Fresh off the FTC's successful challenges to four hospital mergers, the Biden administration's new majority on the commission is primed to more aggressively combat consolidation in the healthcare industry than it has in past years.
Inspectors found that an anesthesiologist at a Brooklyn hospital made numerous errors in administering epidurals. Some were life-threatening. One was fatal.
Many doctors worry that the drugs' current popularity, fueled in part by social media, has resulted in people taking them without sufficient medical supervision.
