Cape Cod Cardiologist Sues Hospital, Alleging Retaliation for Whistleblowing Richard Zelman, MD, also alleges that Cape Cod Hospital breached his contract Dec 09, 2022
CDC Details Rabies Death After Boy Goes Untreated Following Bat Bite Tragic case highlights need for further education about bat bites and risk of rabies in the U.S. Dec 09, 2022
Want to Improve Indoor Air Quality? Open Some Windows Joseph Allen, PhD, on why we need higher air quality standards for all of our health Dec 09, 2022 video
Lawsuits Against Fugitive Doc Can Proceed; Nurse Who Gave Fake Vax Walks Free A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 08, 2022
Police Attitudes on Naloxone Use for Overdose Improved With Pharmacists' Help Training for Tennessee police officers yielded small gains in overdose response outlooks Dec 07, 2022
'Our Culture War Is Killing People,' Says Former NIH Director Francis Collins talks Elon Musk, vaccine misinformation, and long COVID Dec 07, 2022
Not Just a Miner's Problem: Workplace Fumes, Dust Tied to RA Swedish study expands range of airborne toxics associated with rheumatic disease Dec 06, 2022
Medicare Advantage Plans Losing Their Edge for Patient Outcomes Case in point: heart attack survival nationwide Dec 06, 2022
Where Did All the Monkeypox Go? Mpox questions answered by Demetre "Doctor D" Daskalakis Dec 05, 2022
A Dangerous Chilling Effect in Gender-Affirming Care Gender-affirming facilities must continue offering information and resources, despite threats Dec 03, 2022
Why the Now-Dominant BQ COVID Strains Are Cause for Concern Increasing cases from BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 expected in the coming months Dec 02, 2022
Heart Failure From Meth Use: Growing Beast Lurks in the Shadows Exact scope of problem still unknown due to low clinician awareness Dec 02, 2022
To Combat Opioid Epidemic, Step Up Safe Prescribing Practices, Expert Urges Overprescribing a continuing problem, Benjamin Davies tells urologists Dec 02, 2022
Hospitals Can Help Patients 'Get Connected' The Affordable Connectivity Program enables telehealth access for vulnerable patients Dec 02, 2022
Do We Still Need to Quarantine With COVID? While COVID still distinguishes itself from other illnesses, those days may be numbered Dec 02, 2022
Healthcare's Unspoken Sick-Day Rules Unchanged by the Pandemic Workplace COVID policies have changed, but attitudes toward coming into work sick have not Dec 01, 2022
Which Respiratory Virus Do I Have? There's a range of possibilities, and it's not easy to tell them apart Dec 01, 2022
Still Using Medical Jargon? Prepare to Be Misunderstood Survey shows just how often individuals misinterpret common medical phrases Dec 01, 2022
Four Eyes Are Not Better Than Two for COVID-19 Protection But wearing glasses can't hurt and may help, researchers say Dec 01, 2022
Naturopathic Doctor Gets 3 Years for COVID Scams; Doctor Accused of Rape Found Dead A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 01, 2022
Doc Discipline Lenient, Secretive; Patient Data Lawsuits; Dubious Hospice Referrals This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 30, 2022
Experts Debunk Claims From New Anti-Vax Documentary "Died Suddenly," released on Twitter and Rumble, puts forth "blatant lies" Nov 30, 2022
Monks and Meth; China Says Jogger Caused COVID Outbreak; Flu Deaths Close to 3,000 Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ staff Nov 30, 2022
One Dose of Acoziborole Led to Cure of 'Sleeping Sickness' Across Disease Stages Small study also showed promising safety in those with gambiense human African trypanosomiasis Nov 29, 2022
Our Pediatric 'Immunity Debt' Is Really an 'RSV Debt' The virus is now collecting what it is owed Nov 29, 2022
COVID Deaths Shifted Younger During Second Year of the Pandemic Years of life lost per COVID death increased by 35.7% Nov 28, 2022
Effects of COVID Vaccine on Menstruation Recent research highlights a need for more robust studies on female reproductive health Nov 27, 2022 video
An Affirmative Action Ban Would Be Devastating to Patient Care A pending Supreme Court decision could erode progress on improving diversity in medicine Nov 26, 2022
PA Gets 25 Years for Luring Girls on Snapchat; Doctor Arrested for Alleged Rapes A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Nov 25, 2022
Overcrowding, Lack of Healthcare Access Help Increase COVID Mortality in Prisons Mortality rates higher for Black and Hispanic prisoners compared with whites Nov 23, 2022
Hospital Responds to Staffing Crisis After Reports of Patient Death Challenges at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett reflective of hospitals across the U.S. Nov 22, 2022
As He Steps Down, Fauci Urges Everyone to Get Flu, COVID Vaccines Asked about his legacy, he says he's "never left anything on the field" Nov 22, 2022
Paxlovid Vindicated for Younger COVID Patients CDC study supports similar benefit in those under 50 as in seniors Nov 22, 2022
CDC's Updated Opioid Guidelines Are Necessary, but Not Sufficient Additional steps are needed to calibrate opioid access and undo harm Nov 18, 2022
COVID Long-Haulers in Rural America Need More Support From a larger disease burden to fewer resources, these communities are struggling Nov 17, 2022
Home Births in the U.S. Increased Again, Maintaining Pandemic Trend Births at home have reached highest levels since at least 1990, CDC researchers say Nov 17, 2022
Hundreds Who Failed Pharmacy Boards Actually Passed For second year in a row, software glitch cost pharmacy graduates opportunities Nov 16, 2022
Documentary Blames Hospitals for Keeping Killer Nurse Employed Charles Cullen was caught several times, but the system was rigged to pass him along, some allege Nov 16, 2022
AMA Discusses Emergency Cardiac Care, Abortion as Delegates Wrap Up Interim Meeting Resolution on transgender athletes also approved Nov 16, 2022
