FDA Faults Next-Gen Olympus Duodenoscopes After demanding single-use devices, agency finds they have their own problems Mar 27, 2023
Autism Prevalence Is Up, CDC Report Shows But early evaluations in young children started to fall as pandemic set in Mar 23, 2023
A Conservative Blueprint for Universal Healthcare Achieving universal coverage is possible using the ACA as a framework Mar 23, 2023
Doctor Wins $14M Judgment; Poppy Seeds and Positive Drug Tests; Fixing Nurse Wages? A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Mar 23, 2023
Despite Abortion Restrictions, Ob/Gyn Remains Competitive Residency Every slot filled in this year's Match, but some states more desirable Mar 23, 2023
Admin Trumps Med Students: Anti-Abortion Group Allowed on Campus An Arizona medical school will now have a chapter of Medical Students for Life Mar 22, 2023
Does Your OR Have a Black Box? TikTok Drug Influencers; Clashes at Online Journal This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 22, 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
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
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
CDC, FDA Heads Fire Back at Ladapo Letter Califf and Walensky say Florida Surgeon General's VAERS analysis is "incorrect, misleading" 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
Screen All Adults for Hepatitis B, CDC Says New recommendations favor universal access to screening rather than risk-based approach 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
Early Metformin Cuts Long COVID Risk Ivermectin and fluvoxamine, meanwhile, showed no benefit in randomized COVID-OUT study Mar 08, 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
Oral Azithromycin During Labor Fails to Stop Neonatal Sepsis, Death Some secondary benefits seen in West African trial, however Mar 07, 2023
Doctors at Florida Hospital Received Death Threats Over COVID Policies Threats targeted staff over allegations of misconduct, corruption during pandemic Mar 07, 2023
Cough Syrup Likely Culprit in Dozens of Child Deaths in Gambia, Says CDC Imported diethylene glycol-containing products resulted in an outbreak of acute kidney injury Mar 02, 2023
Respiratory Therapist Charged With Murder; Clinic Implanted Embryo With Cancer Gene? A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Mar 02, 2023
Stella Immanuel Highest U.S. Prescriber of Ivermectin and HCQ Controversial physician has doled out tens of thousands of scripts for both drugs Mar 02, 2023
Expanding ICD Codes May Aid Rare Disease Patients, Research NCATS explores how best to use diagnostic codes to move field forward Mar 02, 2023
Second RSV Vaccine for Older Adults Gets Thumbs Up From FDA Advisors VRBPAC unanimously endorses efficacy of GSK's protein fusion vaccine, not quite as sold on safety Mar 01, 2023
Hopkins' Makary Tells Lawmakers COVID Lab Leak a 'No-Brainer' Other expert witnesses open to other origin theories Mar 01, 2023
Star Surgeon, UPMC Will Pay $8.5M to Settle Concurrent Surgeries Lawsuit Feds alleged surgeon performed as many as three complex surgeries at the same time Mar 01, 2023
The Death of American Medical Ideology "We need to shrink healthcare in order to build health," says Eric Reinhart Mar 01, 2023 video
FDA Panel Backs Pfizer's RSV Vaccine for Older Adults But panelists raise multiple concerns over phase III trial data Feb 28, 2023
Nurses File Suit Against Ascension Health, Alleging Incorrect Pay Cost-cutting measures led to workers not being paid their correct wages, lawsuit claims Feb 28, 2023
How to Make Meaningful Moves Toward Health Equity in Cancer Care Addressing the three R's: resources, research, and racism Feb 27, 2023
Could Earlier Initiation of HPV Vaccine Boost Immunization in Adolescents? Starting at age 9 or 10 may have benefit, retrospective study suggests Feb 27, 2023
Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigellosis on the Rise in the U.S. This easily transmissible infection causes severe diarrhea, with limited treatment options Feb 24, 2023
Operation Nightingale: State Nursing Boards React to the Fake Diploma Scheme Just how sprawling is the fallout? Feb 24, 2023
Disparities in Maternal Mortality? 'We Know Exactly What to Do,' Says Lawmaker Black women are three times more likely to die in childbirth Feb 23, 2023
Will Xylazine Become a Controlled Substance? Federal regulators consider scheduling the veterinary sedative Feb 23, 2023
A Ban on the Abortion Drug Mifepristone Is Looming A Texas lawsuit may be disastrous for effective abortion access and FDA's authority Feb 23, 2023
