Arguably one of the most overlooked yet incredibly important aspects of your malpractice insurance policy is the Consent to Settle Provision. You’re paying thousands of dollars a year for your malpractice insurance; you should have a say in how your cl…
The White House says millions of Americans could be at risk during the next coronavirus surge if Congress does not approve funding to extend and improve the federal Covid response.
Global human rights experts are cautiously optimistic that social media, smartphones and near real-time monitoring of attacks could usher in a new era of accountability for war crimes.
Staffing shortages and turnover rates have recently become a pertinent topic for hospitals. However, these personnel challenges have haunted certified nursing facilities since the 1970s. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the turnover rate for total nu…
Pfizer-BioNTech will soon request FDA emergency authorization for a second Covid booster shot for people 65 and older, a group for which the agency has previously been quick to approve new shots, the Washington Post reported.
More than one in three U.S. physicians will face a medical malpractice lawsuit in their careers. As the role of advanced practice clinicians such as nurse practitioners as primary caregivers continues to grow, so too will their exposure to medical malp…
Whether on the state or national level, a public option will lead to the same results: higher costs, fewer providers, and rationed care. That should give pause to officials in the 16 states—from Maine to California—where a public option is on the table…
On February 22nd, Governor Greg Abbott of Texas turned essential medical treatments for transgender adolescents into a crime, ordering the state to investigate them as “child abuse.” The following day, a patient came to one of us (Dr. Morse…
In addition to funding day-to-day government operations, the bill includes measures targeting student aid, violence against women and e-cigarette regulation.
After nearly two years, Hawaii plans to drop its indoor mask mandate, though Gov. David Ige warned residents that the state was prepared to bring back the mandate in the even of a new Covid surge.
