Policy & Ethics

Where science meets society: regulatory decisions, research ethics, public health policy, and the debates around how scientific knowledge is applied, funded, and communicated.

Bloomberg Businessweek has written another anti-Monsanto article, nothing spec
An international team of medical experts recently published a global call to action in Science Translational Medicine in an effort to curb the unethical, unsubstantiated use o
An abundance of caution, we have all heard the phrase. And while there are nuances, its gist is, for this particular situation we are extra careful. And in what situations does that apply?
By Rebecca Chisholm, University of Melbourne and
Aside from eroding the invaluable doctor-patient relationship by monopolizing the clinician’s time for data entry, fragmenting access between institutions when
There is a theoretical relationship between a nation’s wealth and the amount of pollution it emits.
Dear CDC, Yesterday a Texan named Tom called our office for some advice about his pain, so the call went to me. I told him I'd be happy to do whatever I could to help him. In retrospect, it was an empty promise.
I have repeatedly written about the vital need to stop one-size-fits-all approaches to complicated medical conditions and health policy as well as how imp
Today, comments close on a proposed set of USDA rules changes related to approval of genetically-engineered products - and the Trump administration is honoring its commitment to using evidence-based thinking regarding agricultural policy.