Sterilization requires physicians’ surgical skills. Forced sterilization requires many clinicians’ complicity.

The Holocaust and the racial hygiene doctrine that helped rationalize it still overshadow contemporary debates about using gene editing for disease prevention.

The Holocaust differs from other instances of mass murder in that it was medically sanctioned genocide.

A history of device oversight by the US Food and Drug Administration traces regulatory changes in response to injuries caused by Dalkon Shield intrauterine devices.

Using social media tools in health-related research involves challenges to confidentiality, privacy, and consent.

International debate about human genome editing governance has undergone a paradigm shift and suggests that inclusive public deliberation is still important.

Genome editing raises old questions, but CRISPR arose in a political landscape that vastly differs from the early aughts.

Dr. Oz’s advice has raised ethical questions about medicine as a profession, its evidentiary standards, and its role in maintaining public trust.