Health Workers Press for Federal Bill to Prevent Workplace Violence Legislation calls for up to 20 years' federal imprisonment for certain acts of violence Jan 31, 2024
Miracle Cures: Conspiracy Theories Are Fueling a New Age of Unproven Treatments Social media and online skepticism feed fears about traditional care Jan 31, 2024
Doc Goes Missing From Shift; Patient-Centered Long COVID Research; Science Sleuth This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 31, 2024
Doctors Warn Patients May Be Billed Twice Bringing up concerns outside the main scope of the visit could prompt separate bills Jan 30, 2024
Community Health Centers: A Safety Net Under Stress One in 11 Americans rely on these centers for routine medical care, social services, fresh food Jan 30, 2024
PA Convicted of Fraud for Amniotic Fluid Shot Scheme Ray Anthony Shoulders, PA, faces up to 240 years in prison Jan 29, 2024
Science Sleuths Use Tech to Find Fakery and Plagiarism in Published Research These individuals are keeping researchers and science journals on their toes Jan 29, 2024
Deep Pay Cuts for Travel Nurses Reported at Pittsburgh Health System Annual wage cut of about $25,000 was not disclosed at signing, nurses say Jan 29, 2024
New York Joins Local Governments in Erasing Billions in Medical Debt But stronger policies are needed to stop debt at its source Jan 28, 2024
How Much Do Physicians Really Know About FDA Drug and Device Regulation? More education is clearly needed Jan 28, 2024
Just How Personal Should Personal Statements Be on Medical School Applications? A doctor's tips for disclosing the past Jan 27, 2024
Hacking of Docs' Rx Accounts Led to Bonanza of Illegal Pills, Prosecutors Say Drugs allegedly picked up in multiple states and resold online Jan 27, 2024
Medicine, Nazism, and the Holocaust: Essential Lessons for Health Professionals Let's take this Holocaust Remembrance Day to reflect Jan 26, 2024
Why Measles Keeps Popping Up in Pockets of the U.S. Paul Offit, MD, on the history of the MMR vaccine and the lasting legacy of COVID Jan 26, 2024 video
King Charles Admitted; ADHD Drug Recalled; Minnesota Debates Doc-Assisted Suicide Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Jan 26, 2024
Physician Summits World's Seven Highest Mountains -- And You Can Join Him Thousands of HCPs have earned CME credits while on an adventure with Ben Mattingly, MD Jan 25, 2024
Will All Seniors Eventually Have No Choice but Medicare Advantage? MedPAC chair discusses need to fix MA's confusing limitations, upcoding, and rising costs Jan 25, 2024
AI Diagnoses Deadly Disease; Radiology's New AI Guidance; WHO Tackles LMMs A monthly roundup of healthcare-focused AI news and research Jan 25, 2024
In Billboard Campaign, Physician Residents Say They're Exploited Residents at University at Buffalo charge they're the lowest paid in the entire state Jan 25, 2024
Ob/Gyn's Animal Cruelty Charges; Doc's Dark Web Murder-for-Hire; Retaliation Suit A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jan 25, 2024
Nurses Still the Most Trusted Profession, Doctors Fall to Fifth Trust slipping across nearly all professions, Gallup poll finds Jan 24, 2024
Infusion Drug Mark-Ups Higher at Safety Net Hospitals Study shows big difference in reimbursement-to-acquisition cost ratio versus private practice Jan 24, 2024
CDC Pushes Back on HICPAC Infection Control Guidance, Asks for Clarification Questions center on precautions against airborne pathogens, use of N95s in healthcare settings Jan 24, 2024
Is Adding an AI Readout to Mammography Worth It? Women would have to pay out-of-pocket, as reimbursement is a long way off Jan 24, 2024
What if Side Gigs Just Remind You How Much You Love Medicine? You won't ever know until you try Jan 24, 2024
Few Women in Abortion Ban States Terminate Rape-Related Pregnancies Researchers suggest exceptions don't work for rape survivors Jan 24, 2024
China's COVID Sequence Secret; Cancer Research Retractions; Med Board Reform Looms This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 24, 2024
Abortion Laws Tied to Anxiety and Depression in Women After Dobbs, women ages 18 and 45 in trigger states had a greater increase in these symptoms Jan 23, 2024
Native Hawaiian Physician-Scientist Kekoa Taparra Is Making Waves One of the first Native Hawaiians with an MD, PhD is tackling Pacific Islander health disparities Jan 23, 2024
FDA Slams Fresenius Over Its Response to PCBs in Dialysis Machines A 3-year saga raises questions about a potential class effect Jan 23, 2024
FDA Warns Exosome Maker for Marketing Outside Its IND Agency also raises concern about a potentially contaminated product batch Jan 22, 2024
Troubled For-Profit Nursing Program Dodges Early Closure But regulator in Arizona has final word Jan 22, 2024
Alabama Plans to Carry Out First Nitrogen Gas Execution How will it work and what are the risks? Jan 22, 2024
Sitting and Early Death; Dana-Farber Retracts Multiple Papers; Winter Weather Deaths Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Jan 22, 2024
Could AI Put Clinical Knowledge at Risk? Viewpoint warns relying on AI for basic tasks may undermine physicians' skill sets Jan 19, 2024
Physicians Don't Always Understand the FDA Approval Process, Survey Finds Most preferred two or more randomized trials as evidence required for approval Jan 19, 2024
MedPod Today: Residency Application Updates; Doc Discipline; Vacation and Burnout reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics Jan 19, 2024 podcast
Hospitals Pay U.S. News to Promote Their Rankings Amid rankings pushback, the question of payment for use of the company's logo has resurfaced Jan 18, 2024
$300K Fine for Midwife Who Gave Kids Homeopathic Pellets Instead of Vaccines In 2019, New York ended a religious exemption for school vaccination requirements Jan 18, 2024
