The following is an excerpt from Gallup News. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Three years into the Covid-19 pandemic in the U.S., relatively few Americans, 33%, say their lives are completely back to normal, and those who say their lives have not yet completely returned to normal are largely pessimistic about it ever happening. Nearly half of U.S. […]
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Chicago doc charged with performing unnecessary procedures on women
The following is an excerpt from Medpage Today. A Chicago-area physician is facing healthcare fraud charges after allegedly seeking reimbursement for services that were not provided or not medically necessary, including endometrial ablations. Mona Ghosh, MD, who owned and operated Progressive Women's Healthcare in Hoffman Estates, has been indicted on 13 counts for her alleged participation in […]
2023: Best and worst states for docs to practice
The following is an excerpt from Becker's Hospital Review. Montana, South Dakota and Idaho are the top three places for physicians to practice in the U.S., according to a WalletHub ranking published March 20. The worst places to practice this year are Hawaii, Rhode Island and Alaska. WalletHub's 2023 ranking is based on comparisons across two key […]
(READ) Republicans question NIH failure to hold required scientific review meetings
In a letter to acting director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Dr. Lawrence Tabak, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Washington) and fellow Republican Chairs Brett Guthrie and Morgan Griffith are asking why the Scientific Management Review Board (SMRB) hasn't met in the last seven years. The SMRB advises the NIH […]
(READ) CDC warns of 'alarming' recent rise of deadly fungus
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that a potentially deadly and drug-resistant fungus is quickly spreading through U.S. health care facilities. Candida auris is not considered a threat to healthy people whose immune systems can fight it off. However, it can be dangerous or even deadly for people who are already sick, […]
(READ) Republicans press FDA for info re: Covid vaccine approval process
The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic is conducting oversight of Covid-19 vaccine development, and investigating alleged potential political influence the Biden Administration wielded over the Covid-19 vaccine approval process. Republicans on the committee have said they are concerned the Biden Administration may have sidelined experts and irresponsibly fast-tracked the approval of vaccines. Chairman Brad […]
Significant birth rate drop in most heavily Covid-vaccinated European countries
The following is an excerpt from The Vaccine Reaction. A team of European researchers have determined that birth rates in 19 European countries declined sharply toward the end of 2021 following peak Covid-19 vaccine uptake earlier that year in the spring. The research, compiled in August 2022, found that decreased birth rate patterns persisted all […]
Mexican President says fentanyl is a US problem
The following is an excerpt from the Border Report. Mexico’s president said Thursday [Mar. 9] that his country does not produce or consume fentanyl, despite enormous evidence to the contrary. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador appeared to depict the synthetic opioid epidemic largely as a U.S. problem, and said the United States should use family […]
