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Utah plastic surgeon Michael Kirk Moore Jr., MD, was charged for allegedly instead of COVID-19 vaccines and dumping almost 2,000 doses of the vaccine down a drain. Moore also gave out fake vaccination cards, prosecutors said. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Federal law enforcement officials say they brought down a large scheme to sell , which allegedly involved selling forged diplomas and transcripts from accredited schools to aspiring nurses, so they could bypass the qualifying requirements needed to sit for the national nursing board exam. Some 7,600 fraudulent nursing diplomas and certificates were issued during the course of the scam, according to prosecutors. (ABC News)

Robert Hadden, MD, the former New York ob/gyn accused of molesting hundreds of patients, was after less than a day of deliberations following a 2-week trial. (AP)

Providence, Washington-based physician James Grierson, MD, allegedly " where he used his position of trust to repeatedly have sex with a patient, according to a lawsuit. Grierson's license was suspended for 3 years in September 2022 after he admitted to having sex with the patient. (HeraldNet)

Physician Amy Bryant, MD, and abortion pill maker GenBioPro challenging state restrictions on mifepristone in North Carolina and West Virginia, respectively. The cases could impact abortion access across the country. (ABC News)

The Federal Trade Commission ordered LasikPlus to pay $1.25 million for using what it alleges are deceptive bait-and-switch tactics to trick patients into believing they could have their vision corrected for less than $300. The Commission alleged that only 6.5% of patients who were lured in for consultations were eligible for that promotional price for both eyes, .

Former nurse practitioner Larry J. Goisse Jr. of Pittsburgh was sentenced to 2 years in prison for after his state medical license had already been revoked and his Drug Enforcement Administration license had been lost, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

Orthopedic surgeon Thomas Marks, MD, was arrested in New Hampshire after being accused of . (WCAX3)

Device-maker DePuy Synthes, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, will pay nearly $10 million to settle charges that it to get him to use DePuy products. The company allegedly gave the surgeon "thousands of dollars' worth of free DePuy implants and instruments, including cages, rods, screws, plates, and surgical instrumentation," according to the DOJ.

Former U.K. nurse and accused killer Lucy Letby allegedly whose parents were bathing her after she died; Letby allegedly murdered the child on her fourth attempt. (BBC News)

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