Pulse Oximeters Confirmed to Be Biased for Black Kids These patients are prone to get false negatives in hypoxemia Mar 20, 2023
Temp Nurses Cost Hospitals Big During Pandemic. Lawmakers Are Now Mulling Limits. States call for action on price gouging Mar 19, 2023
Can the Surgicalist Model Solve OR Staffing Challenges? New solutions are needed to address growing workforce shortages Mar 18, 2023
Match Day Breaks Records for Numbers of Positions and Applicants Orthopedic and plastic surgery among the big winners, while emergency medicine lags behind Mar 17, 2023
Outbreak of Polio Linked to Newer Oral Vaccine Detected in Africa First cases reported from nOPV2, but not completely unexpected, says polio eradication group Mar 17, 2023
Doctor Charged With Performing Unnecessary Endometrial Ablations Mona Ghosh, MD, indicted on 13 counts of healthcare fraud Mar 16, 2023
FDA Allows Lower Risk Designation for Snuff Product The brand joins a limited few granted modified risk tobacco claims Mar 16, 2023
More Money, Better Standards Needed to Improve Health Cybersecurity, Senators Told Small rural hospitals especially at risk, witness says Mar 16, 2023
Doc Charged for Hidden Cameras; Ex-Husband Sues Over Abortion; Doc Accused of Rape A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Mar 16, 2023
Maternal Mortality Rose Significantly in 2021, CDC Says Rates increased in all racial/ethnic groups but were highest among Black patients Mar 16, 2023
How Overturning Roe v. Wade Changed Match Day 2023 Abortion restrictions are a physician workforce issue Mar 15, 2023
Fostering a New and Diverse Generation of Clinicians We must give underrepresented groups a hand Mar 14, 2023
Gender-Affirming Surgery Gets a Boost After California Law Kicked In Nondiscrimination law bars insurers from limiting benefits based on gender identity, expression Mar 14, 2023
Life-Saving Telehealth for Opioid Use Disorder Hangs in the Balance The U.S. could soon face a preventable public health crisis Mar 14, 2023
Google AI Performs at 'Expert' Level on U.S. Medical Licensing Exam Latest version of medically tuned AI model achieved 85% accuracy, beating previous record Mar 14, 2023
Diagnosis, Death in Pulmonary Fibrosis Seen Earlier in Black Patients Disparities in age pervasive, say researchers Mar 13, 2023
CDC, FDA Heads Fire Back at Ladapo Letter Califf and Walensky say Florida Surgeon General's VAERS analysis is "incorrect, misleading" Mar 13, 2023
A Third of Docs Blame Prior Authorizations for Serious Harm to Patients Four in five say they waste resources, forcing use of ineffective treatments, extra visits Mar 13, 2023
Hackers Post Patient Photos on Dark Web At least three patient images stolen from Pennsylvania health system have appeared online Mar 13, 2023
SIDS Rates Increased in 2020, Especially Among Black Infants Finding deserves more attention since it could be attributable to the COVID pandemic, authors say Mar 13, 2023
A Better Way to Measure and Rank Medical Schools Good assessment is about rating, not ranking Mar 13, 2023
Lessons From the Titanic: Is Medicine Headed for an Iceberg? Or can we course-correct in time? Mar 11, 2023
AMA, Surgeon General Propose Ways to Prevent Doctor Burnout Get enough sleep, stop prior authorization, and share your story with colleagues Mar 10, 2023
FDA Panel Endorses New First-Line Lymphoma Regimen POLARIX trial supports a favorable risk-benefit profile for polatuzumab vedotin, ODAC members say Mar 10, 2023
Emergency Doctors Are Ill Prepared to Handle Psychiatric Emergencies Current suicide reduction initiatives aren't doing nearly enough Mar 09, 2023
Screen All Adults for Hepatitis B, CDC Says New recommendations favor universal access to screening rather than risk-based approach Mar 09, 2023
Ankle Docs See Falling Medicare Payments Inflation-adjusted reimbursements for fusion, joint replacement slip Mar 09, 2023
Hospitals Drag Their Feet in Posting Prices for Joint Replacements A year after CMS rule went into effect, two-thirds of hospitals had done nothing Mar 09, 2023
Almost Half of All Public Health Workers Left Their Jobs Over the Past 5 Years If trends continue, more than 100,000 workers could leave in 2025 Mar 08, 2023
First Bimodal Neuromodulation Device for Tinnitus Gets FDA Nod Ringing ears may get relief with sound and tongue stimulation Mar 08, 2023
Early Metformin Cuts Long COVID Risk Ivermectin and fluvoxamine, meanwhile, showed no benefit in randomized COVID-OUT study Mar 08, 2023
'War Is a Trauma Epidemic,' Says Ukrainian Surgeon Leading specialist reviews medical system's response to Russian invasion a year on Mar 08, 2023
Only Drug to Prevent Preterm Birth Set to Leave the Market Decision follows FDA advisory committee recommendation for withdrawal Mar 08, 2023
Four Key Steps to Advance Women Leaders in Medicine It's time for more equitable representation Mar 08, 2023
Why Every Doctor Needs a 'Badness' Plan The invisible graveyard of every physician's career Mar 07, 2023
FDA Not Quite Sold on Polivy in Frontline Large B-Cell Lymphoma Regimen Ahead of ODAC meeting, agency reviewers suggest modest PFS results in POLARIX "raise uncertainty" Mar 07, 2023
Amid Relaxing COVID Rules for Health Workers, San Francisco Is Reinforcing Them Healthcare workers in the city must continue to mask and be vaccinated Mar 07, 2023