 11, 2026 at 2:44 PM
USAID’s beloved innovation lab is back from the dead. one year later, Development Innovation Ventures is back — and under new management. Instead of being an entity under USAID, former leaders have spun the program into a newly-formed independent nonprofit. | Vox www.vox.com/health/47870...
For Months, Tear Gas Has Entered Their Homes. Now They’re Suing ICE. A novel lawsuit in Portland argues the chemicals are a health threat that have soaked into apartment walls, furniture and even children’s toys. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/c...
For Months, Tear Gas Has Entered Their Homes. Now They’re Suing ICE.
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February 11, 2026 at 2:36 PM
For Months, Tear Gas Has Entered Their Homes. Now They’re Suing ICE. A novel lawsuit in Portland argues the chemicals are a health threat that have soaked into apartment walls, furniture and even children’s toys. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/c...
FDA refuses to review Moderna’s influenza vaccine. The decision heightens concerns about the agency’s posture toward vaccines and drug approvals
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FDA refuses to review Moderna’s influenza vaccine
FDA refuses to review Moderna’s influenza vaccine, which could raise concerns about the agency’s posture toward vaccines and drug approvals more generally.
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February 11, 2026 at 1:42 PM
FDA refuses to review Moderna’s influenza vaccine. The decision heightens concerns about the agency’s posture toward vaccines and drug approvals
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DOJ trying to indict opposition lawmakers for accurately stating the law is an authoritarian weaponization of the justice system.
Grand jurors returning a no bill is patriotism in action.
Grand jurors returning a no bill is patriotism in action.
February 11, 2026 at 2:23 AM
DOJ trying to indict opposition lawmakers for accurately stating the law is an authoritarian weaponization of the justice system.
Grand jurors returning a no bill is patriotism in action.
Grand jurors returning a no bill is patriotism in action.
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Breaking News: Prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against six Democrats who posted a video reminding members of the military to refuse illegal orders.
Prosecutors Fail to Bring Charges Against Democrats Involved in Illegal Orders Video
The rejection was a remarkable rebuke, suggesting that ordinary citizens did not believe that the lawmakers had committed any crimes.
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February 11, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Breaking News: Prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against six Democrats who posted a video reminding members of the military to refuse illegal orders.
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“Combined with other steps, it shows FDA’s intent to make licensing vaccines for respiratory disease harder, without serious notice or consideration, and in ways that appear arbitrary.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
FDA declines to review Moderna application for new flu vaccine
Moderna requests meeting to discuss refusal as decision could have implications for all new and updated vaccines
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February 11, 2026 at 1:59 AM
“Combined with other steps, it shows FDA’s intent to make licensing vaccines for respiratory disease harder, without serious notice or consideration, and in ways that appear arbitrary.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
Shameful.| Washington County (MD) commissioners declare support for proposed ICE concentration camp in a warehouse near Hagerstown. | The Baltimore Banner www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Washington County declares its support for ICE detention facility outside Hagerstown
Washington County commissioners declared support for the conversion of a sprawling warehouse outside Hagerstown into a proposed federal immigration detention facility on Tuesday.
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February 10, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Shameful.| Washington County (MD) commissioners declare support for proposed ICE concentration camp in a warehouse near Hagerstown. | The Baltimore Banner www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Dozens of researchers will move to France from US following high-profile bid to lure talent. Large proportion worked at Columbia University, which had its grants cut and frozen by the administration of US President Donald Trump. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Dozens of researchers will move to France from US following high-profile bid to lure talent
Large proportion worked at Columbia University, which had its grants cut and frozen by the administration of US President Donald Trump.
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February 10, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Dozens of researchers will move to France from US following high-profile bid to lure talent. Large proportion worked at Columbia University, which had its grants cut and frozen by the administration of US President Donald Trump. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Trump Administration to Cut $600 Million in Health Funding From Four States. The states, all led by Democrats, used the grants to support a wide variety of functions, including H.I.V. prevention and surveillance. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Trump Administration to Cut $600 Million in Health Funding From Four States
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February 10, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Trump Administration to Cut $600 Million in Health Funding From Four States. The states, all led by Democrats, used the grants to support a wide variety of functions, including H.I.V. prevention and surveillance. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
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Jonathan Moreno: What Does an Imperial Hegemon Mean for Research Ethics? | The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum Essay www.thehastingscenter.org/what-does-an...
What Does an Imperial Hegemon Mean for Research Ethics? : The Hastings Center for Bioethics
What matters for bioethics in a diminished or radically revised global order also matters the world. To take one current example of norms at risk, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention h...
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February 9, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Jonathan Moreno: What Does an Imperial Hegemon Mean for Research Ethics? | The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum Essay www.thehastingscenter.org/what-does-an...
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, TX. In letters and drawings, 8 kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight. | Propublica www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
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February 9, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, TX. In letters and drawings, 8 kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight. | Propublica www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
How to stop the survey-taking AI chatbots that threaten to upend social science. Researchers need new bot-detection strategies that exploit the limits of human reasoning rather than AI weaknesses. | Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How to stop the survey-taking AI chatbots that threaten to upend social science
Researchers need new bot-detection strategies that exploit the limits of human reasoning rather than AI weaknesses.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
How to stop the survey-taking AI chatbots that threaten to upend social science. Researchers need new bot-detection strategies that exploit the limits of human reasoning rather than AI weaknesses. | Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Health Advice From AI Chatbots Is Frequently Wrong, Study Shows. In part, the problem has to do with how users are asking their questions. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/w...
Health Advice From A.I. Chatbots Is Frequently Wrong, Study Shows
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February 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Health Advice From AI Chatbots Is Frequently Wrong, Study Shows. In part, the problem has to do with how users are asking their questions. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/w...
RFK Jr misled Senate during confirmation, Congress members and Hawaii governor say. Newly revealed emails undermine Kennedy’s testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of deadly measles outbreak | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
RFK Jr misled Senate during confirmation, Congress members and Hawaii governor say
Newly revealed emails undermine Kennedy’s testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of deadly measles outbreak
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February 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
RFK Jr misled Senate during confirmation, Congress members and Hawaii governor say. Newly revealed emails undermine Kennedy’s testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of deadly measles outbreak | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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#Bioethics Seminar TODAY, Noon EST (via Zoom): Nagla Rizk, PhD, "What is Feminist Artificial Intelligence? Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa" Open to all. Link for more info and to join via Zoom: mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 PM
#Bioethics Seminar TODAY, Noon EST (via Zoom): Nagla Rizk, PhD, "What is Feminist Artificial Intelligence? Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa" Open to all. Link for more info and to join via Zoom: mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
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How words discredit: A taxonomy of stigmatizing language in the Electronic Health Record - Amanda McArthur, Alya Ahmad, Anne Links, Kathleen Warner, Paul Drew, Mary Catherine Beach, Somnath Saha | PEC www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How words discredit: A taxonomy of stigmatizing language in the Electronic Health Record
Language in electronic health records (EHRs) can transmit stigma, discrediting patients in ways that undermine the clinician-patient relationship and …
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February 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM
How words discredit: A taxonomy of stigmatizing language in the Electronic Health Record - Amanda McArthur, Alya Ahmad, Anne Links, Kathleen Warner, Paul Drew, Mary Catherine Beach, Somnath Saha | PEC www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Unidos somos América.
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Unidos somos América.
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