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Bioethics Commission to Decide on Whether to Test the Anthrax Vaccine on Kids ...
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“We can't just assume that what we have for adults works for children,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a bioethics panel Thursday. Last fall, Sebelius has asked the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues ...


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Anthrax vaccine trial meets bioethicists
Nature.com (blog)
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues is expected to finalize their decision by early next year. Their task follows a vote in favour of a paediatric anthrax vaccine trial by the US National Biodefense Science Board in October, ...
Ethics panel debates how to develop child protections against anthrax, other ...Washington Post

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Inaugural Levi Professor of Bioethics and Public Policy Installed
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — Jeffrey Kahn, Ph.D., MPH, deputy director for Policy and Administration at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and an authority on research and public health ethics, was installed as the inaugural Robert Henry Levi and Ryda ...


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Salon
The bioethics commission wrestled with how to define “minimal risk” when there is no imminent emergency, and the chairwoman, Dr. Amy Gutmann, wondered whether people urging such testing would enroll their own children. Parker responded that he's ...

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Panel debates bioterrorism protection for children
NECN
Controversy over whether to open pediatric studies of the anthrax vaccine led Sebelius to ask the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues to tackle the question. The commission began its deliberations Thursday; recommendations are ...


Panel debates bioterrorism protection for children
Fox News
Controversy over whether to open pediatric studies of the anthrax vaccine led Sebelius to ask the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues to tackle the question. The commission began its deliberations Thursday; recommendations are ...

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Bioethicist sees promise in home HIV test, but raises serious questions
Public Radio International PRI
But, as a bioethicist points out, the test doesn't come with counseling for people who test positive or negative and it's only 93 percent accurate. An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration this week unanimously recommended the approval of ...

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O brave new world that has such Romneys in it
HeraldNet
Though gestational surrogates choose to carry another woman's child, Jennifer Lahl of the Bay Area's Center for Bioethics and Culture argues that these arrangements frequently involve rich women "exploiting" poor women in countries such as India or ...

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Women's business event about 'embracing' diversity, and more
AnnArbor.com
FEATURED EVENT: • Today: Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine Research Colloquium. 9 am-4:30 pm ... Datebook is your source for information about important business events going on in the greater Ann Arbor area.

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O brave new world that has such Romneys in it
San Francisco Chronicle
Although gestational surrogates choose to carry another woman's child, Jennifer Lahl of the Bay Area's Center for Bioethics and Culture argues that these arrangements frequently involve rich women "exploiting" poor women in countries like India or less ...

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