Medical ethics
FILE - South African long distance athlete Caster Semenya (176) runs on her way to winning the 5,000 meters at the South African national championships in Pretoria, South Africa, April 15, 2021. A British newspaper has reported that double Olympic champion Semenya said she offered to show her body to track officials when she was just 18 years old to prove she was a female. (AP Photo/Christiaan Kotze/File)
Semenya says she offered to show track officials her body

By Gerald Imray May. 23, 2022 07:45 PM EDT

Vaccination rate for LA public safety workers below average

Jun. 19, 2021 05:47 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — COVID-19 vaccination rates for police and firefighting personnel in Los Angeles and prison employees across California are significantly...

Doctor reprimanded for taking vaccines without authorization

Jun. 16, 2021 11:57 AM EDT
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee doctor has been reprimanded for removing five doses of the coronavirus vaccine without authorization and giving them to...

In this Feb. 17, 2021, photo, volunteer Laquane Glover, center, waits to sanitize chairs as people wait at a coronavirus vaccination site in Las Vegas. As states ramp up vaccination distribution in the fight against the coronavirus, volunteers are needed to do everything from direct traffic to check people in to keep vaccination sites running smoothly. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Volunteers are key at vaccine sites. It pays off with a shot

By Terry Tang And Manuel Valdes Mar. 09, 2021 07:14 PM EST

Rhode Island panel approves use of J&J vaccine in state

Mar. 03, 2021 09:59 AM EST
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island COVID-19 vaccine subcommittee on Wednesday unanimously approved the use of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine...

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump boards Marine One at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after receiving treatment for coronavirus in Bethesda, Md. Ethics experts say the special treatment Trump received to access an experimental COVID-19 drug raises fairness issues and the public's right to know more about Trump's condition. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Ethicists say Trump special treatment raises fairness issues

By Marilynn Marchione Oct. 07, 2020 02:15 AM EDT

An online post by SinoPharm shows pictures of workers it says got vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine candidate and the words "Giving a helping hand in forging the sword of victory." In the global race to make a coronavirus vaccine, the state-owned Chinese company is boasting that it gave its employees, including top executives, experimental shots even before the government OK'd testing in people. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Chinese executives get 'pre-test' injections in vaccine race

By Sam Mcneil And Lauran Neergaard Jul. 16, 2020 01:10 AM EDT

Healthcare workers at New Orleans East Hospital wave handkerchiefs and dance to a jazz serenade, as a tribute for their care of COVID-19 patients, by the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, outside the hospital in New Orleans, Friday, May 15, 2020. A New York woman collaborated with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra to put on what she calls a stimulus serenade to give moral support to front-line hospital workers and COVID-19 patients in New Orleans (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Donation brings a bit of Mardi Gras to hospital workers

By Stacey Plaisance May. 19, 2020 02:18 PM EDT

This undated photo shows Simha Benshai, center, at synagogue celebration with relatives in Tel Aviv, Israel. Benshai, 75, died from coronavirus at a Tel Aviv hospital. (Elisheva Stern via AP)
Virus patients at one Israeli hospital are not dying alone

By Isaac Scharf Apr. 18, 2020 03:09 AM EDT

Vermont seeking COVID medical help, even veterinarians

By Wilson Ring Apr. 03, 2020 11:00 AM EDT
Vermont officials said they are so desperate to find medical professionals to help with the state’s COVID-19 response, they're even willing to use...