Hospital CEO's 'Naked Art' Suit; Family Sues Over Dead Baby Images; Lost Tumor Suit A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Sep 14, 2023
What It Will Really Take to Restore Trust in the CDC A singular narrative, consistency, and relatability are paramount Sep 13, 2023
California Misinfo Law Is Destined for the Dustbin Amendment repeals language, but licensing boards apparently had authority all along Sep 13, 2023
Child Abuse Doc Reassigned; Columbia Protected Predator Doc? Hospital Sued Employees This past week in healthcare investigations Sep 13, 2023
CDC Advisors Support Updated COVID Shots for All Committee members raised concerns that a more graded recommendation would contribute to inequity Sep 12, 2023
DEA Gets an Earful About Telehealth Prescribing of Controlled Substances Proposed in-person visit requirements raises concern for psychiatry groups Sep 12, 2023
Rural Hospital Turns to GoFundMe to Stay Afloat "Lives will be lost" if Pennsylvania facility closes, CEO says in crowdfunding campaign Sep 12, 2023
How Vital Drug Shortages Happen "Fundamentally, there's something broken in how the market works" Sep 11, 2023 video
Dear Congress: Take the Easy Win on Medicare It's time for an alternative approach to the merit-based incentive payment system Sep 09, 2023
CDC's New Chief Plans to Rebuild Trust in the Agency "Trust is absolutely foundational to our ability to help Americans," says Mandy Cohen Sep 07, 2023
Nurse Accused of Spreading Hep C Takes Plea Deal; Army Doc's Alleged Sexual Assault A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Sep 07, 2023
Climate Change a 'Major Threat' for Respiratory Patients, Experts Warn ERS statement suggests action for individual physicians with affected patients Sep 06, 2023
The JR-15 Rifle Places Children's Safety in the Crosshairs We cannot ignore the public health crisis of gun violence Sep 06, 2023
Ivermectin Suit Revived; Curbing Fentanyl Deaths in Kids; Medicare Spending Plateau This past week in healthcare investigations Sep 06, 2023
The Folly of Trying to Map Out the Appeals Process for Insurance Denials Dozens of experts said building a tool for navigating insurance appeals would be impossible Sep 06, 2023
Why One Hospital Hired an AI Prompt Engineer Boston Children's found a "unicorn-type candidate" for its newest clinical tech hire Sep 06, 2023
How the Dobbs Decision Can Affect Cancer Patients What do exceptions for the life of the mother mean when she's a terminally ill patient? Sep 05, 2023
Mandatory Retirement Age for Physicians: Yea or Nay? Ron Harman King says age alone is arguably a poor indicator of skill Sep 03, 2023 video
MedPod Today: Texas Abortion Ban Fallout, Movie Docs, and Fall COVID Shots Three 鶹ý reporters discuss abortion care, doctors in movies, and fall boosters Sep 01, 2023 podcast
Horseshoe Crab Blood in Drug Safety Testing? It May Not Be Needed Much Longer Draft guidelines may prompt more companies to use synthetic alternative Sep 01, 2023
Drug Prices Are Too Damn High It's been a long road to Medicare price negotiation ... and there's still work to be done Sep 01, 2023
McConnell Speculation; Army Doc Charged; Ice Cream Recall Over Listeria Concerns Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 鶹ý staff Sep 01, 2023
Biden Administration Announces $450M for Drug Overdose Treatment, Prevention Money includes grants for increasing access to naloxone Aug 31, 2023
Pediatrician to Pay $22M in Sex Abuse Case; Doc Gets 18 Years for Supporting ISIS A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Aug 31, 2023
Antiquated U.S. Laws Governing Methadone Access Must Change One-size-fits-all treatment approaches sometimes fail Aug 31, 2023
McConnell Freezes Again; Lead & Cadmium in Weed Users; OTC Narcan Coming Soon Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 鶹ý staff Aug 31, 2023
Disruption: Problem and Potential The healthcare industry must learn to cope with demographic decline and other rapid changes Aug 30, 2023
Gender Clinic's Political Storm; Nursing Pillow Deaths; Drug Price Cut Concerns This past week in healthcare investigations Aug 30, 2023
Do Advocacy Groups Always Put Patient Interests First? A new study reveals the depth of industry influence Aug 29, 2023
Company Selling Unproven Insulin Infusions in Legal Battle Over Money, Control Court docs show firm evolved from Trina, a diabetes scheme that fell apart Aug 29, 2023
U.S. Unveils First 10 Drugs for Medicare Price Negotiations Treatments for heart failure, Crohn's disease, and diabetes make the list Aug 29, 2023
CMS Facing Challenges Attracting Practices to Value-Based Payment Models Specialty practices say the current models often don't work for them Aug 28, 2023
FDA Drug Approvals: Let Us See All the Evidence Clinicians and consumers are deprived of the full picture needed for informed decision-making Aug 27, 2023
It's Time to Reform the Mysterious PBM System Vertical integration and a lack of transparency are at the heart of the problem Aug 25, 2023
CDC Advisory Group Under Fire for Proposed Infection Control Guidelines Nurse union, occupational health experts, patients say weaker guidelines help only employers Aug 24, 2023
America's Frontline Doctors Accused of Wrongful Death; CDC Lab Woes; Transplant Risk This past week in healthcare investigations Aug 23, 2023
NYC Health Chief Aims to Redefine Public Health Post-COVID Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD, is making agency changes based on COVID lessons and the city's needs Aug 22, 2023
Top Patient Advocacy Orgs Have Industry Ties in Leadership, Study Shows Half had paid staff or executives with pharma and medical device conflicts of interest Aug 21, 2023
Planned Parenthood of New Mexico Limits Non-Abortion Care Due to Surge From Texas Organization is prioritizing abortion, while nearby clinics take on more wellness exams Aug 18, 2023
Should Patients Be Able to Hide Parts of Their Medical Record? A proposed rule would let them do so, with the doctor's permission Aug 18, 2023