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email article Joe Flores, NP, JD, has been defending nurses against investigations by the Texas Board of Nursing for several years. Flores, a Corpus Christi attorney and part-time hospice care nurse practitioner, rarely turns away these clients. He feels it's important they have representation if they have a case. But since the pandemic started, Flores has had to turn away many cases. Demand for his services is up, he says, as nurses are being investigated by the Board even as they struggle to perform their jobs with the added stress of the pandemic. The nature of the complaints is also...

email article Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. World Leaders Fanned Flames of COVID Misinformation Leaders of many nations deliberately spread misinformation about the origin and spread of SARS-CoV-2, deflecting blame onto rivals in a geopolitical game of gossip-mongering, according to a joint investigation conducted by the Associated Press and the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab. Leaders from China, Iran, Russia, and the U.S. led or permitted misinformation campaigns...

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email article Two Detroit area cardiologists were awarded more than $10 million after a federal judge upheld an arbitrator's decision that Detroit Medical Center (DMC) and its parent company acted with malice in firing them as retaliation for reporting violations at the facility. Amir Kaki, MD, and Mahir Elder, MD, were medical leaders at Tenet Healthcare's DMC when they were dismissed from those positions in October 2018. Their staff privileges at system medical centers were soon discontinued as well. The arbitrator found in their favor in December, awarding them $10.6 million and rein...