Medicine Tag

WHO Investigating Second Suspected ‘Plague’ Death Reportedly Associated with Siberian Lab

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 07, 2026 5 Comments

The U.S. State Department has also formally requested more information on the first incident of "pneumonia of unknown origin" from Russia....

Blue Cross Blue Shield Assoc. Says AI Coding Tools Increased Costs by Nearly $1 Billion

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 07, 2026 32 Comments

CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz recently projected that AI’s impact on healthcare costs is "going to get worse before it gets better."...

Kenya Reports Its First Case of Ebola in Current Outbreak of Rare Strain

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 06, 2026 6 Comments

The patient, who succumbed to the infection, somehow managed to bypass border controls, despite traveling while ill after receiving treatment in the Democratic Republic of Congo....

Russia Walks Back Plague Claims After Siberian Lab Employee’s Death

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 06, 2026 8 Comments

Russia's health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, reports that there was no lab accident. Furthermore, the agency also insists that the young woman did not die of exposure to any pathogen that she had been handling....

One Dead, Nearly 200 Hospitalized in Siberian Pneumonic Plague Outbreak

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 04, 2026 21 Comments

Pneumonic plague is not COVID: "Many patients die before they develop a well-advanced pneumonia."...

DOJ: UCSF Medical School Used Race to Decide Who Got In

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 25, 2026 3 Comments

“Unfortunately, at UCSF Medical School, MCAT scores and undergraduate GPAs have taken a backseat to race”...

Officials Warn of Possible Measles Exposure at Philadelphia Airport

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 23, 2026 13 Comments

I have a crazy and insane idea. If you are sick, stay home! ...

Iceberg Lettuce-Linked Cyclospora Outbreak Ends After Nearly 13,000 Cases

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 14, 2026 6 Comments

The Great Lettuce Outbreak of 2026 is over, but America’s salad avoidance led to an unexpected problem....

Rare Ebola Strain Spreads to Seventh Province in Congo

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 14, 2026 9 Comments

Meanwhile, the head of the African CDC is pressuring African leaders to own the Ebola response....

UW-Madison Medical School Accused of Racial Disparities in Admissions

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 05, 2026 3 Comments

“Our admission process reviews every aspect of an application with the strength of academic preparation key to determining an applicant’s likelihood of success”...

Chicago Cardinal, Catholic Nuns Sue Illinois Over Assisted Suicide Law

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 04, 2026 22 Comments

Mother Julie Marie: "The elderly people who come to our homes are looking for a place where they will be cherished and cared for until natural death. They should be free to choose that kind of care without having assisted suicide inserted into it by...