medical ethics
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Non-Profit Apologizes For Its Role in the Tuskegee Experiment
The Milbank Memorial Fund has issued a formal apology to the descendants of the participants in The Tuskegee Experiment
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Cops Force Doctors to Anally Probe Man for Traffic Violation, Then Bill Him $4,500
Warning: This story contains graphic details of a medical procedure. Police said he signaled too late. X-rays showed that he wasn’t in possession of drugs. The police said he told them he was hiding drugs in his rectum but he says the police are lying. Doctors refused to do the invasive procedure until the cops…
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Honor or Irony? Johns Hopkins University Will Name New Campus Building After Henrietta Lacks
Johns Hopkins University will pay tribute to Henrietta Lacks, the black woman whose cells have helped create life-saving vaccines and treatments, by naming a new research building after her. The university announced its decision on Saturday during its ninth annual Henrietta Lacks Memorial lecture series, reports the Washington Post. University President Ronald J. Daniels told…