Shoulder Injury More Common After Certain Vaccines Population-based approach looks at highest risk intramuscular jabs, demographic factors Mar 21, 2022
Medication Abortion Is Safe, Effective Without Ultrasounds Similar outcomes whether patients received drugs in person or by mail, researchers found Mar 21, 2022
COVID Vaccines Staved Off Severe Outcomes During Omicron Racial disparities in hospitalizations also highlighted in latest CDC studies Mar 18, 2022
Medicare Claws Back Money for Dubious Birth-Tissue Stem Cell Shots Government seeks to recoup more than 2 years of payments for unproven treatments Mar 16, 2022
Advocates to Government: 'Go Big' on HIV Prevention Efforts Overhaul needed to improve access and cost after systemic failures, experts say Mar 16, 2022
Meet the Primary Care Doc Who Wants the World to Go Back to Normal Lucy McBride, MD, has become a loud, controversial voice in the debate on COVID precautions Mar 15, 2022
Getting a Cure to Hepatitis C Patients Who Use Injection Drugs Randomized trial found that HCV care housed at a harm reduction center improved chances Mar 14, 2022
Judge Halts Texas' Trans Investigations; Obama Has COVID; Child Deaths and Omicron A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Mar 14, 2022
Third U.S. Case of Congenital Varicella in the Last 25 Years CDC researchers report on an Illinois woman who contracted the virus during pregnancy Mar 11, 2022
COVID's Death Toll 3 Times Worse Than Official Counts In U.S. alone, excess deaths were 300,000 higher than those attributed to virus Mar 10, 2022
More Research Needed on Use of Premium Cigars, Report Finds These cigars seem less dangerous than cigarettes -- but it's only because of how they are smoked Mar 10, 2022
Vaccine Researcher Who Developed Tinnitus After COVID Shot Calls for Further Study Gregory Poland, MD, advocates both vaccination and better understanding of possible side effect Mar 09, 2022
Rare Vaccine Death; Vape Loophole Exploited; No Paxlovid for the Imprisoned This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 09, 2022
European Authorities Warn of Deadly Contaminated Champagne Moet bottles had extremely high doses of MDMA Mar 09, 2022
CMS Sepsis Measurement Under Fire Measure doesn't work and its re-endorsement process was flawed, critics say Mar 08, 2022
FDA Begins Releasing Pfizer COVID Vax Documents Court-ordered release runs risk of "cherry picking and taking things out of context" Mar 07, 2022
War in Ukraine May Disrupt Medical Supply Chain Though there may be few direct impacts, the global supply chain will see ripples Mar 04, 2022
Debunking the 'Excited Delirium' Diagnosis for Deaths in Police Custody Report breaks down how the term was created and misused for years Mar 03, 2022
E-Cig Use Tied to Higher Odds of Prediabetes As in regular cigarettes, nicotine may play a role, researcher says Mar 03, 2022
CDC Details Deadly Aromatherapy Outbreak Tropical disease hit middle America and could pop up again, agency scientists say Mar 02, 2022
White House COVID Plan Stresses 'New Moment' in the Pandemic Congressional funding necessary to step up access to treatment, enhanced surveillance Mar 02, 2022
Hostility Against Hospitals Raged During COVID; Long COVID Patients Lack Safety Net This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 02, 2022
Dr. Bronner's Offering Its Workers Psychedelic Therapy Coverage Soap company to cover ketamine-assisted therapy for employees with new industry nonprofit Mar 01, 2022
FLCCC, IncellDx at Odds Over Long COVID Protocols Both groups face scrutiny over long COVID recommendations Mar 01, 2022
Biden Administration Announces Steps to Improve Nursing Home Care Measures include those aimed at increasing staffing and cutting down on unnecessary treatment Feb 28, 2022
Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court Seat Appeals court judge has a history of litigating for reproductive rights Feb 25, 2022
Patient Names Are More Than Just Names Addressing them correctly can build the doctor-patient relationship Feb 24, 2022
Laws Stripping Public Health Powers a 'Terrifying Step Back,' Says Former HHS Chief But some laws and proposed laws are not all bad, argues public health expert Feb 23, 2022
FDA Greenlights First Condom Specifically for Anal Intercourse One Male Condom turned in less than 1% total condom failure rate Feb 23, 2022
Malone Harassed Doc Who Reported Him to Medical Board; Pain Clinic Fraud Scheme This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 23, 2022
FDA Eyes Second Booster; The Queen Tests Positive; Paul Farmer Dies at 62 A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Feb 22, 2022
Ivermectin Flops Again for COVID, This Time in High-Risk Adults Malaysian trial finds no difference in progression to severe disease over standard of care Feb 18, 2022
Is Informed Consent Being Used as a Guise for Spreading Misinformation? Physician group says it's neither pro nor anti-vax, but its social media suggests otherwise Feb 17, 2022
High Global Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women More than one in four young women experienced physical or sexual violence, according to WHO study Feb 17, 2022
Doc Group Pushes Ivermectin for Long COVID FLCCC promotes 20 therapies: like "throwing spaghetti against the wall," one expert says Feb 17, 2022
Are There Too Many Foreign-Born Docs in the U.S.? Maybe, Maybe Not Lawmakers' divide on the question evident at House hearing Feb 16, 2022
Penn Nursing Gifted $125 Million to Train NPs Estée Lauder scion's donation requires students to work in underserved areas for at least 2 years Feb 16, 2022
Some Never Get COVID; Private Equity Targets Nurse Staffing Firms; $13K Donor Bill This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 16, 2022
U.S. Sees Drop in Lifetime Risk of HIV Diagnosis One of every 120 Americans will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime, analysis suggests Feb 15, 2022
Racist Protest 'Threatened' Patient Care, Massachusetts Medical Society Says Neo-Nazis targeted doctors outside Brigham and Women's Hospital Feb 11, 2022
