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Jun 2024
Women’s Healthcare in the Spotlight
In March (2024), President Biden signed an Executive Order with the goal of investing in and improving healthcare for women. In it, he declared that “for far too long, scientific and biomedical research excluded women and undervalued the study of women’s health.” The Order intends to identify areas where women’s health needs are not being met in terms of research; to support and prioritize research;…
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16
Jun 2024
A Terrible Trio: Silence, Complicity, and Cover-Up
Accountability is at the root of a lawsuit in Chicago that alleges a physician was allowed to practice medicine while being investigated for abusive behavior. At stake is not only the harm done by the doctor but also the hospital’s failure to safeguard its patients. Not unlike the high-profile case of Larry Nassar, the former sports physician who abused athletes at Michigan State University and…
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