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Medical student who implied she stuck patient twice for mocking pronoun pin no longer working with patients
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"The student is not involved in patient care activities at this time," Wake Forest School of Medicine spokeswoman Paula Faria told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" producer Gregg Re, according to his Twitter feed. ETHICS PRO...
Colorado plastic surgeon charged after death of teen breast implant patient
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Dr. Geoffrey Kim, 52, surrendered to deputies Wednesday following an arrest warrant issued years after the botched surgery in August 2019, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office. "It is very rare for a pr...
Virginia hospital denies unvaccinated patient spot on ‘active’ kidney transplant list
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Shamgar Connors, 42, is a husband and father of two. He and his wife, a nurse, decided against taking the COVID-19 vaccine after the entire family suffered through the disease last year. However, a doctor at Universi...
Boston patient removed from heart-transplant list because he’s not vaccinated against COVID: report
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The hospital told CBS Boston that its policy is in line with other transplant programs in the U.S. that require the vaccine because it fits under the lifestyle behaviors of the candidates. The statement said it is th...
COVID-19 patient moved to Texas after risk of having ventilator turned off in Minnesota hospital: report
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Scott Quiner, 55, of Buffalo, Minnesota, had been in the ICU of Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids since Nov. 6 after he tested positive for the virus in late October. He required deep sedation, a breathing tube and was h...
Michigan judge berates cancer patient over blighted lawn, ‘If I could give you jail time on this, I would’
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Burhan Chowdhury of Hamtramck, located a few miles north of Detroit, said during a Jan. 10 Zoom court hearing that he hasn't been able to maintain his yard because cancer treatments have left him weak. He was diagnos...
Bob Saget privately helped 9-year-old Scleroderma patient and her family in his final years
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Saget was a tireless advocate for those battling the disease, constantly doing charitable events and working on the Board of the Scleroderma Research Foundation. On multiple occasions, he noted how committed he was t...
A second HIV patient may have been ‘cured’ of infection without treatment
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Researchers say they have found a second patient whose body seemingly had rid itself of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS -- supporting hope that it may be possible someday to find a way to cur...
Ambulance driver admitted to drinking, smoking marijuana and taking Adderall before crash that killed patient, police say
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A Georgia ambulance driver has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence and second-degree homicide-by-vehicle after he crashed the ambulance he was driving, killing the dialysis patient he was tran...
Nets’ Joe Tsai ‘patient’ with Kyrie Irving but says Brooklyn can ‘be a contending team’ with current roster
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Tsai told Nets Daily on Friday that he respects Irving’s decision to not get the vaccine, even if he doesn’t understand it, but added that the Nets won’t budge in their decision to let him play until he can fully par...
US surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient
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For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient's immune system, a potentially major advance that could eventually help alleviate a dire sho...
How to become more patient with everyday annoyances
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When the elevator's running slow, you clench your teeth and curse under your breath. If you still haven't received your latte or a restaurant table, you snap at the barista or hostess and demand to know why it's tak...
Monica Lewinsky discusses cancel culture in ’15 Minutes of Shame’ official trailer: ‘I was Patient Zero’
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"Imagine waking up with the whole world talking about you because your mistake, your secret, has now been made public. Trust me: I know a little something about this. I was Patient Zero of having a reputation destroy...
Arizona male nurse gets ‘slap on the wrist’ plea deal in rape of incapacitated patient who later bore child
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Defendant Nathan Sutherland also entered a guilty plea to an "abuse of a vulnerable adult" charge stemming from his treatment of the woman. As part of a plea agreement, the sentencing range for the sexual assault ch...
3-year-old leukemia patient and Publix superfan surprised with his very own ‘Publix car’
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The 3-year-old from Buford, Georgia, was diagnosed with leukemia in December 2020. Because Reese's chemotherapy treatment has weakened his immune system, he hasn’t been able to get out much other than the local Publ...
Man arrested after taking Houston ambulance at gunpoint with paramedic and patient inside, police say
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A man has been arrested after using a car to block an ambulance, ordering the driver out at gunpoint and driving the ambulance away with a 16-year-old hit-and-run victim and a paramedic inside, Houston police say. T...