Dr Andrew P. Smith joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Hasah Alheneidi: “The Internet and Loneliness.”

Dr Olivia Kates talks about appropriate use of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr Vish Viswanath talks about countering COVID-19 health misinformation spread over the internet and social media.

Dr Vish Viswanath talks about the digital spread of health misinformation and falsehoods during this COVID-19 pandemic.

The risks of misinformation being spread through online patient forums can be mitigated by communication strategies aimed at physicians and organizations.

Rosemarie Garland-Thomson’s argument for disability as a sociocultural resource challenges the commonsense understanding of disability as a deficit.

A philosophy professor argues that prenatal genetic testing allows potentially painful afflictions to be discovered prior to birth and does not unjustly discriminate against disabled people.

Two bioethicists argue that prenatal disability screening promotes negativity toward the disabled and gives parents the ability to selectively form families.

Pathologists’ adoption of practical social media use guidelines can help mitigate risk to patients.

The American College of Physicians and the Federation of State Medical Boards’ guidelines for online medical professionalism apply existing norms of communication and confidentiality to new settings but will need to be modified in light of technological advances and unanswered questions.