Is the U.S. Ready for a Nuclear Attack? There's been a flurry of activity around medical countermeasures in the last year Jul 24, 2023
Once the New OTC Birth Control Pill Is Available, What About Cost and Coverage? Do health plans have to cover the nonprescription pill? Jul 23, 2023
Loma Linda Residents Vote to Unionize, but Still Face Pushback Medical center says it "will not be bargaining" with union as it continues "legal objections" Jul 21, 2023
Insulin Infusion Clinics Claim to Treat Just About Anything But evidence is scant, and "treatment" resembles one done by company that went bust Jul 21, 2023
APP Is Latest Physician Staffing Firm to Fold It follows Envision, and physicians consider further consequences of difficult market Jul 20, 2023
What Is Bed Rotting and Is It Actually a Problem? Laying around isn't new, but naming it might help healthcare professionals pinpoint problems Jul 20, 2023
Trump COVID Shot Ad Boosted Vaccination in Red Counties Study authors advocate for using "messengers whose voices might carry special weight" Jul 19, 2023
U.S. Suspends Wuhan Lab Funding; 'Zombie' Clinical Trials; Wachter's COVID Scare This past week in healthcare investigations Jul 19, 2023
FDA Strikes at Yet Another Birth Tissue Company Agency sent warning letter to Regenative Labs over its Wharton's jelly product Jul 19, 2023
Docs Still Shifting Away From Private Practice, Survey Finds Trend is "emblematic of the fiscal uncertainty and economic stress," AMA president says Jul 18, 2023
Botanical Sports Supplements Often Mislabeled Only about 1 in 10 products had the "right ingredient at the right dose," study author says Jul 18, 2023
'Strike Nurse' or 'Scab'? Nurse Faces Backlash After 'Day-in-the-Life' Video Resounding criticism of nurse crossing picket line reflects larger workplace issues Jul 18, 2023
ChatGPT Writes Good Clinical Notes, Study Finds Clinical reviewers often couldn't distinguish AI from human-generated notes Jul 17, 2023
TeamHealth Emergency Docs, Nurses in Detroit Vote to Unionize 31 counted ballots were all in favor of unionization Jul 17, 2023
Threads May Not Replace Twitter in Medicine -- Yet New social media forum has promise, and a few flaws Jul 14, 2023
After Pushback, J&J Allows Generics of Its TB Drug A Swiss non-profit will be allowed to bring generic bedaquiline to lower-income countries Jul 14, 2023
Fired COVID Whistleblower Will Take His Case to Trial With New Lawyers "I would really regret it, if I didn't at least try to change healthcare" Jul 13, 2023
Doc Who Livestreamed Surgeries on TikTok Loses License Katharine Roxanne Grawe, MD, will also have to pay a fine of $4,500 Jul 13, 2023
'Live Blood Analysis' Arrest; Nurse Impostor Rape Lawsuit; Medtronic Whistleblower A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jul 13, 2023
Stem Cell Medical Tourism Leads to Meningitis in MS Patient Difficult infection took weeks to identify; doctors warn about unproven treatments Jul 12, 2023
Block Your Period for Vacation? Ob/Gyns Say It's Safe Doctors frequently counsel patients on menstrual suppression Jul 12, 2023
Private Equity Takeovers of Physician Practices Soared Over a Decade New report finds four specialty areas accounted for the majority of activity Jul 11, 2023
CDC to Reduce Funding for States' Child Vaccination Programs "This is what happens when you don't pay attention to public health" says APHA executive director Jul 09, 2023
Top Misconceptions About Heat Illness, From an EMT in the Hottest Place on Earth Treating patients in Death Valley for heat-related illness calls for keeping your cool Jul 07, 2023
Treating a Double Trouble Shark Attack One afternoon, two shark bites ... just another day in the life of an emergency doctor Jul 07, 2023
Wisconsin Ob/Gyn Surrenders Medical License After Patient's Death Victoria Mondloch, MD, was previously disciplined for providing substandard medical care Jul 07, 2023
Here Are This Year's Largest Physician Groups Largest group employs nearly 14,000 doctors Jul 06, 2023
Emergency Docs Sue HCA, TeamHealth; Nurse Imprisoned Over Rogue Morphine Dosing A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jul 06, 2023
Survey Shows Primary Care Got a Pay Bump The AMGA survey looked at compensation changes from 2021 to 2022 Jul 06, 2023
Psychedelic Research: Experts React to FDA Draft Guidance Feedback is mostly positive, but concerns arise around two-monitor recommendation Jul 06, 2023
What's the Matter With For-Profit Nursing Programs? Promise of a flexible nursing degree is sometimes too good to be true Jul 03, 2023
Misinformation Obscures Standards Guiding Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Misconceptions and misinformation conflate treatments, stripping youth of essential care Jul 02, 2023
Madonna's ICU Stay May Have Been Due to Sepsis Despite being life-threatening, sepsis can be easy to miss Jun 30, 2023
Stanford Study of Paxlovid for Long COVID Stopped Early Enrollment was halted earlier than planned after interim analysis Jun 30, 2023
Waste Company's 'Concealed Human Torso' Suit; Impostor Nurse Reportedly Rips Out IVs A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jun 29, 2023
Experts Quell Worries About Locally Acquired Malaria in the U.S. "It's not the next COVID," one global health expert says Jun 28, 2023
Lewis Capaldi's Tourette's Episode Shows Adults Can Be Diagnosed, Too Tourette's is often diagnosed in childhood and symptoms abate with age, but not always Jun 28, 2023
Are Doctors Really Leaving Twitter in Droves? Data from physician social media tracker suggest otherwise -- but they may be engaging less Jun 28, 2023
What Has Mehmet Oz Been Up To? Oz went silent on social media after losing his Senate race, but appears to be making a comeback Jun 27, 2023
