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Patient safety
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How well is the public protected from bad doctors? A new analysis unveils alarming results
A recent report from Public Citizen shows wide variation in how often state medical boards discipline doctors.
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Brazen pandemic-era discrimination spurred new protections for patients with disabilities
Pervasive bias in the health system against patients with disabilities became glaringly apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A sickle cell drug that was hyped in headlines is now suspected of harming patients
The abrupt recall of a new treatment for sickle cell disease serves as a reminder of why journalists should avoid…
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FDA to launch ‘active’ monitoring system to improve medical device safety
The new system aims to detect potential safety issues with medical devices nearly in real time by monitoring data like…
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New ‘structural’ patient safety measure for hospitals: What to know
Most U.S. hospitals will soon be required to report whether they follow 25 best practices to ensure patient safety, to…
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How a class reporting project exposed ethical problems with a pioneering brain study
Journalist Katherine Eban describes her and her students’ STAT investigation about Mount Sinai’s Living Brain Project.
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In the U.S., wait times to see a doctor can be agonizingly long
Opponents of universal health care often predict it would lead to long waits to see a doctor, but that’s already…
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Recent court rulings imperil public health and patient protections
A series of rulings has expanded the power of judges to second-guess the decisions of federal scientists and other government…
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Infants dying, women at risk: Medical literature describes wide-ranging consequences of Dobbs
Scientific studies have begun to show the effects of state abortion restrictions on patients since the Supreme Court overturned Roe…
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How I did it: Spotlighting the brutal side effects of cancer treatment
Veteran freelance journalist Charlotte Huff explored the tolerability of cancer drugs in a recent article.