An Arkansas law banning gender-affirming medical care for teens and children was struck down by a federal judge on June 20, in what could become a bellwether precedent for lawsuits against similar bans in other states, according to The New York Times.
San Francisco’s top attorney is requesting information from U.S. News & World Report on its rankings of hospitals, including details on payments the media outlet receives from hospitals.
Denmark-based Novo Nordisk filed multiple lawsuits June 20 against spas and clinics across four states that allegedly marketed and sold unapproved compounded versions of the drugmaker’s popular Ozempic and Wegovy products.
Bristol Myers Squibb followed Merck’s steps and filed suit against the Inflation Reduction Act’s upcoming allowance for Medicare to negotiate with drugmakers over their most expensive products, according to court documents.
A 28-year-old man allegedly entered Wichita, Kan.-based Ascension Via Christi St. Francis and sexually assaulted three female patients, The Wichita Eagle reported June 16.
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An owner and senior sales manager of a Florida pharmacy was convicted June 16 in a bribery and kickback scheme amounting to $54 million.
How did this go under the radar for so long and what sort of oversight was in place? These are some of the key questions facing Harvard Medical School after federal officials announced the indictment and arrest of the school’s former morgue manager, al…
A former nurse practitioner in Eagle River, Alaska, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after being convicted of overprescribing millions of opioid painkillers to about 450 patients, including five who died, according to a June 15 Anchorage Dai…
Twenty-six Republican, 27 Democrat and three independent senators said June 16 they want to update a bill introduced in 2016 to make telehealth flexibilities allowed during the COVID-19 pandemic permanent.
