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Childhood Vax Rates, a Rare Health Bright Spot in Struggling States, Are Slipping

— Many states have recently reported an increase in people opting out of vaccines for their kids

3 Hrs Ago
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Massachusetts Cuts Residency Requirement for IMGs

IMGs must work 3 years in underserved areas before being fully licensed

Jan 17, 2025
MedPod Today: 'Medical Freedom'; More Private Equity Harms; USMLE Cheating Scandal

ֱ reporters offer further insights into recently covered topics

Jan 17, 2025
Oregon Doctors, Nurses Have Been Striking for a Week

Strike lines are "strong and getting stronger," union says

Jan 16, 2025
Doc Jailed Over Circumcisions; Video Shows NICU Nurse Abusing Babies, Court Docs Say

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

Jan 16, 2025
Oregon Doctors, Nurses Have Been Striking for a Week

Strike lines are "strong and getting stronger," union says

Doc Jailed Over Circumcisions; Video Shows NICU Nurse Abusing Babies, Court Docs Say

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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California Doctors Lose Homes and Much More to Devastating Fires

"Not only did we lose our home. We lost our community," Malibu doctor says

Jan 15, 2025
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Supplemental Benefits Offer Few Advantages for MA Enrollees

Those with MA and traditional Medicare plans had similar rates of care and spending on "extras"

Jan 15, 2025
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Victims Recount Military Doc's Sexual Abuse; UnitedHealth Doctors Questioned

This past week in healthcare investigations

Jan 15, 2025
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Nurse Practitioners Top 'Best Jobs' Rankings Again

PAs also placed high in U.S. News & World Report's rankings

Jan 14, 2025
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Docs Organize Against, and for, RFK Jr.'s Nomination to Run HHS

Letters, visits to senators among their strategies

Jan 13, 2025
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Prospect Is Another Casualty of Private Equity in Healthcare, Experts Say

"Wealth-extraction entities" have no business in healthcare, one doctor argues

Jan 13, 2025
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Doctors, Nurses Press Ahead as Wildfires Strain Los Angeles' Healthcare

At least one medical clinic burned down

Jan 13, 2025
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Stimulant Users Are Caught in Fatal 'Fourth Wave' of Opioid Epidemic

Cocaine and methamphetamines with fentanyl are a driving force

Jan 12, 2025
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Insurers Limit Coverage of Prosthetic Limbs, Questioning Their Medical Necessity

To people in the amputee community, the coverage disparity amounts to discrimination

Jan 11, 2025
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Thousands of Providence Health Workers Strike in Oregon

Largest strike involving healthcare workers in the state, first involving physicians

Jan 10, 2025
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Georgia Stem Cell Companies Banned From Marketing Their Treatments

They'll also have to pay more than $5 million in penalties and refunds to duped customers

Jan 10, 2025
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Growing 'Medical Freedom' Movement Poses Challenge for Public Health

The notion isn't new, but is "coalescing, now, around this phrase"

Jan 10, 2025
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These Are the Largest Academic Medical Centers in the U.S.

Institutions are ranked by the number of interns and residents

Jan 09, 2025
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