Dr. Jeffrey Kahn

An artist's rendering of the original SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. (CDC)

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Midday on Ethics: Dr. Jeffrey Kahn on the perils of biological research

Tom Hall

The director of Hopkins' Berman Institute of Bioethics discusses so-called "dual-use research of concern" and the dark side of biological research.

The flyer for Wednesday's The Nurse "Antigone" Zoom event. It's the latest in a series of public performances aimed at raising public awareness of nursing's unique challenges during the two-year pandemic. (image courtesy Cynda Rushton)

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The Nurse "Antigone": Ancient play spotlights nurses' COVID challenges

Tom Hall

Two medical ethicists describe a unique arts project that's building public understanding of the challenges endured by nurses and other COVID first-responders.

Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH, is the Andreas C. Dracopoulos Director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, a position he assumed in July 2016. (photo courtesy Berman Institute)

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Midday on Ethics: Dr. Jeffrey Kahn on using animals as organ donors

Tom Hall

The director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics discusses the implications of recent milestone medical procedures using animal organs for human transplant patients.

Teachers protesting the COVID-19 vaccination mandates in New York on Wednesday Aug. 25, 2021. New York City teachers and other school staff were required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 when the bells rang today (Monday morning, Oct. 4) in one of the first districtwide mandates requiring school employees to be inoculated against the coronavirus.

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Dr. Jeff Kahn: The volatile ethics of COVID vaccine and mask mandates

Tom Hall

The Hopkins ethicist discusses how public health directives have become political flashpoints.