When the universal is particular: a re-examination of the common morality using the work of Charles Taylor.

Beauchamp and Childress' biomedical principlism is nearly synonymous with medical ethics for most clinicians. Their four principles are theoretically derived from the "common morality", a universal cache of moral beliefs and claims shared by all morally serious humans. Others have challenged the viability of the common morality, but none have attempted to explain why the common morality makes intuitive sense to Western ethicists.

Attachments: The Colliding Worlds of Telepsychiatry, Social Media, and COVID-19.

While flipping through my university's newspaper recently, I came across a startling headline: "Ditch Your Therapist, Start a Finsta." A portmanteau of "fake" and "Instagram," Finstas are secondary Instagram accounts young people use to post less polished photos of themselves. Paradoxically meant to be more authentic than Rinsta (real + Instagram) accounts, Finstas are intended for small, curated audiences.

Still Human: A Call for Increased Focus on Ethical Standards in Cadaver Research.

Research on human cadavers is an important mechanism of scientific progress and comprises a large industry in the United States. However, despite its importance and influence, there is little ethical or regulatory oversight of cadaver-based research. This lack of transparency raises important ethical questions.

Haemophilus influenzae type b carriage among young children in metropolitan Atlanta in the context of vaccine shortage and booster dose deferral.

Short-term deferral of the Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine booster dose during a recent U.S. Hib vaccine shortage did not result in widespread Hib carriage in Atlanta, as the Hib carriage rate was found to be 0.

sodC-based real-time PCR for detection of Neisseria meningitidis.

Real-time PCR (rt-PCR) is a widely used molecular method for detection of Neisseria meningitidis (Nm). Several rt-PCR assays for Nm target the capsule transport gene, ctrA. However, over 16% of meningococcal carriage isolates lack ctrA, rendering this target gene ineffective at identification of this sub-population of meningococcal isolates.