Research Ethics | Full Measure

We begin with questions about ethics concerning medical research on humans. The effort to find a coronavirus vaccine has already moved to fast-track trials and people by necessity, but other human research in recent years, some conducted by federal researchers and prominent hospitals and universities, were found to have violated strict rules governing studies on […]
The Pill Pitch

Prescription drugs help many people and even save lives. But use of prescription drugs as prescribed is also a leading cause of death in the U.S. Are some pharmaceutical companies skirting TV ad rules so that they don’t have to disclose side effects of some vaccines and other prescription medicine? Some critics say “yes.” And […]