Welcome to Research Ethics Digest. The articles included in this month's issue offer an exploration into various areas of research ethics, including research animal welfare, return of research results, and indigenous genomics research.

Articles included:

• A Survey of Laboratory Animal Veterinarians Regarding Mouse Welfare in Biomedical Research
• The Pen Is Milder Than the Blade: Identification Marking Mice Using Ink on the Tail Appears More Humane Than Ear-Punching Even with Local Anaesthetic
• Welfare Assessment, End-Point Refinement and the Effects of Non-Aversive Handling in C57BL/6 Mice with Lewis Lung Cancer
• Compassion Fatigue and Satisfaction in US Army Laboratory Animal Medicine Personnel
• Neuroethics and Animals: Report and Recommendations From the University of Pennsylvania Animal Research Neuroethics Workshop
• It’s Time to Include Harm to Humans in Harm–Benefit Analysis — But How to Do It, That is the Question
• A 3-year evaluation of preclinicaltrials.eu reveals room for improvement in preregistration of animal studies
• Justice, diversity, and research ethics review
• Justice and equity in pragmatic clinical trials: Considerations for pain research within integrated health systems
• IRB Decision-Making about Minimal Risk Research with Pregnant Participants
• Physician Perspectives on Including Pregnant Women in Covid-19 Clinical Trials: Time for a Paradigm Change
• Guidelines for Reporting Trial Protocols and Completed Trials Modified Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Extenuating Circumstances, The CONSERVE 2021 Statement
• Helpful Lessons and Cautionary Tales: How Should COVID-19 Drug Development and Access Inform Approaches to Non-Pandemic Diseases? 
• Allocation of Opportunities to Participate in Clinical Trials during the Covid-19 Pandemic and Other Public Health Emergencies
  

PRIM&R’s Research Ethics Digest, an electronic publication, delivers timely and relevant abstracts and full-text articles from a wide array of scholarly journals to the inboxes of PRIM&R members every two months. Articles featured in Research Ethics Digest highlight new research and scholarship related to ethics and regulation that affect—and potentially enhance—daily work.

The Research Ethics Digest Self-Study Program allows PRIM&R members to earn continuing education credits, which can be applied toward their Certified IRB Professional (CIP®) credential, Certified Professional in IACUC Administration (CPIA®) credential recertification, or other professional credentials they may hold.