MAHA Report's Fake Citations A Red Flag For Experts
Fake and misinterpreted citations in a recent federal report focused on chronic disease in the U.S. are raising alarm bells that federal health officials may be trading in scientific rigor for cherry-picked evidence.
Utah Targets Mental Health Chatbots As States Scrutinize AI
An unusual new law in Utah zeroes in on the growing world of mental health chatbots, establishing privacy and advertising guardrails for the kind of intimate conversations a patient might share with a virtual therapist.
The Surgical Pay Gap: How Bias May Hurt Women's Health
Medical and legal professionals warn that systemic sex discrimination in U.S. surgical valuations — in the form of lower pay for procedures on female anatomy — discourages specialization in women's health, leads to delayed care and increased suffering for female patients, and could expose insurers to legal liability.
MAHA Report's Fake Citations A Red Flag For Experts
Fake and misinterpreted citations in a recent federal report focused on chronic disease in the U.S. are raising alarm bells that federal health officials may be trading in scientific rigor for cherry-picked evidence.
Utah Targets Mental Health Chatbots As States Scrutinize AI
An unusual new law in Utah zeroes in on the growing world of mental health chatbots, establishing privacy and advertising guardrails for the kind of intimate conversations a patient might share with a virtual therapist.
The Surgical Pay Gap: How Bias May Hurt Women's Health
Medical and legal professionals warn that systemic sex discrimination in U.S. surgical valuations — in the form of lower pay for procedures on female anatomy — discourages specialization in women's health, leads to delayed care and increased suffering for female patients, and could expose insurers to legal liability.
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InnovAge Holding Corp. and a class of stockholders have agreed to a $27 million settlement to resolve claims that the senior-health care company made misleading statements in an initial public offering that la... (more story)
U.S.-German biopharmaceutical company atai Life Sciences, advised by Latham & Watkins LLP, said in an announcement Monday that it will acquire Beckley Psytech, led by Mayer Brown LLP and CMS Cameron McKenna Na... (more story)
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The Southeast Georgia Health System Inc. has installed its interim president and chief executive officer — who was most recently its chief legal officer — as president and CEO.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced Monday the hiring of a former counsel at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP as a partner in its mergers and acquisitions practice in New York.
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The New Jersey federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation accusing Express Scripts, CVS Caremark and other pharmacy benefit managers of conspiring to fix the prices of insulin on Wednesday refused to sh... (more story)
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday seemed unconvinced by Planned Parenthood's assertion that new federal grant requirements for a public health initiative aimed at preventing teen pregnancy are harmful enough t... (more story)
A New Jersey state court will allow Apple Inc. to inject itself into the state attorney general's high-profile lawsuit accusing TikTok of designing features that harm and cause addiction in children, allowing ... (more story)
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A Sixth Circuit panel on Tuesday denied a petition from Cigna's Express Scripts and UnitedHealth's Optum seeking to reverse discovery orders allowing certain personnel files and internal communications into th... (more story)