AMA Journal of Ethics editor Audiey Kao, MD, PhD, interviewed Richard Pan, MD, MPH, about how, as a physician and legislator, he seeks to protect public health in light of recurrent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases.

This month, AMA Journal of Ethics theme editor Margaret Cocks, MD, PhD, a third-year resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital, interviewed Theonia Boyd, MD, about ethical issues pathologists face when conducting autopsies and obtaining specimens.

Jeffrey Bedard joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: "What Should Patients Be Told About Device Representatives’ Roles at the Point of Surgical Care?"

Prof Ana Santos Rutschman talks about the impact of intellectual property regimes on domestic and global responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr Arthur Caplan talks about hesitancy among US health care workers to take COVID-19 vaccines authorized by the FDA for emergency use.

Dr Steven Goodman talks about the ethical and scientific implications of breaking the blind of placebo-controlled COVID-19 vaccine trials.

Dr Arthur Caplan talks about ethical issues surrounding the development, production, and use of potential SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.

Dr Caleb Alexander examines the US Food and Drug Administration's controversial decision to approve aducanumab for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.

Drs Stefano Bertozzi and Jeffrey Mackie-Mason talk about business models of scientific publishing that advance biomedical knowledge and discovery.

Prof Debbie Kaminer talks about vaccine mandates and other policy solutions to promote herd immunity against COVID-19.