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INVESTIGATIVE ROUNDUP over an image of two people looking at computer screens.

Concussion Doc's Plagiarism Scandal; American Scientist Worked on CRISPR Babies?

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Do You Know What the Hippocratic Oath Really Says?

Milton Packer wonders where our guidance on medical ethics should come from

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Experts Question Whether It's Okay to Test Embryos for Common Diseases

Researchers developed an algorithm to test for diseases such as diabetes, but is it ethical?

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HIPAA Protections End Where the Money Begins

I'm alarmed my personal health info is being used for targeted marketing

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Why Have Pharmaceutical Giants Continued Their Operations in Russia?

According to Milton Packer, the Western healthcare industry needs to find its moral compass

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Hospital Group Sued Over Charity Billing Practices

Lawsuit alleges hospitals misled thousands of low-income patients eligible for financial aid

Nurses Sue Ohio Staffing Firm Over Hefty Quitting Fees

Lawsuit against Health Carousel alleges trafficking and fraud

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Ethics Consult: Force Doctors to Remove Bullet From Suspect's Leg? MD/JD Weighs In

You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion

Doc Group Pushes Ivermectin for Long COVID

FLCCC promotes 20 therapies: like "throwing spaghetti against the wall," one expert says

Police activity outside Brigham and Women鈥檚 Hospital

Racist Protest 'Threatened' Patient Care, Massachusetts Medical Society Says

Neo-Nazis targeted doctors outside Brigham and Women's Hospital

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Despite 2 Revoked Licenses, Doc Still Prescribing Ivermectin Via Telehealth

With 2 licenses remaining, Kathleen Ann Cullen writes scripts through America's Frontline Doctors

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Doc's License Revoked After Patients Say He Used His Own Sperm for Insemination

Two lawsuits claim the now-retired obstetrician committed the offenses in the 1970s

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Restaurant Ensnared in Doc's Alleged Ivermectin, HCQ Prescribing Scheme

Edith Behr, MD, fired over accusations of prescribing drugs via Taste of Sicily's Facebook page

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Doc Suspended After Court Finds He Poisoned His Partner and Her Parents

U.K. doctor has yet to face criminal liability, despite the death of his partner's father

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Is Money Driving Those Who Spread COVID Disinformation?

Milton Packer is amazed to learn what monetizing followers can do for writers

A woman in a straitjacket sitting on a chair in a darkened room of a psychiatric hospital

Ethics Consult: Forcibly Medicate Psychiatric Patient?

You make the call

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Men in Power Seem to Have a Serious Zipper Malfunction Problem

Are hormones interfering with men's judgment?

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Nurse Gave Out Fake COVID Jabs

At least 45 "patients" in Italy allegedly received no vaccine at all

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Pay-Per-View Autopsy: Sideshow or Science?

Dissecting the history and ethics of public autopsy

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Ethics Consult: Approve a Horn Implantation in Patient's Skull?

You make the call

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Ivermectin's Days in Court

Courts have heard a handful of lawsuits seeking ivermectin for hospitalized COVID-19 patients

A toe tag that reads COVID-19 on the big toe of a corpse in a morgue.

Medical Examiners Report Demands to Remove COVID From Death Certificates

In other cases, they have been asked to add it, so that families can receive FEMA money

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What Do Alec Baldwin and the Unvaccinated Have in Common?

Both carry "live rounds" that put people in harm's way

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Ethics Consult: Should Doctor Inform Patient's Family of Diagnosis? MD/JD Weighs In

You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion

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Tennessee Med Board Pulls COVID Misinformation Policy from Website

But it's not canceling its policy for disciplining docs, despite political pressure

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Which Incentive Lottery Programs for COVID Vaccines Hit the Jackpot?

Results varied by state, study finds

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Two Hospice Docs and Nurse Sentenced in $40 Million Healthcare Scam

Mark Gibbs, MD, Laila Hirjee, MD, and Tammie Little, RN, sentenced to over 25 years combined

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A Medical Career Littered With Sexual Harassment

My experience is not unique. We must do better

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SCOTUS Oral Arguments in Major Abortion Case Touch on Liberty, Viability Standard

Contraceptive effectiveness and "safe haven" laws also discussed

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German Doc Investigated for Giving Out Home-Brewed COVID Vax

Winfried Stocker claimed some 20,000 people have received his homemade vaccine

Think TikTok Is Smarter Than Me? Then I'm Not the Right Doctor for You

Modern times have fundamentally altered the landscape of healthcare

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Conflicts of Interest: A Thorny Issue for Physicians and Health Leaders

Investigative report on Boston hospital CEOs puts the spotlight on this important issue

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Ethics Consult: Tell Family About Corpse Mix-Up at the Morgue?

You make the call

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Let Ethics Guide Aducanumab Prescribing, AAN Says

Don't rely on FDA approval alone to make best choices for Alzheimer's patients

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AMA Calls for Greater Police Accountability in New Report

Excludes reform on qualified immunity and demilitarization, to some delegates' disappointment

Doctor Sues Hospital Over Ivermectin Ban Amid Journal Article Retraction

Virginia hospital took issue with article co-authored by Paul Marik, MD

AMA over a photo of Chicago, IL.

AMA Advocates to Strengthen Title IX Protections for Sexual Assault Victims

Proposed DOE rules disempower victims, exclude off-campus complaints, argue proponents for change

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AMA Ready to Target Disinformation Docs

"Role of social media in amplifying" disinformation docs also needs to be examined, says delegate

AMA over a photo of Chicago, IL.

More Support Needed for Abortion Training for Med Students, Say AMA Delegates

"Termination of pregnancy is a critical aspect of caring for our patients"

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California Couple Sues Fertility Clinic After 'Heartbreaking' Embryo Mix-Up

Baby girls had to be swapped months after their births

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