A surgeon has been arrested on drug charges after allegedly keeping one of several containers of heroin he was asked by Russian authorities to remove from the stomach of a…
A traveling hospital lab technician accused of infecting 46 patients in multiple states with hepatitis C through injections with tainted needles has taken a plea that calls for him to…
Concerned about whether you’re getting what you’re paying for with animal products advertised as natural and treated with “care”? You can change the world through your purchasing by demanding foods produced…
Two former college roommates say they have developed an app that allows individuals to snap a photo of leftover food they don’t intend to eat and offer it to nearby…
A Connecticut lawyer has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of mail fraud and conspiring to commit mail fraud as part of a claimed $2.5 million auto insurance scheme.
An Ohio family has sued the University of Toledo Medical Center, saying that the hospital “botched” the planned transplant of a kidney donated by one sibling to another sibling by…
A New York law that authorizes court-ordered outpatient treatment for serious mental illness has cut costs and reduced hospitalizations and arrests, a new study has concluded.
A New York Supreme Court judge got it right earlier this year when he invalidated a New York City ban on selling soda and other sugary drinks in cups over…
An Indiana jury awarded $1.44 million Friday to a customer whose prescription records were provided by a Walgreen’s pharmacist to the customer’s ex-boyfriend.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges in two lawsuits that employers violated federal genetic discrimination law by asking about family medical history in required physical exams.
While the Hobby Lobby’s legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act is ongoing, it won’t be fined for not providing employees with emergency contraceptive coverage, as the law mandates, a…
After a two-month trial and two days of deliberation, a Nevada physician and a nurse anesthetist were convicted Monday of multiple criminal counts concerning a 2007 outbreak of Hepatitis C…
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