FDA Warns Doctors, Consumers on Contaminated Chantix Latest drug found with cancer-causing nitrosamines Jul 20, 2021
Why Are Tick-Borne Illnesses Increasing in the U.S.? Heightened awareness, growing population, and climate change all play a role Jul 19, 2021
Staffing Contract Disputes Causing Uproar in San Diego Public healthcare system Palomar Health accused of Brown Act violations by staff and citizens Jul 19, 2021
Are Patients Spreading SARS-CoV-2 to Their Hospital Roommates? A new study explores the data and implications Jul 17, 2021
A Literal Token of Thanks for Pandemic Work: That's All? Anger after Banner Health rewards employees with unbankable coin for enduring the pandemic Jul 16, 2021
The U.S. Fumbled the Early COVID Response in Two Major Ways Marty Makary, MD, and Andy Slavitt review those initial strategies and public health messages Jul 15, 2021 video
Anti-Vax Pediatrician Is Back in Business, Kind Of Restrictions will require previously suspended doctor to stay mum on vaccine protocols Jul 14, 2021
Company Shut Down Robot Mid-Surgery; Infected in Quarantine; Investigating Aduhelm This past week in healthcare investigations Jul 14, 2021
Juul Bought Out Medical Journal for $51K E-cig maker sponsored nearly a dozen studies, took over journal as it awaits FDA ruling Jul 13, 2021
Academic Cardiologists Singled Out for Gender Equality Problem Women still poorly represented, paid in procedural internal medicine specialties Jul 12, 2021
Beta Variant May Be Deadlier, South African Hospital Data Suggests Increases in hospitalizations, deaths in country's second COVID-19 wave Jul 12, 2021
How Many People Skipped Their Second COVID Shot? New CDC data say 15 million people in the U.S. have not completed their vaccination series Jul 09, 2021
Empathy: The Most Critical Skill in Medicine Caring for a patient means putting yourself in their shoes Jul 09, 2021 podcast
Awaited Ivermectin Review Is Out Findings are positive, but critics still want a large randomized controlled trial Jul 08, 2021
You're Not Alone in Your Darkest Hours Ending the silence on mental health can save the lives of our peers, our patients, and ourselves Jul 08, 2021
Skin Rash Should Be a Huge Red Flag for LVAD Recipients, Group Says New phenomenon suggests perils of not performing biopsy in time Jul 07, 2021
Missouri Health System CEO Calls Out for Help Amid COVID Surge Makes plea on Twitter for respiratory therapists during local uptick in cases Jul 07, 2021
Doctors Among the Missing in Surfside Condo Collapse Brothers Brad and Gary Cohen were visiting their elderly parents; newlywed couple also missing Jul 07, 2021
Nurse Suspended Over TikTok Videos About Patients Only thing hurt in her posts were "people's feelings," nurse said Jul 07, 2021
Is Confirmation Bias Guiding COVID Vaccine Recommendations? Policy must be based on indisputable evidence Jul 06, 2021
COVID Surges Emerge; FDA Warns About Chantix; Lions, Tigers, Bears Get Vaxxed A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Jul 06, 2021
One GI Symptom Stuck Around Months After Severe COVID But most symptoms resolved within 3 months, researchers found Jul 02, 2021
CDC Study: Income-Related Inequalities Widening in Diabetes Disparities differed by sex and age group Jul 01, 2021
Q&A: Helping Surfside Survivors, and Other Trauma Patients, Return to Normal Columbia University's John Markowitz outlines the types of therapies that are proven to work Jun 30, 2021
Medfluencer: Who Is TikTok Superstar Dr. Noc? Meet the social media sensation who's fighting COVID lies online Jun 30, 2021 video
Genetics, Socioeconomic Factors Each Tied to Diabetes and Obesity People with highest risk genetics more than 15 times more likely to have T2D Jun 30, 2021
COVID-19 Pandemic Upped Anxiety in Adults, Kids With Diabetes Providers should be screening patients on how COVID is affecting them, says researcher Jun 29, 2021
CDC's All-or-Nothing Approach to Teen COVID Vaccination Is All Wrong The agency should revisit its latest guidance to maximize benefits and minimize risks Jun 29, 2021
Who Are the COVID Vaccine 'Holdouts'? Public health experts explain the chief concerns among those who still don't want a shot Jun 29, 2021
LDCT Screening Linked to Lower Risk of Brain Mets in Lung Cancer This observed reduction in risk may be due to a less aggressive tumor biology, said study author Jun 28, 2021
Ranitidine Did Not Convert to Carcinogen in Two Small FDA Studies However, don't expect the drug's return to market anytime soon, say editorialists Jun 28, 2021
The Murky Post-Pandemic Future of Hepatitis C Elimination in the U.S. Modeling study demonstrates need to rebound or risk losing progress Jun 25, 2021
ACIP Backs Flu and COVID Vaccine Co-Administration Committee also voted on dengue, rabies vaccines for kids Jun 25, 2021
FDA Must Do More to Stop Youth Vaping, House Members Say "The alternative is going to be years and years of delay," says Democratic representative Jun 23, 2021
Houston Methodist Ousts Over 150 Workers for Refusing COVID Vax Employees either resigned or were terminated, in line with the system's vaccine policy Jun 23, 2021
Subsys Doc Gets 5 Years; Docs Take Billions From Device Makers; Child Abuse Law This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 23, 2021
Healthcare Part of White House Plan for Preventing Gun Violence Intervention programs aim to help likely perpetrators "get their lives on a different track" Jun 23, 2021
Can Cannabis Use Lead to Suicidal Thoughts? Survey data showed increasing suicidal behaviors among young adults over prior decade Jun 22, 2021
As Overdoses Rise, Opioid Treatment Providers Struggle to Get Paid Providers of medication assisted treatment say they're bleeding cash, and unable to keep staff Jun 22, 2021
Can't Get Schoolkids to Eat a Decent Lunch? Keep Them at the Table Small trial confirms suggestions from observational studies Jun 22, 2021
