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<乌鸦传媒>Clues From Bird Flu's Ground Zero on Dairy Farms in the Texas Panhandle

Why did it take so long to recognize the virus on high-tech farms in the world's richest country?

Legal Break over a blindfolded Lady Justice statue holding scales.

<乌鸦传媒>Doc Wins $14M Discrimination Case; $10M Malpractice Award; Nurse Impersonators

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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<乌鸦传媒>Chatbots Make Pathology Reports Easier for Patients to Read, Study Shows

Bard and GPT-4 simplified reports and interpreted findings correctly, but hallucinations occurred

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<乌鸦传媒>Quiet End to Doc's Sexual Assault Case; PFAS Whistleblower; Senior Site Questioned

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>NEJM Rescinds Embargo Policy Barring Physician-Focused Publications

Change follows a campaign by the Association of Health Care Journalists

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<乌鸦传媒>Why One Health System Stopped Suing Its Patients

New York nonprofit is one of only a few nationally that bar all aggressive collection activities

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<乌鸦传媒>Pediatricians Have Important Role in Talking About Substance Use, Experts Say

"You can't just assume that somebody's going to get care elsewhere," one pediatrician noted

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<乌鸦传媒>The Lure of Specialty Medicine Pulls Nurse Practitioners From Primary Care

Increasingly, NPs are broadening their skills and income

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<乌鸦传媒>MedPod Today: RFK Jr.'s Ailments; Tenpenny Gets License Back; Shady Stem Cell Shots

乌鸦传媒 reporters offer further insights into these recently covered topics

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<乌鸦传媒>NFL Team Doc Pleads Guilty in Double Fatality Crash; Doc Charged in 100 MPH Crash

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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<乌鸦传媒>Over 400 Physicians From Delaware's ChristianaCare Move to Unionize

"This is a movement that needs to happen in medicine," one physician said

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<乌鸦传媒>Taking Telemedicine Visits From Your Kitchen? Think Again

Patients prefer professional telemedicine backgrounds, survey shows

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<乌鸦传媒>Dark Side of MDMA's Journey to FDA; Fake Studies Shutter Journals; H5N1 Turf Wars

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>Doctor Fined for Prescribing Ivermectin for COVID

Wei-Hsung Lin, MD, will have to pay $5,000 and take CME courses on managing COVID

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<乌鸦传媒>Clinicians at Legacy Health Move to Unionize

About 150 doctors, PAs and NPs plan to organize with an American Federation of Teachers affiliate

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<乌鸦传媒>U.S. News Introduces List of Best Outpatient Surgery Centers

Ten states had 20 or more high-performing facilities

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<乌鸦传媒>Brain Worms Like RFK Jr.'s: Here's What to Know

About 2,000 people in the U.S. are hospitalized with neurocysticercosis each year

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<乌鸦传媒>RFK Jr. Explains Why His Voice Sounds Hoarse

Spasmodic dysphonia -- not his brain worm -- is the root cause

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<乌鸦传媒>Stem Cell Injections in Mexico Led to Drug-Resistant Infections

Three patients acquired Mycobacterium abscessus infections after medical travel

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<乌鸦传媒>Urologist Convicted of Sex Abuse; Doc Accused of Rape; Man Sentenced for HIV Spread

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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<乌鸦传媒>Sexual Harassment Rampant in Ob/Gyn Field, Despite Majority Female Workforce

Researchers suggest that power dynamics may be more critical than gender

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<乌鸦传媒>100 Million Scripts Came Through Illegal Online Pharmacies Last Year

Figure represents 2% of all U.S. prescriptions, according to IQVIA report

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<乌鸦传媒>As Steward Ship Was Sinking, CEO Bought $40M Yacht

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>Stranded in the ED, Seniors Await Hospital Care and Suffer Avoidable Harm

Physicians say ED boarding is as bad as it's ever been

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<乌鸦传媒>Doc Who Said COVID Vax Can Magnetize People Has License Reinstated

Sherri Tenpenny, DO, had her license suspended indefinitely last summer

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<乌鸦传媒>WHO Overturns Dogma on Airborne Disease Spread. The CDC Might Not Act on It.

The report "is a complete U-turn," according to one expert

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<乌鸦传媒>MedPod Today: Bird Flu Rundown; EMTALA at the Supreme Court; NEJM Embargo Changes

乌鸦传媒 reporters offer further insights into these recently covered topics

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<乌鸦传媒>Emergency Physician Is Five-Time 'Jeopardy!' Winner

Amy Hummel, MD, will go on to the show's Tournament of Champions

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<乌鸦传媒>'Psychotic Break' in Doc's Tesla Cliff Crash? Doc Wins $4M in Discrimination Case

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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<乌鸦传媒>Kentucky First State to Decriminalize Medical Errors

Legacy of RaDonda Vaught case still looms over nursing profession

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<乌鸦传媒>FDA Says Dairy Products Like Cottage Cheese Are Safe

No culturable H5N1 virus detected in milk products; no virus in infant formula, either

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<乌鸦传媒>Doc Blows Whistle on Cigna; Longevity Doc Blasted; Fertility Clinic Accidents

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>Clinician Union Sounds Alarm on Working Conditions at Unity Health

Recently-formed union expressed concern about safety and continuity of care for patients

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<乌鸦传媒>Do Our Flu Antivirals Work on H5N1?

Infectious disease physicians weigh in

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<乌鸦传媒>Report on H5N1 in Cattle, Cats Increases Concern of Spillover Event

Analysis suggests cow-to-cow transmission, potential spread through raw milk

<乌鸦传媒>TikTok at Work: Why Some Healthcare Workers Can't Access It

Bans have been prompted by federal and state security concerns

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<乌鸦传媒>Clinicians Not Great at Distinguishing Abstracts Written by Chatbot

Healthcare providers recognized when an AI chatbot wrote an abstract less than half the time

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<乌鸦传媒>FTC Chief Says Tech Advancements Risk Healthcare Price Fixing

Algorithms have ushered in a new era of pricing

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<乌鸦传媒>Genetics Studies Have a Diversity Problem That Researchers Struggle to Fix

Most data based on DNA from white people, but small differences can have big health outcomes

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<乌鸦传媒>Dozens of Deaths Show Risks of Injecting Sedatives Into People Restrained by Police

The practice has spread but is built on questionable science

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