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Profiting From Risky Atherectomies That Can Lead to Amputations

Atherectomies and other procedures on Kelly Hanna’s veins and arteries started in February 2019.Her records do not always show which vessels Dr. Mustapha performed procedures on, instead only indicating which […]




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How NYU’s Emergency Room Favors the Rich

In New York University’s busy Manhattan emergency department, Room 20 is special.Steps away from the hospital’s ambulance bay, the room is outfitted with equipment to perform critical procedures or isolate […]




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How a Sprawling Hospital Chain Ignited Its Own Staffing Crisis

Patients lingered for hours on gurneys with serious, time-sensitive problems. Surgeries were delayed. Other patients developed bed sores — gaping wounds that for frail patients can be deadly — because […]




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How a Hospital Chain Used a Poor Neighborhood to Turn Huge Profits

RICHMOND, Va. — In late July, Norman Otey was rushed by ambulance to Richmond Community Hospital. The 63-year-old was doubled over in pain and babbling incoherently. Blood tests suggested septic […]




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Phony Diagnoses Hide High Rates of Drugging at Nursing Homes

The handwritten doctor’s order was just eight words long, but it solved a problem for Dundee Manor, a nursing home in rural South Carolina struggling to handle a new resident […]




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W.H.O. Researcher Seeking Coronavirus Origins on His Trip to China

What about the cases that appeared before the outbreak in the seafood market?There was other spread going on outside of Huanan market. There are other patients who have no links […]




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F.D.A. Clears Moderna’s Covid Vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the coronavirus vaccine made by Moderna for emergency use, allowing the shipment of millions more doses across the nation and intensifying the […]




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Early Data Show Moderna’s Coronavirus Vaccine Is 94.5% Effective

The drugmaker Moderna announced on Monday that its coronavirus vaccine was 94.5 percent effective, based on an early look at the results from its large, continuing study. Researchers said the […]




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Doctors Are Calling It Quits Under Stress of the Coronavirus

Two years ago, Dr. Kelly McGregory opened her own pediatric practice just outside Minneapolis, where she could spend as much time as she wanted with patients and parents could get […]