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INVESTIGATIVE ROUNDUP over an image of two people looking at computer screens.

<乌鸦传媒>No Murder Charge in Alleged Mercy Killing; Anti-Vaxxers Gain New Allies; COVID-21?

This past week in healthcare investigations

<乌鸦传媒>Star Surgeon Took Family Medical Leave. Then She Was Fired

Courtney Stephenson, DO, whose young daughter was seriously ill, sues Atrium Health

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<乌鸦传媒>Redfield: COVID-19 Was in Wuhan in September or October 2019

Former CDC director also tells CNN that the virus likely escaped from a lab

A serious female doctor wearing protective gear in the emergency room uses a mechanical ventilator on a patient

<乌鸦传媒>Being a Doctor Is My 'Heart-Song'

Even if it's not always easy

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<乌鸦传媒>VA's Medical Supply Chain Needs Reform, Lawmakers Told

Agency is still using manual spreadsheets to track some supplies

A surgical assistant arranges surgical instruments on a tray

<乌鸦传媒>Model: Give COVID-19 Vaccine to All Patients Before Surgery

Prioritizing surgical patient population could avert more COVID deaths

A close up of a pile of small bottles of hand sanitizer

<乌鸦传媒>Benzene Found in Multiple Hand Sanitizer Brands

Known human carcinogen can be absorbed through the skin

<乌鸦传媒>What to Make of That Danish Reinfection Study?

Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, discusses the findings and their takeaway

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<乌鸦传媒>Sale Aimed at Saving Chicago Safety Net Hospital OK'd

But activists and community leaders remain wary of rushed process

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<乌鸦传媒>Nurse Unhooked Patient's Oxygen; Sneaky Code Hides Prices; HIV Surges in W.Va.

This past week in healthcare investigations

A mature male physician and his mature male patient share a laugh

<乌鸦传媒>Op-Ed: Be the One to Uplift Your Patients

It's not how much you know, but how much you care

<乌鸦传媒>Cardiologist Coughs Up $2M for Unnecessary Procedures

Dinesh Shah, MD, allegedly billed for tests that were unnecessary or never done

ENDO over a computer rendering of a woman in silhouette with her thyroid and pituitary glands highlighted

<乌鸦传媒>Hyperglycemia Better Predictor of Severe COVID-19 Than Diabetes

Study looked at hospitalized patient outcomes during early months of the pandemic

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<乌鸦传媒>'They Stopped Treating and the Effect Persisted': What We Heard This Week

Quotable quotes from 乌鸦传媒's sources

ISC over a computer rendering of a male figure with the front of his brain highlighted by a flash of light

<乌鸦传媒>COVID Strokes: Rates, Types, Disparities

The latest stroke data from the pandemic illuminates patterns

A computer rendering of a road sign over a highway which reads: NEW NORMAL JUST AHEAD

<乌鸦传媒>A New (More Hopeful) Normal in Medicine?

Renew your faith in the abundance of living

MATCH DAY 2021 over a series of charts and graphs

<乌鸦传媒>Residency Matching Rates Down This Year

Surge in registrants driven by pandemic; numbers of matches set records

ISC over a computer rendering of a male figure with the front of his brain highlighted by a flash of light

<乌鸦传媒>Stroke Thrombectomy: 6-Hour Threshold Not So Relevant?

Pooled trial analysis supports move to imaging-based criteria

ISC over a computer rendering of a male figure with the front of his brain highlighted by a flash of light

<乌鸦传媒>Stroke Care: Some Progress on Racial Disparities

But substantial gaps remain

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<乌鸦传媒>Adjustable Stent Retriever Passes Muster

Novel device offers better grip on clots in LVO strokes

A Lovenox (enoxaparin) injection pen in its packaging next to a pile of blue rubber gloves

<乌鸦传媒>Intermediate-Dose Clot Prevention Flops for Severe COVID

Prophylactic anticoagulation reigns in the ICU

Surgeons in the operating room successfully completing a lung transplant.

<乌鸦传媒>'COVID-to-COVID' Double Lung Transplant Performed

Northwestern calls February procedure a success, opens door to more

ISC over a computer rendering of a male figure with the front of his brain highlighted by a flash of light

<乌鸦传媒>Novel Vasoregulator Explored for Acute Ischemic Strokes

Early results may signal benefit for those not treated with thrombectomy

A fluoroscopy of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

<乌鸦传媒>No Help From Extra Hydration to Prevent Post-ERCP Pancreatitis

Trial may settle whether aggressive, laborious procedure is justified

ISC over a computer rendering of a male figure with the front of his brain highlighted by a flash of light

<乌鸦传媒>Don't Ditch the tPA in Stroke Thrombectomy Yet

Direct endovascular therapy dealt a blow in MR CLEAN-NO IV

ISC over a computer rendering of a male figure with the front of his brain highlighted by a flash of light

<乌鸦传媒>Time to Stop Routine Anesthesia for Stroke Thrombectomy?

Neurologists debate pandemic-related guidelines

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<乌鸦传媒>COVID-19 Treatments: What's In, What's Out

A look at which treatments are effective -- and which aren't

A photo of Adam Litwin, MD

<乌鸦传媒>He Impersonated a Doctor. Now He's Close to Becoming One

But can he clear the last hurdle?

<乌鸦传媒>Health Systems See Opportunity in Mission Health Exodus

As physicians leave North Carolina non-profit, competing systems are broadening their footprints

The YouTube video thumbnail with Zubin Damania, MD and the words: WRONG MASK ADVICE

<乌鸦传媒>Op-Ed: Did We Hurt Healthcare Workers With Bad Mask Advice?

ZDoggMD discusses new evidence that suggests we did

An example of an intracoronary near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) scan and corresponding artery occlusions

<乌鸦传媒>Intracoronary Imaging Backed in Hunt for Vulnerable Plaques

But is labor-intensive IVUS-NIRS practical in the real world?

A portrait of a female nurse hunched over with her head in her hands

<乌鸦传媒>The Nurses Are Not Alright

Four in 10 nurses under age 34 are isolated, lonely, or depressed

CROI over a computer rendering of a virus entering a cell membrane

<乌鸦传媒>HIV, High-Risk Pregnancy and Coronavirus

Outcomes support case for pregnant women to be vaccinated against COVID-19

CROI over a computer rendering of a virus entering a cell membrane

<乌鸦传媒>Maturation Inhibitor Shows Promise for HIV

Encouragement from phase II study, but emergent resistance remains a problem

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<乌鸦传媒>New ADHD Stimulant OK'd; Anticonvulsant for Depression?

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

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<乌鸦传媒>Dramatic Increase Seen in Getting HIV Patients Into Treatment

Percentage of newly diagnosed individuals receiving "timely" therapy doubled in past decade

A close up of a surgical assistant handing a clamp to a surgeon in the operating room

<乌鸦传媒>Wait at Least This Long After COVID for Surgery

Large international study defines period of high mortality risk

<乌鸦传媒>Founding Members Quit TIME'S UP Healthcare

Concerned about role of other founders in sexual assault complaint

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<乌鸦传媒>Minnesota Nursing Board Drops Investigation of Fired Nurse

Cliff Willmeng was under review after being fired for defying orders about hospital scrubs

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<乌鸦传媒>Back From the Brink, Med Student's Plea Brings Promise of Change

He had a suicide plan. Now, he hopes to start a long-needed movement

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