The Mayo Clinic has settled a lawsuit over an October 2020 data breach involving a former employee who allegedly accessed patient information, including nude photos taken for medical purposes. (KROC)
Florida physician Keivan Tavakoli, MD, was arrested after he allegedly exposed himself to a 15-year-old girl. (WFTS)
A trial began this week in the case of a patient who is suing the University of California San Diego for allegedly performing neck surgery on him while he was awake. Randy Dalo claims he woke up during that surgery in 2017, which led to recurring nightmares. He lays the blame on anesthesiologist Bradley Hay, MD, who had his license suspended after he was found in a hospital bathroom overdosed on sufentanil. The hospital said data indicate Dalo was unconscious throughout the surgery. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
California's attorney general has sued six major insulin drugmakers, alleging they unfairly and illegally drove up the price of the drug. The suit also targets three pharmacy benefit managers for rising costs: CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx. (Kaiser Health News)
Texas nurse practitioner J. Robyn Shrader has sued CVS after being fired for refusing to prescribe birth control, citing her Baptist beliefs. (KHOU11)
A jury convicted Colorado doctor Francis Joseph, MD, for misappropriating some $250,000 from two COVID-19 relief programs. Joseph allegedly used the money to pay for personal expenses such as travel and home improvement, which wasn't...
Tehran – Saba: The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned the subversive actions taken by the rulers of Abu Dhabi against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Last night, Tasnim News Agency reported that the...