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"The Physician–Patient Relationship" from NEJM #bioethics https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2201630#.Yw--fJ56V2o.twitter

what is the responsibility of a physician when they believe a law places a specific patient in danger? This question goes far beyond...

Reports of “tomato flu” outbreak in India are not due to new virus, say doctors (it appears to be a variant of hand foot mouth) ...

"National tuberculosis outbreak traced to donated leg bone is troubling" #bioethics #infectiousdisease #organdonation...

an excuse to eat chocolate/cocoa. #hypertension https://www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/chocolate-bar-day-keep-heart-disease-bay-2022a100...

Pfizer Plans a Vaccine to Target All Coronaviruses. I hope this works #bioethics #vaccination #covid19https://www.medscape.com/viewarticl...

U.S. Supreme Court sides with doctors challenging opioid convictions #bioethics https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-sides-w...

More info on brain fog #covid19 https://www.wired.com/story/the-secrets-of-covid-brain-fog-are-starting-to-lift/

Well, this is difficult. "Same-sex couple sues fertility clinic over alleged wrong sex embryo implant" #bioethics #surrogacy ...

Code Blue—What to Do When the Shooting Starts #safety https://ja.ma/3NKyH8V

Should an inmate be allowed to donate organs? Determine time of the donation? #bioethics #transplants Texas Inmate Requests Delayed...

Soft sounds numb pain. Researchers may now know why #bioethics #bioethics #pain https://www.science.org/content/article/soft-sounds-numb-...

not sure how this will work. "A government that can’t maintain a functioning electricity grid now plans to manufacture a complex biologic...

I did not expect this. "Vending Machine at Boston University Dispenses Plan B Emergency Contraception" #bioethics #contraception....

thoughts on Confronting 21st-century monkeypox #vaccination #monkeypox https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add9651#.YtnrskASdV4.t...

On Monkeypox Monkeypox in 2022—What Clinicians Need to Know #monkeypox #infectiousdisease https://ja.ma/3mKMgtH Texas’ Expanded Medical...

Informational Points in no particular order U.S. health officials are releasing some Jynneos vaccine doses for monkeypox This vaccine was...

Monkeypox outbreak questions intensify as cases soar #infectiousdiseasehttps://www.science.org/content/article/monkeypox-outbreak-questio...

Check your jars of Jif. There are cases in Texas. Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella: Peanut Butter (May 2022) #infectiousdisease...

this is very odd. Monkeypox is not that easily transmissible. And yes smallpox vaccine provides some protection, but no, smallpox...