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Courts, Proportionality and COVID-19 Lockdowns
Germline Genome Editing: Moratorium, hard law, or an informed adaptive consensus?
The Genetic Discrimination Observatory: confronting novel issues in genetic discrimination
Framework for Involving and Engaging Participants, Patients and Publics in Genomics Research and Health Implementation
Webinars On Mainland China’s Personal Information Protection Law, Paediatric Vaccine Trials and Gross Negligence Manslaughter
New Offence Proposed to Protect Children and Vulnerable People
Expert Opinion on the Cause of Death in a Local Case
Time to Consider Scaling Down on Travel Restrictions?
New Guidance on Artificial Intelligence issued by Hong Kong Privacy Watchdog
Mainland China’s Personal Information Protection Law
Patient's Court Action for Disability Discrimination

Doctor’s Manslaughter Conviction and Other Medical Law Updates
Drawing on Social Media to Enhance and Personalize Decision-Making and Care at the End of Life
A Call for an Ethics and Governance Action Plan to Harness the Power of Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization in Nephrology
Human Biomedical Research in the Age of ‘Big Data’ Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Minors: The Hong Kong Context
Parental Rights, Best Interests and Significant Harms: Singapore and Malaysia Perspectives on Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Children
Webinar on Gross Negligence Manslaughter
Webinar on Paediatric Vaccine Trials
Coroner’s Court in Hong Kong

GRF grant to study best interests
Bringing the Adult Guardianship Regime in Line with the UNCRPD: The Chinese Experience
Genetic Discrimination: Introducing the Asian Perspective to the Debate
Ethical Framework for WHO's work in the ACT-Accelerator
Vaccination targets and the return to pre-pandemic life
Upcoming webinar and virtual conference/ symposium
Editorial on medical manslaughter

New WHO Guidance on Artificial Intelligence for Health
When learning is continuous
The constitutional determinants of Planetary Health
Regulation of e-commerce platforms and strict product liability
Perspective from a Forensic Pathologist and expert witness in court
Youth vaccination
Ethical controversies over vaccination incentives
Prospect of returning to normality despite continuing COVID-19 concerns
Artificial Intelligence in healthcare and COVID-19 prevention poses challenges to privacy in Taiwan
Drugs giant reached US$230M settlement agreement for opioids lawsuit in the US

Farewell and welcome
Recent publications
Impact of "vaccine bubble" on unvaccinated employees
Incentivising vaccination and the Hong Kong – Singapore Travel Bubble
Transparency in COVID-19 vaccine indemnity fund applications
Doctors acquitted of charges arising from referral of patients to private clinic
Government unveils proposed scheme to create a new pathway for non-locally trained doctors to practise in Hong Kong
Past Event: Seminar on genomics for health (in English only)
Upcoming Event (also in English only)

Vaccine Bubble & Injury Compensation
(Webinar) Gross Negligence Manslaughter: Should it apply to healthcare practitioners?
Controversy over "vaccine passports" for international travel
New Zealand’s plan to ban sale of tobacco to the new generation
Recent publications
Book launch of Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization