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Elderly woman sues hospital after surgeons amputate the wrong leg
Jacks later underwent the proper procedure, removing her right leg, leaving her a double amputee, according to her attorney.
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Ron Johnson holds roundtable on COVID-19 hospital practices
The panelists, for their part, recounted their experiences with mistreatment and other issues at hospitals during the pandemic.
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Multiple hospitals shutter youth gender transition clinics as part of deal with Trump admin
The latest deals end investigations into the New York University Langone Hospitals and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. As part of the deals, NYU has agreed to pay $8.5 million and UPMC agreed to pay $950,000.
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CDC warns flu vaccine may not be as effective in preventing hospitalization as previous seasons
Although the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing hospitalizations appears to be lower in South America, the agency said vaccines still “significantly lowered the risk for hospitalization."
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CDC: Record number of kindergartners had vaccine exemptions in 2023-24 school year
The centers noted that exemptions increased in 40 states for the past school year, and 14 of them had exemption rates of more than 5%. Coverage of the MMR vaccine, the polio vaccine, and DTAP vaccines, also decreased in 30 states.
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'We are mass poisoning all of our children': RFK Jr. to Sen. Johnson's health panel
"We give eight times as much subsidies to tobacco in this country than we do to fruits and vegetables," Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said.
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New York City's COVID czar admits to holding 'private gatherings' during pandemic lockdown
Varma did not deny the comments he made in a video that was posted online on Thursday, but said they were secretly recorded and taken out of context by a "operative for an extremist right-wing organization."
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Florida officials instruct physicians to perform abortions to save lives of the mother in all cases
The Agency for Health Care Administration and the Florida Department of Health said the alert was to counter misinformation that are being spread about abortion laws in the southern state.
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Harvey Weinstein undergoes emergency heart surgery in New York
The former movie mogul's publicist Juda Engelmayer, and his prison consultant Craig Rothfeld, said Weinstein was rushed to Bellevue on Sunday night “due to severe medical conditions."
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'Persons with childbearing potential': American, European medical groups erase women in new guidance
"The inclusion of gender complicates clinical practice both for healthcare professionals and patients," says new European document on women, irregular heart rhythm and stroke. Journal of the American Medical Association cites "The Radical Copyeditor" as an authority.
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White House drug expert urges next administration to remain committed to solving US overdose crisis
The Biden administration has increased access to naloxone, which helps reverse the effects of a drug overdose, and deployed drug detection devices at the U.S. southern border.
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US Surgeon General warns parents' stress levels are an 'urgent public health issue'
Murthy said some of the biggest causes of these stressors have been navigating things like the COVID-19 pandemic, along with dealing with loneliness, and concerns about financial stability. School safety was also noted as a concern.
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New Hampshire resident infected by mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus dies
There is currently no antiviral treatment or vaccine to treat the virus.