A Florida doctor accepted bribes from a company to prescribe its fentanyl spray to his patients, the federal government alleges. Hush Naidoo Jade Photography via Unsplash A Florida pain management doctor will pay $1.5 million to settle the U.S. governments lawsuit filed against him accusing him of accepting thousands of dollars to unnecessarily prescribe a …
Newly revealed writings by Maya Kowalski’s mother indicate she suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy and put her daughter’s life in danger, lawyers said this week. In a draft of a 2015 blog post, Beata Kowalski written in her daughter’s voice, she wrote that her ketamine-induced coma could lead to “total body failure/death.” Elsewhere, still …
More doctors testified Monday in the $220 million lawsuit against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. VENICE, Fla. The fourth week of the “Take Care of Maya” trial began Monday at the Sarasota County Courthouse with another group of doctors testifying for the defense. The case involves a Venice family’s $220 million lawsuit against Johns Hopkins …
(NewsNation) A Washington state nurse has filed a class-action lawsuit, claiming the state agency responsible for providing health insurance to public employees discriminates against those who struggle with obesity by neglecting to include weight-loss medications in its coverage. Insurance companies do not routinely cover these medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro when prescribed for obesity. …
Top line Pharmaceutical heavyweight GSK announced Wednesday that it has settled four U.S. lawsuits that claimed its popular heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer, averting a trial that was scheduled to begin in California on Wednesday. next month as it and other pharmaceutical companies struggle to navigate looming legal threats from discontinuing the drug. . GSK …