Fired COVID Whistleblower Will Take His Case to Trial With New Lawyers "I would really regret it, if I didn't at least try to change healthcare" Jul 13, 2023
Doc Who Livestreamed Surgeries on TikTok Loses License Katharine Roxanne Grawe, MD, will also have to pay a fine of $4,500 Jul 13, 2023
'Live Blood Analysis' Arrest; Nurse Impostor Rape Lawsuit; Medtronic Whistleblower A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jul 13, 2023
Stem Cell Medical Tourism Leads to Meningitis in MS Patient Difficult infection took weeks to identify; doctors warn about unproven treatments Jul 12, 2023
Block Your Period for Vacation? Ob/Gyns Say It's Safe Doctors frequently counsel patients on menstrual suppression Jul 12, 2023
Private Equity Takeovers of Physician Practices Soared Over a Decade New report finds four specialty areas accounted for the majority of activity Jul 11, 2023
CDC to Reduce Funding for States' Child Vaccination Programs "This is what happens when you don't pay attention to public health" says APHA executive director Jul 09, 2023
Top Misconceptions About Heat Illness, From an EMT in the Hottest Place on Earth Treating patients in Death Valley for heat-related illness calls for keeping your cool Jul 07, 2023
Treating a Double Trouble Shark Attack One afternoon, two shark bites ... just another day in the life of an emergency doctor Jul 07, 2023
Emergency Docs Sue HCA, TeamHealth; Nurse Imprisoned Over Rogue Morphine Dosing A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jul 06, 2023
Survey Shows Primary Care Got a Pay Bump The AMGA survey looked at compensation changes from 2021 to 2022 Jul 06, 2023
Misinformation Obscures Standards Guiding Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Misconceptions and misinformation conflate treatments, stripping youth of essential care Jul 02, 2023
Madonna's ICU Stay May Have Been Due to Sepsis Despite being life-threatening, sepsis can be easy to miss Jun 30, 2023
Waste Company's 'Concealed Human Torso' Suit; Impostor Nurse Reportedly Rips Out IVs A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jun 29, 2023
Experts Quell Worries About Locally Acquired Malaria in the U.S. "It's not the next COVID," one global health expert says Jun 28, 2023
Lewis Capaldi's Tourette's Episode Shows Adults Can Be Diagnosed, Too Tourette's is often diagnosed in childhood and symptoms abate with age, but not always Jun 28, 2023
What Has Mehmet Oz Been Up To? Oz went silent on social media after losing his Senate race, but appears to be making a comeback Jun 27, 2023
When Wegovy Doesn't Work for Weight Loss Some people just don't respond; others have such severe side effects they need to stop Jun 27, 2023
Penn Medicine Pulls Out of U.S. News Hospital Rankings The health system announced its decision after this year's medical school exodus Jun 26, 2023
Malpractice Lawsuits Over Denied Abortion Care May Be on the Horizon But many hurdles await Jun 25, 2023
Doc's Moral Character License Snub; ENT Gets 25 Years; Hospital Snooping Settlement A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jun 22, 2023
U.S. News Releases 'Best Children's Hospitals' Amid Ongoing Criticism San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu questioned the outlet's financial relationships this week Jun 21, 2023
Massive Kidney Stone Sets New Record Surgeons in Sri Lanka removed the record-setting stone earlier this month Jun 21, 2023
Anti-Vaxxers Stalked Peter Hotez at His Home The incident follows a Twitter exchange regarding Joe Rogan's podcast Jun 21, 2023
Mayo Blasted Over Doc's Suspension; Hospital's Preventable Deaths; Peds Group's Rise This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 21, 2023
What's Changed Since HCA's Takeover of Mission Health? Panelists raise concerns about profits over patients, explore legislative solutions Jun 20, 2023
At Least 1.7 Million Americans Use Health Sharing Arrangements Many sign up despite the lack of protections Jun 18, 2023
Doc Accused of Groping Woman on Flight; Ob/Gyn Threatened in Prison; Equal Pay Suit A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jun 15, 2023
Texas Law Aims to Prevent Another 'Dr. Death' New law gives medical board more teeth to protect patients from potentially dangerous doctors Jun 15, 2023
In Wake of Tori Bowie's Death, Doctor Warns Preeclampsia 'Spares No One' "The most important thing is to make sure that women ... do not dismiss their own symptoms" Jun 14, 2023
Hospital Bungled Handling of Problematic Heart Surgeon; Tumult at eRNA Firm This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 14, 2023
Medical Board Files Complaint Against Mary Talley Bowden Board alleges unprofessional conduct, violations of standard of care Jun 13, 2023
Doctors Use Emojis, Too Hospitalists didn't often use emojis, but when they did, it wasn't considered inappropriate Jun 13, 2023
Burnout Threatens Primary Care Workforce and Doctors' Mental Health The problem requires a cultural change Jun 11, 2023
Video of Stem Cell Injection Alarms Doctors In the video, a wrestler receives an injection in his carotid artery at a clinic in Mexico Jun 09, 2023
Mental Health Provider Disclosed Personal Patient Info in Google Reviews New Jersey health center must pay HHS $30K, but HIPAA violations online are preventable Jun 08, 2023
Foot Doc's Second Murder-for-Hire Accusation; Doc Accused of Drugging, Raping Women A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jun 08, 2023
VA Doc Fired; Brain Inflammation and Mental Health; In Debt and Cut Off From Care This past week in healthcare investigations. Jun 07, 2023
How a Medical Recoding May Limit Cancer Patients’ Options for Breast Reconstruction Many believe this would restrict women's options for surgery Jun 04, 2023
