A judge ruled a Louisiana prison’s health care system has failed inmates for decades. A federal law could block reforms. healthcare Article 3137 words 15 votes
Philips agrees to pay $1 billion to patients who say they were injured by breathing machines healthcare Article 809 words 31 votes
US FDA finally moves to scrutinize specialized health screenings healthcare Article 1083 words 14 votes
Ten times as much of this toxic pesticide could end up on your tomatoes and celery under a new US EPA proposal Article 2438 words 29 votes
You have a right to know why a health insurer denied your claim. Some US insurers still won’t tell you. Article 1400 words 25 votes
US Senator calls for Department of Justice action against Philips for keeping CPAP machine complaints secret healthcare Article 1119 words 20 votes
How one doctor in the USA keeps practicing, despite a long string of sanctions, fines, and lawsuits medicine healthcare Article 4489 words 30 votes
Maternal deaths are expected to rise under US abortion bans, but the increase may be hard to measure Article 2031 words 18 votes
Ninety-four women allege a Utah doctor sexually assaulted them. Here’s why a judge threw out their case. medicine Article 3853 words 10 votes
Steak dinners, sales reps and risky procedures: Inside the big business of clogged arteries medicine Article 2767 words 6 votes
UnitedHealthcare tried to deny coverage to a chronically ill US patient. He fought back, exposing the insurer’s inner workings. ~health.mental Article 7083 words 15 votes
ProPublica reporting on the newly released US congressional report about COVID origins Article 9636 words 21 votes
Tethered to the machine: For years, Jamarcus Crews tried to get a new kidney, but corporate healthcare stood in the way healthcare Article 7754 words, published Dec 15 2020 7 votes
US hospitals are suddenly short of young doctors — because of Donald Trump’s visa ban healthcare Article 2078 words 9 votes
You can make millions selling masks to the government in three easy steps Article 1873 words 10 votes
Internal messages reveal crisis at Houston hospitals as coronavirus cases surge healthcare Article 2155 words 7 votes
The Donald Trump administration paid millions for test tubes — and got unusable mini soda bottles Article 2039 words 9 votes
How New York suffered nearly ten times the number of deaths as California Article 11 354 words 6 votes
A nurse bought protective supplies for her colleagues using GoFundMe. The hospital suspended her. healthcare Article 1993 words 8 votes
What we need to understand about asymptomatic carriers if we’re going to beat the coronavirus Article 3397 words 4 votes
A major medical staffing company just slashed benefits for doctors and nurses fighting coronavirus healthcare Article 1057 words 9 votes
A medical worker describes terrifying lung failure from COVID-19 — even in his young patients healthcare Article 2132 words 12 votes
OxyContin maker explored expansion into “attractive” anti-addiction market medicine Article 2460 words 7 votes
You snooze, you lose: Insurers make the old adage literally true – Propublica/NPR investigation into billing and privacy concerns for sleep apnea patients Article 2764 words 12 votes
Health insurers are vacuuming up details about you — and it could raise your rates healthcare Article 3267 words 10 votes