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
What Conditions Are Sending Kids to the Hospital? Analysis from 2016 showed respiratory problems dominated, but depression was already on the rise 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
Score One for Vapes in Smoking Cessation Spontaneous e-cigarette use may prompt smokers to consider quitting regular combustibles Dec 28, 2021
A Solution for Healthcare, and Everything Else? If we can fix healthcare, perhaps it can translate into solutions for the rest of what ails us Dec 27, 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
Formaldehyde Exposure Linked to Cognitive Impairment Healthcare workers represent majority of those exposed in French cohort Dec 22, 2021
FDA: The Wait for COVID Pills Is Over Paxlovid first oral antiviral authorized to treat high-risk COVID patients 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
Nurse Fired Over COVID Complaints Reinstated Arbitrator rules in favor of nurse fired early in the pandemic Dec 21, 2021
Pipeline Programs Create a Path Toward Health Equity We need more people in medicine working to serve their own communities Dec 18, 2021
How Bad Is It to Get a Booster While You Have COVID? Some people may not know they are infected when they get boosted Dec 17, 2021
'Winter of Severe Illness, Death' for the Unvaccinated, White House Warns Fully vaccinated individuals must still get boosted for optimal protection, says Fauci Dec 17, 2021
DEA Chief Warns About Fake Prescription Drugs Containing Fentanyl More than 8.4 million fake pills seized since end of September Dec 17, 2021
What Do Alec Baldwin and the Unvaccinated Have in Common? Both carry "live rounds" that put people in harm's way Dec 14, 2021
Nurse Who Got First COVID Shot in the U.S. Pushes for Greater Uptake A year later, Sandra Lindsay strives to sway "folks who are on the fence" about vaccination Dec 13, 2021
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes Fizzled for Preventing Obesity in Kids Real-world study found only modest benefit for adolescent girls in Mexico Dec 13, 2021
Controversial Doc No Longer With One of Idaho's Largest Health Networks Ryan Cole, MD, previously came under fire for spreading falsities about COVID vaccines, therapies 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
Despite Pandemic Spotlight, Infectious Disease Not a Sought-After Specialty Specialty has long struggled to fill fellowship training positions Dec 09, 2021
Hospitals in the Midwest Face New COVID Surge Amid increasing Delta cases, staffing is down, and Omicron looms Dec 09, 2021
Which Incentive Lottery Programs for COVID Vaccines Hit the Jackpot? Results varied by state, study finds Dec 09, 2021
An Inside Look at a New York Lab Working With Omicron NYU virologist: "What Omicron represents is scary, but Omicron itself is not scary" Dec 09, 2021
More Research Needed on PFAS Hazards, House Members Told Chemicals in foam used by firefighters of particular concern Dec 07, 2021
Researchers to Study Psilocybin's Effects on Strained Healthcare Workers Psychedelic-assisted therapy to be examined on pandemic-afflicted frontline workers 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
South African Hospital Report Hints at Milder Disease With Omicron Most inpatients didn't need oxygen, but author warns it's too soon to draw conclusions 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
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
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
German Doc Investigated for Giving Out Home-Brewed COVID Vax Winfried Stocker claimed some 20,000 people have received his homemade vaccine Dec 01, 2021
Doctor's Ivermectin Fight With Hospital Continues On Judge allows one of Paul Marik's claims to proceed Nov 30, 2021
Three Antidotes to Patient Depersonalization Better patient-provider communication improves quality of care 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