The Demise of the Social Contract in Medicine Recent health policy changes benefit patients but ignore demoralized healthcare workers Jan 06, 2022
What Happened to the Novavax Vaccine? As mRNA vaccines saturate the U.S. market, is there room for another? Jan 01, 2022
Doctor Submits Fluvoxamine EUA Application to FDA Group of physician-scientists believes data support authorization for treating COVID-19 Dec 29, 2021
Burnout, Violence: How Much More Can Healthcare Workers Take? As COVID rages on, attention turns to healthcare worker mental health. Will help arrive in time? Dec 29, 2021
VA Beats Private Sector Hospitals for Post-Op Surgical Mortality Study questions veterans' benefit from obtaining care outside the VA system Dec 29, 2021
COVID Vaccine Booster Efficacy Against Infection May Fade Quickly New U.K. data suggest steep drop-off in protection, potentially giving Omicron more power Dec 28, 2021
Worst COVID Liars Still Have Their Licenses Only three sanctioned by their boards in recent months Dec 28, 2021
This Doctor Moved to Europe and Practices Medicine From Abroad She now runs a virtual palliative care startup and online community for physician expats Dec 28, 2021
Some Canadian Nurses Asked to Skip Holidays Hospitals warn of vacation cancellations if volunteers don't cover shifts Dec 23, 2021
Living History: 50 Years After the Birth of National Cancer Centers New book examines the progress 50 years following the National Cancer Act of 1971 Dec 22, 2021
Doc Fired After Standing Up to Private Equity; RFK Jr.'s Anti-Vax Machine This past week in healthcare investigations Dec 22, 2021
Is 'Big Pharma' To Blame For the Opioid Crisis? More complex and actionable issues are at the root of the problem Dec 21, 2021
Medical Translation Sacrifices Accuracy for Understanding In health facilities and the pharmaceutical industry, this has consequences for patients Dec 17, 2021
FDA Relaxes Restrictions on Abortion Pill Federal government permanently removes requirements that patients pick up mifepristone in person Dec 17, 2021
I Woke Up One Morning and I'd Lost My Identity as a Doctor Foreign-trained physicians like me face immense barriers to practicing in the U.S. Dec 16, 2021
Who Will Take Care of Our Aging Population? Compassion fatigue is hollowing out the elder care workforce Dec 10, 2021
Fix Healthcare With a Comic Strip? ZDoggMD is joined by Peter Valenzuela, MD, MBA, to discuss his new book Doc-Related Dec 10, 2021
Tennessee Med Board Pulls COVID Misinformation Policy from Website But it's not canceling its policy for disciplining docs, despite political pressure Dec 09, 2021
The ASHP Wants to Stop White Bagging on Prescription Drugs This practice "jeopardizes patient care," says ASHP official Dec 07, 2021
More Research Needed on PFAS Hazards, House Members Told Chemicals in foam used by firefighters of particular concern Dec 07, 2021
Women Physicians Earn $2 Million Less Over Their Careers Than Men Pay gap emerges early in career course and persists for decades Dec 07, 2021
The U.S. Can Learn From the World's Salt Problem Most countries struggle to reduce sodium intake, but interventions abroad have helped Dec 06, 2021
Hospitals Confront New Accreditation Standards to Come Small, rural sites may be uniquely affected by Joint Commission standards expected in 2022 Dec 06, 2021
New MedEd Programs Opened for Historically Black Medical School Students Morehouse will team up with large hospital chain Dec 03, 2021
Tracing a Killer's Path to Mass Shooting Mental health system reform is one tool in a broader playbook against gun violence Dec 03, 2021
SCOTUS Oral Arguments in Major Abortion Case Touch on Liberty, Viability Standard Contraceptive effectiveness and "safe haven" laws also discussed Dec 01, 2021
Getting COVID Antiviral Pills Into Patients' Hands Here's how to foster equal access to two treatments that may soon be authorized Dec 01, 2021
Doctor's Ivermectin Fight With Hospital Continues On Judge allows one of Paul Marik's claims to proceed Nov 30, 2021
Conflicts of Interest: A Thorny Issue for Physicians and Health Leaders Investigative report on Boston hospital CEOs puts the spotlight on this important issue Nov 30, 2021
Is Healthcare's Glass Ceiling Starting to Crack? Real progress seen for women in HHS; less so in private sector, but some signs of improvement Nov 30, 2021
Will Moderna Ever Learn to Share? The company's dispute with NIH over who invented the COVID vaccine has huge implications Nov 28, 2021
Some AMA Delegates Decry Dismissal of Global Warming as a Health Crisis Climate change harms patients and physicians' practices, they argue Nov 27, 2021
Why Is DOJ Cracking Down on Electroacupuncture? False billing wasted "millions and millions" in federal money, investigator says Nov 26, 2021
Should Doctors Be Embarrassed by TV's 'Dopesick'? No, but the Hulu series holds lessons for physicians about trusting pharma messaging Nov 26, 2021
Florida Hospitals Face Dueling Vaccine Mandate Rules The stakes are high with Medicare, Medicaid dollars at play Nov 24, 2021
Academic Centers Start to Take Psychedelics Seriously "You're not sticking your neck out as much as you would 10 years ago," one director says Nov 24, 2021
Is Psychedelic Research Funding Starting to Shift? Once the province of philanthropy, industry and government sources show interest Nov 24, 2021
How Can We Improve Medical Care for Homeless People? Trust, smart delivery models, and never forget that "housing is healthcare," says expert Nov 19, 2021
Georgia Emergency Doc Tries Again for Congress Rich McCormick, MD, got his political start lobbying on surprise billing Nov 18, 2021
Buprenorphine Misuse: What's the Reality? New study highlights need to expand access to buprenorphine for OUD Nov 18, 2021
