Prosecutors: Convicted CEO Elizabeth Holmes is a flight risk
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Elizabeth Holmes is a flight risk and shouldn’t be allowed to stay out of prison while she appeals her 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors, …
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Psychedelic therapy is moving to the next frontier: workplace perk
Acupuncture and chiropractic care weren’t always the common fixtures of employer benefit plans they are today. It took clamoring from workers, the accumulation of evidence, and the slow realization by …
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Medical malpractice lawsuits, delayed by the pandemic, are hitting hospitals harder than expected
Carlos David Castro Rojas was a healthy 27-year-old engineering student when he fell off a ladder hanging Christmas lights in 2017, breaking his leg and injuring his knee. What was …
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U.S. surgeon general says workplaces are taking a toll on Americans’ mental and physical health
Your job can be hazardous to your health, according to a new report from the U.S. Surgeon General that highlights how the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed fractures in working Americans’ …
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The U.S. is terrible at keeping businesses from worsening public health, experts say
WASHINGTON — Here in the U.S., it’s “in” to study the social determinants of health. There are programs at Columbia and Emory dedicated to the field. Papers on the topic …
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Opinion: Amazon and One Medical: Minding the data gaps
When Amazon announced its intention to acquire One Medical, a primary care organization that leverages its digital health platform and brick-and-mortar clinics to offer on-demand health care services, it declared …
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Parents and clinicians say private equity’s profit fixation is short-changing kids with autism
ATLANTA — When a new person comes into his living room, a giggly “E” smiles and passes a balloon her way. His fifth birthday was a few weeks ago, and …
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Biotech employees cash in health care’s largest salaries, while people working at providers sit near the bottom
It pays to be in the lab. It pays way less to be at the patient’s bedside. People who work at biotechs, life sciences firms, and pharmaceutical companies pull in …
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‘It’s not medical’: Oregon wrestles with how to offer psychedelics outside the health care system
PORTLAND, Ore. — Visitors to the fabric store, kitty-corner to a Whole Foods, are greeted by a sign on the glass front door. Outlined in red, it says: “NO drugs, …
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