With artificial intelligence (AI) being developed at an exponential pace by the day, regulations and legislations are struggling to keep up with preventing and addressing the consequences. In the medical industry, AI is being used to analyze data and speed up experimentation, an efficient solution in hindsight, but unintended consequences raise questions on patient protection and the ultimate accountability.

Two doses of a lethal drug, one woman who would not die, and a constitutional question left untouched for nearly eighty years: Tennessee's failed execution of Christa Pike has cast a harsh new light on the machinery of American capital punishment.

As artificial intelligence makes fabricated videos and recordings increasingly convincing, federal judges are confronting a new legal dilemma: How can courts determine what is real when seeing is no longer enough for believing?

The proposed public livestream of a U.S. military execution has sparked controversy over capital punishment, government authority, and religious discrimination, raising questions about where justice ends and public spectacle begins.

“No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens but its lowest ones.” -Nelson Mandela

South Korea is preparing to expand insurance-supported care for patients with severe neuromuscular diseases, including ALS. A new pilot program raises questions about how healthcare systems can support patients whose conditions require continuous, specialized treatment.

An October 9, 2026 federal appeals court ruling could reshape how patients pursue legal action when their confidential medical information is disclosed without permission, raising questions about whether a breach of privacy is itself a legally recognizable injury.

As the number of unhoused Chicago residents are consistently around seven thousand people, Chicago has decided to bring a new approach to healthcare: bringing mental and medical healthcare to the streets.

A new experimental CRISPR-based treatment leads to complications of thrombotic microangiopathy and death in a six-year-old girl, raising concerns on whether the trials were conducted properly.

What if memories could become a form of medicine? Reminiscence therapy uses meaningful memories to support individuals with dementia, but its mixed evidence and ethical, socioeconomic, and caregiving challenges raise questions about whether it is ready to become a standard of care.

New Jersey students are facing a new reality this school year: cell phones must largely remain out of reach from the first bell to dismissal. Behind the policy lies a larger question about adolescent attention, student rights, and how far the law may go to regulate technology in schools.

As time passes, medical science continues to grow more and more advanced. Concepts once thought to be subjects of science fiction are now plausible with current technology. This advancement raises serious ethical questions, especially when it comes to the topic of end-of-life decisions.

New resources are making it possible to identify Alzheimer’s disease earlier than ever before. But a decades-old restriction on Medicare coverage has created an unexpected obstacle between scientific advancement and patient access.

As neurotechnology moves from laboratories into everyday life, California lawmakers are confronting a question that once belonged in only science fiction: Who should be allowed access to information produced by the human brain?