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
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
Hospital Slapped With Lawsuit Over Horrifying Attack on Resident "Dr. A" was repeatedly stabbed with a lunch tray metal knife and pen as nurses hid in fear Jun 22, 2021
Q&A: How Patients Can Get Wise to Bad Billing Practices Marshall Allen discusses how patients and providers can fight back against medical overbilling 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
Gender-Affirming Surgical Fellowships Gaining Steam in the U.S. Since 2017, number of programs offering multidisciplinary training has grown from one to eight Jun 21, 2021
Is Old Vaccine Technology the Key to Hesitancy? Experts weigh whether Novavax's protein subunit strategy can convince some COVID vaccine holdouts Jun 17, 2021
Rapid Genetic Testing May Have Spared This Baby From Death Whole-genome sequencing delivered diagnosis in record 13 hours; treated with thiamine Jun 15, 2021
Why Branded Viagra Is Vastly More Expensive Than Its Generics For some brand-name drugs, prices don't go down when generics crop up; Viagra still an outlier Jun 15, 2021
ACP: Pump the Brakes on New Organ Procurement Method Organization says NRP-cDCD may violate dead-donor rule Jun 15, 2021
Experts Confident About COVID Vaccines' Long-Term Safety "I know of no precedent of a long-term effect that comes up 5 or 10 years later," expert says Jun 11, 2021
Docs, Scientists Call on FDA to Delay Approval of COVID Vaccines Data should be from completed phase III trials, not interim results, group says Jun 10, 2021
Physicians Are Fed Up With Inconsistent Hospital Visitation Policies Keeping strict rules in place is "anti-medicine," critical care expert says Jun 10, 2021
Investigation of Patient Death Finds Deficient Care at VA Hospital Emergency department triage may have resulted in delay in care Jun 10, 2021
3,000 Indian Doctors Who Quit COVID Front Lines Are Back on the Job Week-long strike ends with pay raise; doctors resigned when court ordered them back to work Jun 10, 2021
Physician Organizations Challenge PA Name Change The AMA and AOA release statements against the rebrand Jun 09, 2021
UnitedHealthcare to Crack Down on 'Non-Emergent' ED Claims Emergency physicians group characterized new policy as "direct violation" of current standard Jun 08, 2021
The Complex Ethical Morass of COVID-19 Human Challenge Trials "The end doesn't justify any and all means," ethicist says Jun 07, 2021
Even Post-COVID Care Centers Are Returning to Normal As pandemic winds down, so does demand for ongoing care Jun 04, 2021
Is This Medical Board Headed for a Shake-Up? Could be the first in the nation to have public member majority Jun 04, 2021
Trina Doctor Accused of Negligence in Treating Patients With Diabetes Licensing agency cites failure to review medical records and to refer for other care Jun 03, 2021
Doximity Hopes Doctors Buy Into Its IPO MD social networking site sets aside 15% of shares for physician members Jun 02, 2021
Inside Hahnemann's Demise; Fauci: Society 'Totally Nuts'; Anti-Vax Law Firm This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 02, 2021
COVID Long Haulers Illuminate Overlooked Medical Condition More evidence for POTS after SARS-CoV-2 infection is helping to raise awareness Jun 01, 2021
Bauchner Out as JAMA Editor-in-Chief AMA launches search for new top editor, led by Otis Brawley Jun 01, 2021
Houston Methodist Sued Over COVID Vax Mandate Employees claim policy violates federal law, sue for wrongful discharge Jun 01, 2021
PAs Attempt to Rebrand With a New Name Years-long process with hopes of boosting profession's relevance and impact May 27, 2021
Federal COVID Fraud Charges Include Doc's Testing Scheme Physician used COVID-19 testing event for more profitable purposes, says DOJ May 27, 2021
Why CDC Changed Its 'Breakthrough Case' Definition Will new monitoring tactic miss the "full picture" of COVID infections among the vaccinated? May 26, 2021
Bad Day Sunshine: Benzene Found in Many Sun Care Products Valisure also detected the carcinogen in hand sanitizers earlier this year May 26, 2021
50 Hospitals Get Dubious Ranking on Racial Inclusion "If you want an illustration of what structural racism is, this is it" May 25, 2021
N.J. Mother Sues Her Former Doctor for Fertility Fraud DNA kit identified fertility doctor as daughter's father, suit alleges May 25, 2021
Family Alleges Profit Motives Played Role in 3-Year-Old's Death Parents charge care delays for child with hydrocephalus were tied to arrangements for star doctor May 25, 2021
Nurses Union Blasts 'Dangerous' CDC Mask Guidance NNU charges CDC used unreliable data and disregarded variant threat, low vaccination rates May 20, 2021
Ob/Gyn Slapped With 59-Year Sentence for Unnecessary Surgeries A jury convicted Javaid Perwaiz on 52 counts of healthcare fraud May 20, 2021
Here's Why This Doc Got a Third Vaccine Dose A transplant surgeon, a heart recipient himself, saw robust antibody response after third dose May 20, 2021
CHS Sues Thousands of Patients; Hospital Parking Fees Under Fire; Trump-Era Emails This past week in healthcare investigations May 19, 2021
'Talents' Land U.S. Researcher in Prison Ohio MD pleaded guilty to lying on grant applications, planned to share research with China May 19, 2021
