An unapproved product made from umbilical cord blood was used at a prominent New York hospital. After an F.D.A. warning came an internal complaint: Patients should have been told.
Tag: Hospitals
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As Abortion Laws Drive Obstetricians From Red States, Maternity Care Suffers
Some doctors who handle high-risk pregnancies are fleeing restrictive abortion laws. Idaho has been particularly hard hit.
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How New York’s Public Hospitals Cut Carbon Emissions: More Vegetables
Making plant-based meals the default has reduced food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 36 percent, the mayor’s office said. Just don’t say “vegan.”
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Nonprofit Health System Says It Is Ending Policy That Denied Care to Indebted Patients
Allina Health, a large Midwestern system of hospitals and clinics, says it has decided to stop cutting off medical care to patients with unpaid medical bills of $4,500 or more.
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British Nurse, Lucy Letby, Convicted of Killing Seven Newborns
The nurse, Lucy Letby, was also found guilty of the attempted murders of six babies, ending a yearslong case that has haunted England.