Fauci's West Nile Virus; Nobel Prize for miRNA; Nurse Dies in Hurricane Flood Health news and commentary gathered by ֱ staff Oct 07, 2024
Trump Leads, and His Party Follows, on Vaccine Skepticism A number of Republican voters now identify as vaccine skeptics Oct 06, 2024
Should I Prescribe Liraglutide to a 6-Year-Old Patient With Obesity if FDA Approved? I anticipate benefits outweighing potential risks in only a select few situations Oct 06, 2024
Harris Correct That Trump Fell Short on Promise to Negotiate Medicare Drug Prices KFF Health News and PolitiFact evaluate claims Oct 05, 2024
Doctors Cut Back on Seeing Medicare Patients as Another Pay Cut Looms Those still seeing Medicare patients struggle to stay in private practice Oct 04, 2024
Overdose Deaths Are Falling but the Mission Is Far From Accomplished We still don't know what's driving the trend, and numbers remain unacceptably high Oct 04, 2024
Doctors Urging Conference Boycotts Over Abortion Bans Face Uphill Battle Some doctors argue it's more important than ever to visit states where abortion has been outlawed Oct 04, 2024
Nurse Death Ruled Homicide; Hospital Workers Missing in N.C.; Human Hairball Surgery Health news and commentary gathered by ֱ staff Oct 04, 2024
In a First, Academic Center Offers Chiropractic Program University of Pittsburgh program won't be part of its medical school Oct 03, 2024
Ob/Gyn Applications Stable in First Year of Independent Residency System The number of applicants is strong, but are applicants still applying to too many programs? Oct 03, 2024
Disparities in Heart Failure Rates Found Among Asian American Subpopulations Study highlights that Asian Americans should not be seen as a monolithic group Oct 03, 2024 video
Hospitals Still Feeling Impacts of Hurricane Helene Asheville's Mission Hospital remains without running water Oct 03, 2024
Therapist's Grisly Death; Surgery Center Wins $421M; Army Doc's Plea Deal A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Oct 03, 2024
Where Are Trump's Medical Records? New Sunscreen Under Review; Why Condoms Are Nixed Health news and commentary gathered by ֱ staff Oct 03, 2024
Surprise! The Copay for PrEP Just Disappeared Medicare's decision to cover all PrEP drugs under Part B has unexpected benefit for enrollees Oct 02, 2024
Can HPV Self-Tests Truly Replace Pap Smears? Many patients may prefer a self-collected swab over a speculum Oct 02, 2024
Judge Rules Against Stem Cell Clinic Two federal court decisions now hold that fat-derived stem cell treatment is a drug Oct 02, 2024
Hurricanes Like Helene Keep Killing for Years to Come The average storm contributes to the early deaths of 7,000 to 11,000 people over a 15-year period Oct 02, 2024
'Late Abortion' Doc; Missed Warnings in Listeria Outbreak; $3.5B for Healthcare CEOs This past week in healthcare investigations Oct 02, 2024
Chemical Cloud Moving Over Atlanta Suburbs Prompts Shelter-in-Place Alert Atlanta's fire department said it was testing for the presence of chemicals Oct 02, 2024
The Wildfires May Be Contained but their Impact on Youth Mental Health Is Raging It's time for a strategic approach to climate anxiety Oct 02, 2024
VP Debate: Abortion, Gun Violence, Obamacare Make Appearances Americans "just don't trust" Republicans on the abortion issue, JD Vance says Oct 02, 2024
Trump Vows to Veto Abortion Ban; Breast Cancer Climbs; Diagnostic Errors for 1 in 14 Health news and commentary gathered by ֱ staff Oct 02, 2024
Elevating Family Medicine Is Key for New AAFP President Jen Brull, MD, outlines her priorities for the coming year Oct 01, 2024
Sharp Rise in Heat-Related ED Visits for Kids in Texas Absolute numbers are still small, but researcher warns of continued effects of climate change Oct 01, 2024
The Ebb and Flow of Mentorship in Medicine Former mentors may need space to move on from their professional lives Oct 01, 2024
Witnesses in OR Give Harrowing Account of Spleen Surgery Gone Wrong Florida health department issued an emergency license suspension for Thomas Shaknovsky, DO Oct 01, 2024
Judge Strikes Down Georgia's 6-Week Abortion Ban New ruling would allow abortions through at least 20 weeks of pregnancy Oct 01, 2024
Fake Online Pharmacies Sold Deadly Counterfeit Pills, Prosecutors Say At least nine people died of narcotics poisoning Oct 01, 2024
Doctors Less Likely to Support Broader Access to Cannabis Than Pain Patients A majority of respondents were supportive of increasing education for providers, however Oct 01, 2024 video
VP Nominee Medical Records Breached; Queen Elizabeth's Cancer; Galaxy Gas Whippets Health news and commentary gathered by ֱ staff Oct 01, 2024
Docs Concerned State's Abortion Pill Law Could Have Catastrophic Effects Louisiana set to become the first state to classify abortion pills as controlled substances Sep 30, 2024
Rwanda Reports 8 Deaths Linked to Ebola-Like Marburg Virus Most of the affected are healthcare workers Sep 30, 2024
Flipping Panel Management on Its Head Let's make it easier for our patients to get the preventive care they need Sep 30, 2024
Florida's 'Intimidation Campaign'; Nurses Look to Unionize; Bird Flu and Egg Prices Health news and commentary gathered by ֱ staff Sep 30, 2024
A Woman Was Accused of Murder After Losing Her Pregnancy. Now She Tells Her Story. Amari Marsh speaks out after being arrested following a miscarriage Sep 29, 2024
Reclaiming the Night in the Wake of 'Abhaya's' Murder To everyone in medicine: don't underestimate the gentleness of Indian women as weakness Sep 29, 2024
Bans on High-Capacity Magazines Tied to 91% Drop in Child Deaths in Mass Shootings Other gun-restriction laws seemed less effective, researchers say Sep 28, 2024
An Indian Doctor Was Just Raped and Killed. This Is Not an Isolated Incident. An examination of what's driving sexual violence against women in medicine Sep 28, 2024