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Tool flags suspicious journals before researchers submit papers. The free platform, called Journal Trends, could also allow integrity sleuths to spot low-quality publications. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Ethics and Life Sciences Weekly Roundup | Brain's Core Algorithm, Bad News for Patience, Reproducibility, AI Consciousness, Provider Attitudes to Digital Therapeutics, Embryo Editing 'First' Is Complicated, Preventing AI-Developed Biological Weapons + Much More mailchi.mp/jhu/sciencee...
AI Ethics & Governance Weekly Roundup | No, AI Is Not Conscious, Facing Reality, Questionable Strategy, Contradictions, Sophrosyne, Plugging Health Info Gaps, Growing Dramatically Anti-Data Center, Provider Attitudes to Digital Therapeutics, + Much More mailchi.mp/9adba093e8f2...
Study finds sharp decline in Black, Hispanic researchers receiving NIH funding. Drop in those receiving grants and fellowships in 2025 shows impact of Trump administration rollbacks to diversity initiatives. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
The Researcher Who Didn’t Want to Know. Her decades of work on Huntington’s disease helped lead to the creation of a genetic test for the devastating condition. Why didn’t she take it herself? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/s...
Ethical hacking to identify potential vulnerabilities in federal pulse oximeter policy - Kadija Ferryman, Emmanuel Drabo, Deidra Crews, J Henry Brems, Ashraf Fawzy, Joshua Fessel, Jeremy Greene et al. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Can Anyone Meaningfully Opt-Out of an AI-Driven Future? By Odia Kane | Data & Society datasociety.net/points/can-a...
OB-GYN association, deviating from CDC guidance, issues its own vaccine recommendations. Group calls for four shots to be routinely administered in pregnancy. www.statnews.com/2026/06/10/a... via @statnews.com
Ebola testing has improved in DRC, but still isn't nearly enough | NPR www.npr.org/2026/06/11/n...
‘Weird and capricious’: Experts struggle to understand new list of political jobs at science agencies. NIH programs and leadership are hit especially hard, while other science agencies are barely mentioned. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has released a recommended vaccine schedule during pregnancy, one that diverges from CDC guidance.
Pulse oximeters are devices which measure the approximate level of oxygen in the blood. These devices have been approved by the United States Food and…
The DRC has improved testing capacity for Ebola, with two facilities operating in or near the epicenter. But this still may not be enough to keep up with a rapidly expanding disease.
