Some Questions for the University of Oxford about their Covid-19 Advice
Written by University of Oxford DPhil Student, Tena Thau Yesterday, Oxford sent out an email to students, informing us that we would be asked to sign this Covid-19 Student Responsibility Agreement, before the start of term in October. The email also linked to some further Covid-19 guidance. Here are some questions that I had, […] (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - September 9, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Practical Ethics Tags: Health Care Coronavirus; Pandemic; Ethics; Public Health public discourse syndicated Tena Thau's posts Source Type: blogs
How Did We Screw A Pandemic Up So Bad?
We’re still in the thick of things when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic. Countries are bracing themselves for a second wave. Scientists are still racing to find a vaccine. We wrote a whole e-book with resources to help you in the fight against COVID-19 while indoors. And we even had to tackle the conspiracy theories that captured way too many people’s imagination.
Thankfully, those conspiracy theories represented the thoughts and actions of an irrational minority. But even the slow and misguided actions of the rational majority further escalated and worsened the crisis. In our tech-aided, always-connected and i...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 9, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Prans Tags: Artificial Intelligence Future of Pharma Healthcare Policy Video china leadership Fauci Trump pandemic second wave covid-19 Bolsonaro U.S. vaccine new normal Source Type: blogs
Reminders Of God Don ’t Actually Encourage Us To Take Risks, Replication Study Finds
By guest blogger Sofia Deleniv
“…Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you.”
This passage, pulled from Isaiah 41.10, is just one example of the Bible’s many references to God’s power to protect. And this protective persona might affect you much more than you think. At least that’s what emerged in 2015, when researchers from Stanford University published a string of studies finding that people prompted to think of God made significantly riskier decisions — whether or not they were religious.
The scientists’ explanation, pr...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - August 19, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Cognition Decision making Religion Replications Source Type: blogs
4 Examples Of Merging Gaming & Digital Health
Pausing to check his map, Sam confirms that he is on the right track for his next delivery, only 2 kilometres left. He takes the opportunity to quench his thirst and check if his delivery load is securely attached to his back; some contain fragile vials of medicines and digital pills susceptible to damage if handled inappropriately. After making sure of the integrity of those packages, Sam takes a final look at his surroundings. “It’s quite peaceful with nobody around,” he thinks to himself and resumes his path.
Upon arrival at his destination, his gear is disinfected before he has access to the inte...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 4, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Prans Tags: Artificial Intelligence Augmented Reality Digital Health Research Healthcare Design Healthcare Policy Telemedicine & Smartphones Virtual Reality fda gamification Fitbit covid19 Apple Watch WHO gaming roche MySugr Foldit A Source Type: blogs
Jack Kevorkian – My Biography
My entry on Jack Kevorkian will soon go live at American National Biography.
ANB is a powerful research tool from Oxford University Press that contains over 19,000 biographies of significant, influential, or notorious figures from American histo... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - August 2, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
2020: Jumanji Or Dystopia
“There’s No Going Back to ‘Normal’”, crudely proclaims the headline of a June piece from The Atlantic. “The Terrible Consequences of Australia’s Uber-Bushfires” reads a recent Wired article. One of our own April articles was titled “Will Medical Workers Deal With PTSD After COVID-19?”. If it wasn’t clear, an article published earlier this year in The Conversation rightly asks: “Are we living in a dystopia?”.
Indeed, what was once relegated to the fertile minds of fiction novelists has become daily occurrences. Many are drawing similarities to “prophetic” works of fiction such as the c...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 28, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Prans Tags: Artificial Intelligence Future of Medicine Future of Pharma Science Fiction Security & Privacy Telemedicine & Smartphones Virtual Reality black mirror dystopia coronavirus covid19 jumanji Death Stranding video games bushfires Source Type: blogs
Drawing the Line on in Vitro Gametogenesis
Lauren Notini, Christopher Gyngell, Julian Savulescu (University of Oxford), Drawing the Line on in Vitro Gametogenesis, 34 Bioethics 123 (2020): In vitro gametogenesis (IVG) might offer numerous research and clinical benefits. Some potential clinical applications of IVG, such as allowing... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 23, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Preliminary phase I/II results of ChAdOx1 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
by Gertrud U. Rey On July 20, 2020, Oxford University’s Jenner Institute and the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca reported preliminary results from phase I/II clinical trials assessing the safety and efficacy of a vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2. The vaccine candidate, named AZD1222 (referred to in the publication as ChAdOx1 nCoV-19), consists of an adenovirus vector with an […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 23, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Information adenovirus AstraZeneca ChAdOx1 COVID-19 Oxford University pandemic SARS-CoV-2 vaccine viral viruses Source Type: blogs
Guest Post- Pandemic Ethics: Your Freedom Really Matters. So What?
Written by Farbod Akhlaghi (University of Oxford) The coronavirus pandemic rages on. To the surprise of many, the enforcement of mask wearing, imposition of lockdowns, and other measures taken to try to halt the pandemic’s march have been met with some heavy and vocal resistance. Such resistance has materialised into protests in various countries against […] (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - July 23, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Practical Ethics Tags: Health Care Current Affairs Guest Post Pandemic Ethics syndicated Source Type: blogs
Vaccines for COVID-19 moving closer
As the world reels from illnesses and deaths due to COVID-19, the race is on for a safe, effective, long-lasting vaccine to help the body block the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The three vaccine approaches discussed here are among the first to be tested clinically in the United States.
How vaccines induce immunity: The starting line
In 1796, in a pastoral corner of England, and during a far more feudal and ethically less enlightened time, Edward Jenner, an English country surgeon, inoculated James Phipps, his gardener’s eight-year-old son, with cowpox pustules obtained from the arm of a milkmaid. It was widely believed ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - July 21, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Shiv Pillai, PhD, MBBS Tags: Coronavirus and COVID-19 Health Infectious diseases Vaccines Source Type: blogs
Guest Post: Is it Wrong to Lower Your Chances of Doing What You Ought to Do?
Written by Farbod Akhlaghi (University of Oxford) Suppose you have a moral obligation to take care of your ailing parent tomorrow. If you did something that would lower your chances of fulfilling that moral obligation – like going out partying all night tonight – would you thereby have done something morally wrong? We do things […] (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - July 21, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Practical Ethics Tags: Ethics Health Care Guest Post syndicated Source Type: blogs
Prevent, Respond, Cooperate: States ’ Due Diligence Duties vis-à-vis the COVID-19 Pandemic
Antonio Coco (University of Essex), Talita de Souza Dias (University of Oxford), Prevent, Respond, Cooperate: States ’ Due Diligence Duties vis-à-vis the COVID-19 Pandemic, J. Int’l Humanitarian Legal Stud. (Forthcoming, 2020): While disease outbreaks remain to a certain extent unforeseeable, international... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 18, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
COVID-19: Assessing Some Potential Global Economic, Business and Legal Impacts
Rupert Macey-Dare (University of Oxford), COVID-19: Assessing Some Potential Global Economic, Business and Legal Impacts, SSRN: The new and fast evolving COVID-19 global pandemic has already caused, according to the IMF, 'the worst downturn since the great depression'. This paper... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 14, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Technology and Surveillance in Times of Crisis, and Beyond: Lessons from Mobile Tracking Technology During the Covid-19 Outbreak
Andrew Urbaczewski (University of Oxford), Young-Jin Lee (University of Denver), Technology and Surveillance in Times of Crisis, and Beyond: Lessons from Mobile Tracking Technology During the Covid-19 Outbreak, SSRN: This paper explores the benefits and drawbacks of government surveillance within... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 10, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
The Cost of Staying Open: Voluntary Social Distancing and Lockdowns in the US
Adam Brzezinski (University of Oxford), Valentin Kecht (Bocconi University), David Van Dijcke (University of Oxford), The Cost of Staying Open: Voluntary Social Distancing and Lockdowns in the US, U. of Oxford Dep ’t of Econ., Economics Series Working Papers 910, 2020:... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 7, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
