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Psychiatrist’s killer gets life in prison
Umar Dutt, a patient, was sentenced Nov. 9 for the 2017 murder of Dr. Achutha Reddy in Wichita, Kan.
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CDC: Thirty percent of hospital workers in U.S. still unvaccinated
Health care personnel “are not fully immune from vaccine misinformation.”
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U.S. overdose deaths hit an all-time high
Fentanyl and methamphetamine are contributing to rising numbers of fatalities, federal officials say.
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Majority of justices seem receptive to bid to stop Texas abortion law
The justices could rule before it hears oral arguments on December 1 in a Mississippi case directly challenging Roe v Wade.
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Which specialties get the biggest markups over Medicare rates?
At the top end were radiology (180%), neurosurgery (220%), emergency and critical care (250%), and anesthesiology (330%).
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HHS okays first U.S. pilot to mandate coverage of gender-affirming care
The approval means transgender-related care must be included as part of the essential benefits offered on the state’s Affordable Care Act...
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Alleged on-the-job violence, racism, prompts psych workers to head to D.C.
A dozen workers from a psychiatric hospital near Seattle flew to Washington, D.C. to picket the National Association for Behavioral Healthcare’s...
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New finasteride lawsuit brings renewed attention to psychiatric, ED adverse event reports
Both Canadian and British regulatory authorities have added warnings about depression and suicide to the Propecia label but the FDA has not...
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Baylor gets restraining order against COVID-19 vaccine–skeptic doc
The war should be against SARS-CoV-2, but “because this virus has so many supporters, the war in essence becomes a war against ourselves, which is...
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COVID vaccine preprint study prompts Twitter outrage
The authors’ conclusions about rates of myocarditis after COVID vaccine in boys aged 12-17 years are attacked for supposedly stoking antivaccine...
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Will interchangeable insulin be more affordable in the U.S.?
The way that pricing is calculated in the United States is so complicated, with many players and a lack of transparency, makes it hard to know...
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United Healthcare settles claims it violated mental health parity
The joint New York–federal investigation determined that United Healthcare reduced reimbursement rates for out-of-network mental health services...
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‘Deeper dive’ into opioid overdose deaths during COVID pandemic
Results also showed that, compared to 2019, significantly more men died from overdoses in 2020 in Colorado and Indiana.
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Pups for veterans with PTSD: Biden signs PAWS act into law
H.R. 1448 orders the VA to begin a pilot program that will examine the utility and effectiveness of service dogs for improving the mental health...
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‘Munchausen by Internet’ crises a warning for all HCPs
“The ease of carrying out Munchausen behaviors makes me think that it must be much more common than it ever was,” said Dr. Marc Feldman.