Category Archives: Headline of the Day
Parents of man killed on I-95 in Orangeburg while suffering schizophrenic event speak out on failure of SC first responders
August 28, 2019WISTV.com | By Emily Wakeman | August 14, 2019 at 8:29 PM EDT – Updated August 14 at 9:24 PM ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WIS) – It’s been almost a year since a man died
Purdue Pharma in talks over multibillion-dollar deal to settle more than 2,000 opioid lawsuits
August 28, 2019The Washington Post | By Lenny Bernstein and Scott Higham | August 27 at 8:06 PM Drugmaker Purdue Pharma is negotiating a multibillion-dollar settlement with lawyers for local and state governments that would resolve about
US Emergency Department Visits for Adverse Drug Events From Antibiotics in Children, 2011–2015
August 23, 2018Maribeth C Lovegrove, Andrew I Geller, Katherine E Fleming-Dutra, Nadine Shehab, Mathew R P Sapiano, Daniel S Budnitz | Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, piy066, https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piy066 Published: 23
Hundreds protest outside Purdue Stamford HQ
August 18, 2018Stamford Advocate | By Paul Schott | Updated 5:22 pm EDT, Friday, August 17, 2018 A protest Friday morning by several hundred activists outside the downtown Stamford headquarters of Purdue Pharma highlighted the growing
NYU School of Medicine will provide free tuition to students
August 18, 2018Modern Healthcare | By Maria Castellucci | August 16, 2018 NYU School of Medicine announced Thursday it will provide all current and future students full-tuition scholarships to attend medical school. The institution,
Escape from the Mayo Clinic: Teen accuses world-famous hospital of ‘medical kidnapping’
August 18, 2018By Elizabeth Cohen and John Bonifield, CNN Health Updated 10:55 AM ET, Fri August 17, 2018 This is the first part of the series,”Escape from the Mayo Clinic.” Read the second part here. Also, read
5 reasons why communication breaks down during care transitions
August 18, 2018Medical Economics | Brad Brooks | Aug 16, 2018 Office-based primary care physicians (PCPs) often bear the brunt of responsibility for ensuring their patients avoid readmission after transitioning from a
When Prescribed Incorrectly, Lifesaving Antibiotics Can Be Dangerous, Carry Real Risks
August 18, 2018Posted on August 17, 2018 by CDC’s Safe Healthcare Blog | Rachel Brummert, B.S., M.S., President of Patient Safety Impact Rachel Brummert, B.S., M.S., President of Patient Safety Impact In
License to betray A broken system forgives sexually abusive doctors in every state, our national investigation finds.
August 18, 2018An AJC National Investigation; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | By Carrie Teegardin, Danny Robbins, Jeff Ernsthausen and Ariel Hart In Kentucky, Dr. Ashok Alur was examining an infection on a patient’s
Lax Oversight Leaves Surgery Center Regulators And Patients In The Dark
August 17, 2018Kaiser Health News By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News and Mark Alesia, USA Today Network August 9, 2018 This story also ran on USA Today. This story can be republished