A Permanent Ethics Panel on Vaccines at CDC

This is huge news for bioethics. If you've been wondering whether there will ever be a federal-level bioethics group with real teeth, many will tell you that this will be the one: The New York Times is reporting today that CDC has taken its most significant step ever into bioethics, creating a permanent panel on ethical issues in vaccine distribution. Senior scholars abound, including longtime CDC bioethics consultant and Yale fixture Robert Levine, John Arras, Tom Beauchamp, and Emory's Kathy Kinlaw. Great comments here from Arras.