Lawmakers Clash Over COVID Vaccine Safety at House Hearing Purpose of CDC's VAERS reporting system debated Feb 15, 2024
CDC: More People Die After Smoking Drugs Than Injecting Them Not yet clear if shift toward smoking fentanyl reduces mortality Feb 15, 2024
COVID's Latest Adaptation: It Has Lulled Us to Sleep My doctor's refusal to prescribe "just-in-case" Paxlovid speaks volumes Feb 15, 2024
U.S. Probes Role of Supply Chain Middlemen in Generic Shortages Goal: identify "root causes" and "potential solutions" Feb 15, 2024
CDC's Tracking a New COVID Variant: BA.2.87.1 More than 30 changes in its spike protein has prompted agency to keep a close eye Feb 15, 2024
White House Post-Mortem: What Really Killed 5 Presidents? In honor of Presidents Day, we examine several still-debated early presidential deaths Feb 15, 2024
Doc Gets 22 Years; Robot Wrongful Death Suit; Body Parts Lawsuit Dismissed A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Feb 15, 2024
Shooting at Super Bowl Parade; Accidental Incest; Chronic Fatigue After COVID Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Feb 15, 2024
Hospital Cyberattacks Likely to Increase, Putting Lives at Risk, Experts Warn Computer systems are a favorite target for malicious hackers Feb 15, 2024
'Humbling, Exhausting, Exhilarating': The Life of AMA President Jesse Ehrenfeld Some of the most meaningful experiences happen in unexpected places, he says Feb 14, 2024
Minimizing Opioids After Teens' Spine Surgeries Appears Practical Alternatives prove mettle in studies Feb 14, 2024
Here Are This Year's Best Employers in Healthcare and Biotech Semaglutide maker Novo Nordisk, children's hospitals, Alzheimer's Association take top spots Feb 14, 2024
FDA Approves First Drug for Severe Frostbite Vasodilator iloprost significantly cut the risk of amputations in trial Feb 14, 2024
Do Your Patients Know Where You Live? Healthcare professionals have a right to privacy, too Feb 14, 2024
Orthopedic Surgeons on Track to Earn Less Than Taco Bell Workers If current trends continue, patients are in big trouble Feb 14, 2024
FDA Advisors Nearly All Aboard the TriClip Train for Tricuspid Regurgitation Committee voted 13-1 that the benefits of the TEER device outweigh the risks in certain patients Feb 14, 2024
Cancer Center Researchers Clash; Catheter Billing Scam; More Philips Recall Drama This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 14, 2024
Mental Health Exemptions Emerge in Abortion Rights Initiatives on State Ballots While proposals in other states specifically exclude the exception Feb 14, 2024
Safety Events at Hospitals More Common in Black and Hispanic Kids "Many factors could be driving these disparities," researcher says Feb 14, 2024 video
San Francisco Nurses Sue City Over Missed Breaks Class action lawsuit claims nurses at public hospitals were denied meal, rest breaks Feb 13, 2024
Not Passing a Bill to Fix Medicare Doc Pay Cuts Is 'Appalling,' Lawmaker Says Rep. Larry Bucshon, MD, also talks about prior authorization, violence against health workers Feb 13, 2024
Child Protective Services Is Being Weaponized Against Our Black Patients HHS must institute more oversight of medical professionals making repeated calls Feb 13, 2024
New First-Line Option for Pancreatic Cancer Approved Liposomal irinotecan-based regimen gets FDA greenlight for metastatic disease Feb 13, 2024
15 Residents in Limbo as Surgical Residency Program Loses Accreditation Health system has filed an appeal, but residents eye an escape Feb 13, 2024
Death From Alaskapox Virus: What to Know Small mammals, especially voles, may be behind the cases Feb 13, 2024
More Patients Rely on Early Prenatal Testing as States Toughen Abortion Laws But testing early in pregnancy may be inaccurate Feb 13, 2024
CDC Changing COVID Isolation Recs; Former PM Opts for Euthanasia; Plant-Based Diets Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Feb 13, 2024
Oncologists Risk Self-Referral Violations Over Medicare Mail-Order Drug Rule New interpretation of Stark law excludes distribution of oral oncology drugs by mail Feb 12, 2024
FDA Reviewers Skeptical on TriClip for Tricuspid Regurgitation Tricuspid valve repair system is up for advisory committee scrutiny on Tuesday Feb 12, 2024
Sleep Apnea Smartwatch Feature Gets FDA Authorization Software is first of its kind to receive agency greenlight, set to roll out this year Feb 12, 2024
FDA Approves First Oral Option for Eosinophilic Esophagitis Fixed-duration course of corticosteroid indicated for patients 11 years and up Feb 12, 2024
Study: Fewer Kids in the ED Means More Missed Diagnoses Study suggests low pediatric-volume EDs might benefit from supports to improve diagnosis Feb 12, 2024
California Nurse Acquitted of Involuntary Manslaughter But jurors deadlocked 9-3 on charges against a jail doctor Feb 12, 2024
Artificial Intelligence Versus Sir William Osler Note-taking in the electronic health record still leaves much to be desired Feb 12, 2024
The Language of AI: Defining the Most Common Terms This glossary can help those interested in healthcare AI find their footing in the field Feb 12, 2024
State Reports Human Plague Case; Lloyd Austin Admitted Again; Man Dies Mid-Flight Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Feb 12, 2024
Possibility of Animal-to-Human Jump Heightens Concern About Chronic Wasting Disease Most likely route for spillover would be via people who eat venison Feb 11, 2024
Doing Away With Needle Exchange Programs Won't Prevent Drug Use This is where the principle of harm reduction becomes important Feb 11, 2024
Flu Hangs on in the U.S., Fading in Some Areas and Intensifying in Others COVID seems to have peaked at around the same time Feb 11, 2024
