Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

06/08/2026

Addressing Healthcare Provider Moral Resilience in Global Context: Insights From an International Workshop - Cynda Hylton Rushton, Ingrid Miljeteig, Janet Delgado et al. - 2026 - Nursing & Health Sciences

Moral distress in healthcare is well documented, yet constructive strategies to address it remain underexplored. Moral resilience, defined by Rushton as the capacity to sustain or restore moral integ...

06/08/2026

The Roles of Military Health Diplomacy and Health Security When Conducting Global Health Engagements That Primarily Promote National Security - Clinton K. Murray, Hunter J. Smith, Paula C. Lodi | Developing World Bioethics

Global health engagement (GHE) has emerged as a central instrument of foreign and defense policy across multiple nations, reflecting the growing convergence of health and national security. This manu...

06/05/2026

Global and Policy Program Weekly Roundup | Hot Weather, Food to Power, Antibiotic Use, Screwworm Return, Wine Byproduct, Poisoned Wells, Local Climate Regulation, + More

The Johns Hopkins Global Food Ethics and Policy Program, a collaboration of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International studies, addresses critical global issues of under- and over-nutrition and diet-related diseases, poverty, inequity ...

06/05/2026

Exploring provider attitudes towards digital therapeutics for diabetes and depression - By Odia Kane, Kadija Ferryman, Nancy Kass | Scientific Reports

Digital therapeutics (DTxs) are AI-enabled FDA-regulated health apps prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions. DTxs use several methods including gamification, health education, and personalized insights to deliver targeted health behavior modification for users to self-manage a treatment....

06/04/2026

AI Ethics & Governance Weekly Roundup | At War with Itself over AI Regulation, AI Is a Public Resource, America's Strongest AI Safety Bill, Hunting for Lurking Dangers, Monitoring Memes, The Biggest Tell, Battlefield AI, Never Say 'No', + Much More

06/04/2026

Ethics and Life Sciences Weekly Roundup | BCI Chip, Roots of Consciousness, AI Safety Order, Robots! AI Scientists? Polygenic Risks - GINA Weaknesses in the Workplace, Pig Liver and Kidneys Transplant into a Person, + Much More

06/03/2026

Berman Institute Bulletin | This Week: New playing god? episode - "Losing Noah" (pt 1), Nexus Awards, Diseases Resurge, Lost in Translation, Festering Infections, GAVI Return? Aid Cuts Hamper Ebola Response, Blaming/Shaming Are Back, Legal Aid in Dying, + More

06/03/2026

Our Jeff Kahn joins the ‘Are We There Yet’ podcast to discuss ‘To Infinity and Beyond - At What Cost?’ - an episode of playing god? podcast. Listen now (this portion of the episode starts at 14:00): https://www.cfpublic.org/podcast/are-we-there-yet/2026-06-02/blue-origins-explosion-and-the-ethics-of-human-space-exploration

The ‘To Infinity and Beyond - At What Cost?’ episode of playing god? explores the ethics of deep space exploration through the experiences of astronauts like Bernard Harris and the realities of a future Mars mission.
Listen Now: https://bioethics.jhu.edu/research-and-outreach/the-dracopoulos-bloomberg-bioethics-ideas-lab/projects/playing-god/

“playing god?” explores the ethical questions shaping medicine, science, and public health through conversations with researchers, clinicians, patients, and policymakers. It is hosted by Lauren Arora Hutchinson; executive producers are Anna Mastroianni & Jeff Kahn

Blue Origin says it expects to fly its New Glenn rocket by the end of this year. That’s after an explosion last week destroyed a rocket and damaged the company’s launch facility at Cape Canaveral.

06/02/2026

in the Academic Lit - This Week - HIV Phylogenetic Research: Perceived Ethical Risks, Sieve of Asclepius, Social Value, Surgical Ethics, Patients' Views on Autonomy, Taking the Right to Die Seriously, Care Ethics, + More

June 2, 2026 Perceived Ethical Risks of HIV Phylogenetic Research: Insights from Professional Stakeholders in Uganda, AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses Authors: Farirai Mutenherwa, Tom Lutalo, Ronald Galiwango, Jennifer Brophy Feltes, Jade Jackson, Oliver Laeyendecker, Nelson Sewankambo, Jeremy ...

06/02/2026

New reproductive technologies are creating profound ethical questions for families, clinicians, and policymakers alike.

When Kristelle and Evan Shulman lost their son Noah to a rare mitochondrial disease, they were told they might never have a healthy biologically related child. Then they discovered mitochondrial replacement technology (MRT), a controversial procedure that could prevent the disease from being passed on to future generations.

The next episode of playing god?, the award-winning podcast from the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, explores the extraordinary hope—and profound uncertainty—surrounding emerging reproductive technologies.

Listen to “Losing Noah” (Part 1) – http://bioethics.jhu.edu/playing-god

playing god? is a podcast from the Dracopoulos-Bloomberg iDeas Lab at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics that explores the ethical questions shaping medicine, science, and public health through conversations with researchers, clinicians, patients, and policymakers. It is hosted by Lauren Arora Hutchinson, Director of the iDeas Lab; executive producers are Anna Mastroianni and Jeff Kahn.