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We argue that deliberative decision making that is inclusive, transparent and accountable can contribute to more trustworthy and legitimate decisions on difficult ethical questions and political trade-offs during the pandemic and beyond.
Goodbye 2020, a year of arguably too many challenges for the world. As tempting as it is to leave this year behind, the biomedical community is forever changed by the pandemic, while business as usual needs to carry on. Looking forward to a new year, experts share six trends for the biomedical community in 2021.
In formulating the response of the healthcare system to the COVID-19 pandemic, the true toll of the chronic consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection must be uncovered and strategies must be devised for providing integrated care to those with long-term illness.
Scientists and health professionals must commit to preparing for the health effects of climate change through increased research, education and self-assessment.
Amid desperate efforts to find a treatment for the neurodegenerative disease Alzheimer’s, the aducanumab saga continues, as a US Food and Drug Administration panel will determine whether a post-hoc analysis of the arrested trials EMERGE and ENGAGE could be enough to approve the drug.
The limitations of using race in biomedicine are important to recognize because race is often afforded more biological value than can be scientifically justified — and less social value than it commands.
Kizzmekia ‘Kizzy’ Corbett, a viral immunologist and research fellow, is the team lead for coronavirus research within the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory of the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the US National Institutes of Health.
The relentless violence against Black people takes an overwhelming emotional toll on Black trainees. In those we continue to lose, we see our families, our friends and our own lives being taken.
As the US general election looms, feelings are more than mixed about science policy for biomedical and medical research under US President Donald Trump’s administration.