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There is a complex episode near the end of Rob Delaney’s shockingly readable memoir, A Heart That Works, The book is about his son Henry...

Five separable but interrelated issues should inform policies about COVID vaccines for kids. First, what is the goal? Vaccine doesn’t...

Orhan Pamuk’s novel Nights of Plague feels ripped from the headlines. A deadly infectious disease that started in China is threatening...

Ms. Heidi Crowter has Down Syndrome. So does her son Aiden. She thinks that her and her son’s lives are are worth living. She thinks...

The Florida Department of Health recently recommended that COVID vaccine not be given to males between the ages of 18-39. They claimed...

In a Sherlock Holmes story, a racehorse disappears on the night before a big race. Holmes is called in to investigate. He focuses not...

Two ominous trends, and two ends of the illness severity spectrum, portend trouble for kids who need health care and the doctors who take...

OK, just “follow the science.” What the hell does that mean? Philosophers of science know that scientific knowledge is value-laden. We...

The FDA has issued a new draft guidance regarding research in children. An accompanying press release states that we must protect...

Filmmaker Jean Luc-Godard’s obituary focused on his astounding creativity. It also noted that his death followed assisted suicide. His...

In 1998, Norway, like many countries, adopted a national policy to guide decisions about life-sustaining treatment for extremely...

When is a premature baby so premature that we should consider them non-viable? When we do not intubate them and provide intensive care....