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A white rubber gloved hand holds a box of ivermectin tablets

Ivermectin's Days in Court

Courts have heard a handful of lawsuits seeking ivermectin for hospitalized COVID-19 patients

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'Pending Wave' of Nurse Substance Use Problems?

Signs point to deepening issue with alcohol, drugs as nurses battle through the pandemic

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Feds Go After Company Selling Fake 'Nano Silver' COVID Cure

Company co-run by psychiatrist once falsely marketed product as Ebola treatment as well

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Doctor Submits Fluvoxamine EUA Application to FDA

Group of physician-scientists believes data support authorization for treating COVID-19

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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?

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VA Beats Private Sector Hospitals for Post-Op Surgical Mortality

Study questions veterans' benefit from obtaining care outside the VA system

A man wearing a protective mask puts his hands up towards a rubber gloved hand holding the COVID vaccine and syringe.

Emotional Epidemiology of Disease Is as Critical as Clinical Epidemiology

Gaining the trust of your patients is more important than ever

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Worst COVID Liars Still Have Their Licenses

Only three sanctioned by their boards in recent months

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This Doctor Moved to Europe and Practices Medicine From Abroad

She now runs a virtual palliative care startup and online community for physician expats

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Frontline Health Workers: 'Heroes' or Casualties of a Broken System?

The "heroic" narrative may not serve the courageous workers themselves or the public's health

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Every Patient is Someone's Loved One

Remember to be compassionate, honest, and thoughtful

Vacation Cancelled written across a calendar over a photo of a nurse on the phone gesticulating.

Some Canadian Nurses Asked to Skip Holidays

Hospitals warn of vacation cancellations if volunteers don't cover shifts

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4 Things You're Doing Wrong This Holiday Season

There's a time to recover, and a time to be productive

INVESTIGATIVE ROUNDUP over an image of two people looking at computer screens.

Doc Fired After Standing Up to Private Equity; RFK Jr.'s Anti-Vax Machine

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Study: Surgical Residents Do Just Fine Without Close Supervision

No difference in VA patient outcomes whether or not attendings were scrubbed in

A young woman with eyes closed and wearing headphones sits on her couch in a meditation pose.

Healthy Ways to Reduce Stress During Match Season

Five tips for a more stress-free experience

A group of young Black medical students at college

Pipeline Programs Create a Path Toward Health Equity

We need more people in medicine working to serve their own communities

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When Will They Find Out I'm an Imposter?

Intellectual self-doubt stems from factors beyond individual control

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Leaving Clinical Medicine Without Regrets

It may seem daunting, but options exist

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Next Up in Drug Shortages: Potassium Chloride

Healthcare providers facing a nationwide shortage of the intravenous formulation

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Medical Translation Sacrifices Accuracy for Understanding

In health facilities and the pharmaceutical industry, this has consequences for patients

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Who Is Edward Nirenberg, and Why Are We Listening to Him?

Aspiring med student stands out as science communicator

An unhappy looking male physician covers his ears with his hands.

It's Loud and Clear: Unwanted Noise in Medical Facilities Is a Hazard

The right soundscape can benefit patients and providers alike

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Physician Side Gigs to Make You Passive Income

How to invest your money and leverage your medical knowledge

A toe tag that reads COVID-19 on the big toe of a corpse in a morgue.

Medical Examiners Report Demands to Remove COVID From Death Certificates

In other cases, they have been asked to add it, so that families can receive FEMA money

A Black man sits on the edge of his bed and looks out the window.

I Woke Up One Morning and I'd Lost My Identity as a Doctor

Foreign-trained physicians like me face immense barriers to practicing in the U.S.

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In the Story of Our Practice, We're Always the Hero

When is it right to challenge our medical colleagues?

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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

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I Didn't Match My First Time Around

And I'm doing just fine

A screenshot of Ryan Cole, MD, gesturing to a whiteboard.

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

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Who Will Take Care of Our Aging Population?

Compassion fatigue is hollowing out the elder care workforce

I Can't Do This Again

A physician reaches his limit

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Fix Healthcare With a Comic Strip?

ZDoggMD is joined by Peter Valenzuela, MD, MBA, to discuss his new book Doc-Related

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Tennessee Med Board Pulls COVID Misinformation Policy from Website

But it's not canceling its policy for disciplining docs, despite political pressure

A close up a doctor鈥檚 blue rubber gloved hands holding a petri dish with bacteria growing in six sections.

Despite Pandemic Spotlight, Infectious Disease Not a Sought-After Specialty

Specialty has long struggled to fill fellowship training positions

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Hospitals in the Midwest Face New COVID Surge

Amid increasing Delta cases, staffing is down, and Omicron looms

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An Antidote for Holiday Season Stress

How to worry less and celebrate more

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Women Physicians Earn $2 Million Less Over Their Careers Than Men

Pay gap emerges early in career course and persists for decades

A blue rubber gloved hand holds a beaker of psilocybin mushroom and a mushroom held in tweezers.

Researchers to Study Psilocybin's Effects on Strained Healthcare Workers

Psychedelic-assisted therapy to be examined on pandemic-afflicted frontline workers

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Two Hospice Docs and Nurse Sentenced in $40 Million Healthcare Scam

Mark Gibbs, MD, Laila Hirjee, MD, and Tammie Little, RN, sentenced to over 25 years combined

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