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The move by the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center was the second time this month that a hospital has taken this rare step. A major Pennsylvania hospital [...]

A Houston hospital is investigating whether a doctor altered a transplant list to make his patients ineligible for care. A disproportionate number of them have died while waiting for new [...]

A Houston hospital is investigating whether a doctor altered a transplant list to make his patients ineligible for care. A disproportionate number of them have died while waiting for new [...]

The clinics' owner, Dr. Jihad Mustapha, who called himself the ''leg saver'' but whose procedures sometimes preceded amputations, was a focus of a Times investigation last year. A doctor who [...]

The clinics’ owner, Dr. Jihad Mustapha, who called himself the “leg saver” but whose procedures sometimes preceded amputations, was a focus of a Times investigation last year. A doctor who [...]

Mothers have complained that Melanie Henstrom, a lactation consultant in Boise, Idaho, pressured them to get their babies' tongues lasered by a dentist. The national body that certifies lactation consultants [...]

Mothers have complained that Melanie Henstrom, a lactation consultant in Boise, Idaho, pressured them to get their babies’ tongues lasered by a dentist. The national body that certifies lactation consultants [...]

Cada vez más se recomienda liberar los tejidos que unen la lengua, labios y mejillas de los niños para facilitar la lactancia. Sin embargo, los doctores advierten sobre la seriedad [...]

The Health Dept. is looking into the public hospital's use of unlicensed technicians during some bariatric surgeries. The New York State Department of Health is scrutinizing Bellevue Hospital's use of [...]

The Health Dept. is looking into the public hospital’s use of unlicensed technicians during some bariatric surgeries. The New York State Department of Health is scrutinizing Bellevue Hospital’s use of [...]

Tess Merrell had breastfed three babies and never expected trouble with her fourth. But after a month of struggling with her newborn, she hired Melanie Henstrom for help. Ms. Henstrom, [...]

Tongue, lip and cheek-tie releases are often recommended to help with breastfeeding or to prevent health problems. Few studies have shown benefits. It’s an increasingly common scenario faced by new [...]

Tess Merrell had breastfed three babies and never expected trouble with her fourth. But after a month of struggling with her newborn, she hired Melanie Henstrom for help. Ms. Henstrom, [...]

New York's Bellevue Hospital performs thousands of the lucrative surgeries a year, even on Rikers Island prisoners and other inappropriate patients. In the windowless basement of a Manhattan church last [...]

El Hospital Bellevue de Nueva York realiza miles de estas lucrativas cirugías cada año, incluso a pacientes que no cumplen con los requisitos para ser intervenidos. El mes pasado, el [...]

Byline: Katie Thomas, Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Robert Gebeloff Kelly Hanna's leg was amputated onÃáa summer day in 2020, after a Michigan doctor who called himself the 'leg saver' had damaged [...]

Kelly Hanna's leg was amputated on a summer day in 2020, after a Michigan doctor who called himself the ''leg saver'' had damaged her arteries by snaking metal wires through [...]

Byline: Sarah Kliff and Jessica Silver-Greenberg Many hospitals in the United States use aggressive tactics to collect medical debt. They flood local courts with collections lawsuits. They garnish patients' wages. [...]

Many hospitals in the United States use aggressive tactics to collect medical debt. They flood local courts with collections lawsuits. They garnish patients' wages. They seize their tax refunds. But [...]

The federal agency that oversees nursing homes has tightened rules around the use of powerful antipsychotic drugs. Federal regulators said Wednesday that they will begin penalizing nursing homes that give [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Rebecca Robbins, Katie Thomas and Jessica Silver-Greenberg At a hospital in a Chicago suburb last winter, there were so few nurses that psychiatric patients with Covid were left waiting [...]

The move may affect giant social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, as well as smaller ones like Mastodon and Truth Social. Twitter said on Sunday that it would ban [...]

At a hospital in a Chicago suburb last winter, there were so few nurses that psychiatric patients with Covid were left waiting a full day for beds, and a single [...]

Providence began reaching out to more than 700 patients after The Times contacted the hospital system about its billing and debt-collection practices. One of the country's largest nonprofit hospital chains, [...]

Byline: Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Katie Thomas In 2018, senior executives at one of the country's largest nonprofit hospital chains, Providence, were frustrated. They were spending hundreds of millions of dollars [...]

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 [...]

In 2018, senior executives at one of the country's largest nonprofit hospital chains, Providence, were frustrated. They were spending hundreds of millions of dollars providing free health care to patients. [...]

Byline: David Yaffe-Bellany and Jessica Silver-Greenberg Daniel Defense, which makes military-style rifles, was an early adopter of direct-to-consumer marketing and has a history of running provocative ads. After one of [...]

Daniel Defense, which makes military-style rifles, was an early adopter of direct-to-consumer marketing and has a history of running provocative ads. After one of its military-style rifles was used in [...]

In Arizona, a nursing home resident was sexually assaulted in the dining room. In Minnesota, a woman caught Covid-19 after workers moved a coughing resident into her room. And in [...]

In Arizona, a nursing home resident was sexually assaulted in the dining room. In Minnesota, a woman caught Covid-19 after workers moved a coughing resident into her room. And in [...]

At least 21 percent of nursing home residents are on antipsychotic drugs, a Times investigation found. The handwritten doctor's order was just eight words long, but it solved a problem [...]

The lawsuit, filed by the state attorney general and other prosecutors, accuses Brookdale Senior Living of gaming Medicare's ubiquitous star-rating system. California prosecutors sued the country's largest chain of senior [...]

Nursing homes have manipulated the influential star system in ways that have masked deep problems -- and left them unprepared for Covid-19. Twelve years ago, the U.S. government introduced a [...]

Hospitals use century-old lien laws to bypass insurers and charge patients, especially poorer ones, the full amount. When Monica Smith was badly hurt in a car accident, she assumed Medicaid [...]

Walgreens and CVS staff will soon begin vaccinations at tens of thousands of long-term care facilities. Some staff and residents are wary, and there are thorny issues of consent. In [...]

An internal review started after Jeffrey Epstein's ties to the company were revealed has not produced any public findings. Some employees question whether workplace issues have been properly addressed. It [...]

Porter Wright withdrew from a federal lawsuit it had filed days earlier. A top Jones Day lawyer said the firm wouldn't take on new election litigation. Law firms that have [...]

Some lawyers at Jones Day and Porter Wright, which have filed suits about the 2020 vote, said they were worried about undermining the electoral system. Like many big law firms, [...]

A surprise charge that can take advantage of vulnerable people and possibly violate consumer protection laws. The New York Times is investigating the costs associated with testing and treatment for [...]

HEALTH CARE Hospital Worker Is FiredFor Speaking to The Times NeuroBehavioral Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Crown Point, Ind., fired an employee last week after she was quoted in a [...]

Byline: Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Rachel Abrams They are finding what families say are pretexts to send patients to hospitals for psychiatric care - and then refusing to let them return. [...]

They are finding what families say are pretexts to send patients to hospitals for psychiatric care -- and then refusing to let them return. In a New York nursing home, [...]

Former employees at New Breed Logistics say they were expected to donate to candidates whom their executive, Louis DeJoy, was supporting, and would be rewarded through yearly bonuses. Postmaster General [...]

At President Trump's behest, the Treasury Secretary sought out appointees who would restructure the United States Postal Service. WASHINGTON -- In early February, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin invited two Republican [...]

Democrats are calling on Louis DeJoy to step down amid concerns that changes already made could disenfranchise voters in November. WASHINGTON -- Louis DeJoy's move to halt changes that were [...]

Policy changes by the postmaster general prompted allegations that the Trump administration was trying to disenfranchise voters before the 2020 election. WASHINGTON -- Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, facing intense backlash [...]

Nursing homes, the center of the pandemic, are seeking tax breaks, federal cash infusions and protection against lawsuits. Some want direct government aid. Others want tax breaks. Many want protection [...]

Byline: Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Amy Julia Harris Nursing homes across the country are kicking out old and disabled residents and sending them to homeless shelters and rundown motels. On a [...]