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Study reveals medical boards rarely discipline physician misinformation
Medical boards are facing challenges in disciplining physicians who spread misinformation, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open. Despite the increased concerns about doctors spreading false medical…
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Hospital shootings, hantavirus not a pandemic: Morning Rounds
Receive daily updates on health and medicine with STAT’s free Morning Rounds newsletter. Sign up here. Good morning. I was captivated…
White House plan on drug strategy runs counter to recent actions
The White House has unveiled a new strategy to tackle the nation's drug crisis, advocating several public health initiatives. Key…
PeaceHealth drops plan to outsource Oregon ER physicians
Following significant backlash and a resulting lawsuit, a nonprofit health system has decided against replacing its emergency physicians in Oregon…
To reinvent cancer care, Color Health is going virtual first, AI-driven
Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021…
Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak a warning sign for World Cup travel
Three passengers have died, and seven others are ill aboard a ship anchored off Cape Verde, where passengers are currently…
AMA billing codes are new target in D.C.’s. war on health care fraud
WASHINGTON — For many years, the nation's largest medical lobbying group has been held responsible by politicians for various issues…
GOP lawmaker questions AMA’s billing codes: D.C. Diagnosis
This is the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s newsletter that delves into the politics and policy of health and…
Hantavirus, abortion pill, paternal deaths: Morning Rounds
Good morning. Yesterday, Yiyun Li was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her poignant memoir, “Things in Nature Merely Grow.” Recently,…