Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Creeping Into Every Aspect of Our Lives—and Health Care is No Exception

AI is the use of computers or machine learning to simulate or imitate human intelligence. This technology has advanced rapidly over the past several years, allowing new forms of AI to leverage vast quantities of data to teach itself…

Food Safety

The “Food Wars” and the Courts

Concerns over ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and their responsibility for rising rates of chronic disease and obesity have been highlighted in the medical literature and in the popular press.

Published

April 4, 2025

Author

James Lytle

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Immigration

Plan, Safeguard, Care: An Ethical Framework for Health Care Institutions Responding to Immigrant Enforcement Actions

The Hastings Center’s Ethical Framework for Health Care Institutions Responding to Covid-19 (March 2020) established foundational duties for responding to a public health emergency. Building on recent work by Julie M. Linton and colleagues and Mark Kuczewski, we adapt…

Reproductive Health

Forced C-Sections: The Legal Battle Over Bodily Autonomy in Childbirth

In July 2011, Rinat Dray delivered a healthy baby boy via cesarean section, or “C-section,” at Staten Island University Hospital—against her will.

Published

April 1, 2025

Photo Credit

Rupa Palanki

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Public Health

Poor Transparency and Corruption in Disease Reporting Could Precipitate the Next Pandemic

One of the growing public health concerns this year is the Bird flu, or avian influenza A(H5N1) 2.3.4.4b clade virus, which has been circulating in the Americas since 2022.

Published

March 28, 2025

Author

Daniela Cepeda Cuadrado

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