The U.S. has taken the unprecedented step of dropping the number of vaccines it recommends for every child — a move that leading medical groups say would undermine protections against a half-dozen diseases, Read MoreContinue Reading
This is a MedPage Today story. More than 230 clinicians at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) in Massachusetts won their union election and have received certification through the state Department of Labor Relations. About half of the group’s members are physicians, including primary care doctors, psychiatrists, and hospitalists; members also includeContinue Reading
This is a MedPage Today story. More than 80 domestic cats, among many other types of mammals, have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022 — generally barn cats that lived on dairy farms, as well as feral cats and pets that spend time outdoors and likely caughtContinue Reading
U.S. health officials have made unprecedented changes to childhood vaccine recommendations, alarming pediatricians and other medical experts, Read MoreContinue Reading
A former school bus aide has pleaded guilty to assaulting three nonverbal students with autism who were unable to report the abuse themselves, Read MoreContinue Reading
A surgeon found to have stripped naked in a toilet cubicle and inferred to a colleague that they have sex in it has been struck off the medical register. Dr Samuel Stefan was working at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth when the junior colleague who had been chatting withContinue Reading
This is a MedPage Today story. Of five major HHS agency offices focused on health equity, only one has taken down its website amid Traitor 47’s executive orders to end federal government diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives. The FDA’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity website hasContinue Reading
This is a MedPage Today story. Cleveland Clinic officials fired back at a conservative organization’s “Woke Alert” attack ad that asked if the large health system was “the wokest hospital in America,” saying the ad’s claims are “riddled with inaccuracies and lies.” The ad, by Consumers’ Research, says clinic officialsContinue Reading
This is a MedPage Today story. A German physician who was arrested last summer on suspicion of killing four patients is now suspected of killing 10, and in some cases he allegedly tried to cover up evidence by starting fires. (AP) Pediatrician Anita Damodaran, MD, has been accused of animalContinue Reading
Nick Triggle Health correspondent Getty Images The number of patients in hospital with flu has fallen in England, but NHS bosses are warning the cold snap could increase the pressure on the health service in the coming days. The start of January is normally the busiest time of year forContinue Reading
Zimbabwe’s driving lessons have shifted from test prep to survival, Read MoreContinue Reading
The debate about whether the NHS should use magic mushrooms to treat depression Pallab Ghosh Science Correspondent BBC Listen to Pallab read this article Larissa Hope believes psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, helped her through a difficult mental health condition. Back when she was 17 and starting outContinue Reading
This is a MedPage Today story. Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend vitamin A for all patients with measles — not just severe cases — but experts warn that this shouldn’t be seen as a replacement for vaccination. In a recent opinionContinue Reading