JAMA Devotes Special Issue to Gun Violence "Without deliberate action, firearm-related violence will not abate," top editors write Sep 27, 2022
CIA Doc Sent to Investigate Illness Developed Havana Syndrome "The amount of ringing in my ears was just astounding," he told CNN Sep 26, 2022
Health Insurance Claims for Sex Services Leads to Conspiracy Charges Fraud scheme traded fake chiropractic claims for kickbacks, sex Sep 23, 2022
Toxicologist From 'The Good Nurse' on Catching a Killer Steven Marcus, MD, on following through with suspicions and calling out a flawed system Sep 22, 2022
Violence in Emergency Departments on the Rise Around 85% of emergency physicians say violence has increased, poll shows Sep 22, 2022
Doctors Say Pfizer Program Discriminates Against Whites; NFL Player Sues Team Doctor A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Sep 22, 2022
Teaching Climate Change in Med School Gains Momentum Climate-and-health training is "fundamental to the mission of medicine," expert says Sep 21, 2022
Nursing Home Medical Directors Should Be Named Publicly, Bill Urges Reporting names to CMS could point out those who are in over their heads, society says Sep 21, 2022
Not Just Recalls: Philips Tangles With Law Enforcement Company agreed to pay $24 million to settle whistleblower lawsuit Sep 21, 2022
In Wake of Philips Recall, Patients Still Waiting for Sleep Apnea Devices Effects of recall reverberate through sleep medicine community Sep 21, 2022
Is DOJ Underusing Authority to Hold Pharma, Device Execs Accountable? Billions in fines, but only 13 corporate officials prosecuted for illegal behavior since 2000 Sep 19, 2022
Texas Doc Charged With Compromising IV Bags That Led to Colleague's Death 10 other incidents in which patients experienced unexpected cardiac emergencies also occurred Sep 16, 2022
Appointment Wait Times Continue to Rise Amid Concerns of Physician Shortages New survey finds that wait times increased by 8% across four specialties since 2017 Sep 16, 2022
Physician Burnout Tied to Job Disengagement, Worse Care "It's really important to consider both factors in tandem," says lead author of meta-analysis Sep 15, 2022
Children's Hospital Accused of Sexual Abuse; AMA Joins Class-Action Against Cigna A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Sep 15, 2022
Hospital Admins Knew Star Surgeon Was Dangerous; Warned Before 'Summer of Death' This past week in healthcare investigations Sep 14, 2022
Should I Time My COVID Booster? Waiting is okay for most, but certain groups should get their shots right away Sep 14, 2022
Violence Against Nurses Worse Than Ever, Analysis Finds Over 3 months in 2022, two nurses were assaulted every hour, on average Sep 13, 2022
Texas Doc's License Suspended After Colleague's Death 'Compromised' IV bags tied to serious complications in another patient as well Sep 13, 2022
Are Doctors Getting Their COVID Boosters? Â鶹´«Ã½ asked a dozen doctors about their plans for the latest bivalent shots Sep 12, 2022
Health System Warns Exemptions to COVID Vaccines May Expire With New Options Holdouts who used religious exemptions to avoid vaccination can get Novavax now Sep 09, 2022
Physician Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Prescribing Anti-Anxiety Drug The osteopathic doctor pleaded guilty to prescribing Xanax to people who were not his patients Sep 09, 2022
Simone Gold of America's Frontline Doctors Released From Prison Early Disinformation physician complained of 8 days of solitary confinement for refusing COVID vaccine Sep 09, 2022
Here's How a Court Ruling in North Carolina Could Affect Liability for Nurses Nurses in the state can now be held liable for patient harm even when following doctors' orders Sep 08, 2022
Fired NP Sues CVS; $77M Wrongful Death Award; Fertility Doc's Fraud Payout Reduced A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Sep 08, 2022
Surgeon Gets 7 Years for Unnecessary X-Rays; Agency in Chaos Over Trans Health Cases This past week in healthcare investigations Sep 07, 2022
Earliest Evidence of Surgery Found in Stone Age Amputation Signs of successful amputation in a child who lived over 31,000 years ago Sep 07, 2022
Judge Rules in Favor of Stem Cell Clinic Decision likely to be appealed, but could still have implications for FDA regulation Sep 07, 2022
Fake Doctor Scammed Women on Dating Sites in Elaborate Scheme The "Casanova Scammer" swindled 30 women out of $1.3 million with fraudulent credentials Sep 07, 2022
A Light at the End of the Tunnel for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer? The MUSIC model might improve quality of life and prevent overtreatment Sep 02, 2022
Optum Acquires Houston-Based Physician Group for $2 Billion Optum's network reported to make up over 5% of all U.S. physicians Sep 02, 2022
Increased Health Spending When Private Equity Acquires Physician Practices Patient volume also increased, but whether patients are benefiting remains to be seen Sep 02, 2022
Are EDs Bombarded With Apple Watch Afib Alerts? Arrhythmia alerts can be nerve-wracking, but they're not usually an emergency Sep 02, 2022
Chiropractor Gets 4 Years; UTMB Departure Stuns Colleagues; Twitter Misinfo Fail This past week in healthcare investigations Aug 31, 2022
Bill Aimed at Disciplining Docs for COVID Misinfo Approved by California Legislature If the bill is signed into law, the state would be the first to take such an action Aug 30, 2022
Children's National Latest Target of Transgender Care Attacks Harassment began after "sting" operation focused on youth hysterectomies Aug 30, 2022
12 People Poisoned at Toronto-Area Restaurant Aconite toxicity is suspected, public health officials said Aug 30, 2022
After Months of Improvement, Hospital Financial Performance Takes Another Hit Facilities are now experiencing "some of the worst margins" since COVID emerged Aug 29, 2022
What's the Tomato Flu? Likely not a new virus, but a manifestation of hand, foot, and mouth disease, experts say Aug 26, 2022
Here's What's Known About White Mulberry The herbal remedy has been linked to the death of a Congressman's wife Aug 25, 2022
