Former president Jimmy Carter is in the hospital again after falling and fracturing his pelvis on Monday evening at his home in Plains, Georgia. Carter Center spokeswoman Deanna Congileo described the fracture as minor. Her statement said the 95-year-old was in good spirits at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center, and that he was looking forward to recovering at home.
Lawyers claim a Detroit doctor falsely diagnosed hundreds of children with epilepsy in order to pad his pockets. Dr. Yasser Awaad allegedly forced children to endure grueling medical tests — including sleep deprivation — multiple times, though the children never needed them.
The Medical Board of California has accused a San Diego doctor of “gross negligence” for granting at least one vaccination exemption based on “remote and irrelevant family history,” and for other conduct associated with writing an estimated 1,000 such exemptions since 2016.
Nearly four weeks after potentially deadly bacteria was found in the water at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Southeast Washington, the psychiatric hospital is still without useable running water. Patients and staff are being forced to use bottled water for drinking, cooking, handwashing and showering. Since September 27, 54,288 bottles of water and 3,160 bottles of 5-gallon jugs have been used.
Charleston’s hospitality workers struggle to pay for health care so often that a clinic catering to low-income patients on James, Johns, Folly and Wadmalaw islands has opened its doors to them. The Barrier Islands Free Medical Clinic began accepting downtown restaurant and hotel workers at its office on Johns Island after realizing just how few in the workforce have access to health care.
Floridians may soon have a lot more trouble scheduling a doctor's appointment. The Sunshine State already suffers from a shortage of healthcare providers. And more than one in three physicians in Florida is nearing retirement age. This rapidly approaching wave of retirements could limit Floridians' ability to access care.