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Doctors may be missing patients who are trying to cheat on tests that check if they are taking medication for opioid addiction.

Santa Clara County’s top executive sat down with the Investigative Unit saying there are problems, but some of the doctors claims have been bargaining chips in recent contract negotiations. Investigative Reporter Candice Nguyen reports.

Santa Clara County’s top executive sat down with the Investigative Unit saying there are problems, but some of the doctors claims have been bargaining chips in recent contract negotiations.

For months, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has been digging into concerns of dangerously long patient wait times at Valley Medical Center. Raj Mathai speaks with investigative reporter Candice Nguyen on this.

Doctors who spread coronavirus lies could be disciplined for unprofessional conduct in California under a law signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

From thousands of miles away over telemedicine video chat, Northwell Health’s Dr. Andrew Salama has offered advice and support to doctors working in warzones in Ukraine. Salama has treated patients injured in the Gulf War, and used that experience to consult Ukrainian doctors through facial reconstruction surgeries and other treatments for wartime injuries. LX News storyteller Peter Hull reports.

A Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will not just affect women seeking to terminate pregnancies, but it will also affect training for medical students across the country. Dr. Aditi Nerurkar, a physician and lecturer at Harvard Medical School, joined LX News Now to discuss the implications of ending Roe v. Wade for the medical profession.

For years, Maria Sylvia thought the streak on her nail was just a mole. A biopsy revealed something different.

The first African American woman doctor to secure a medical patent did so in 1988 for laser cataract surgery. Learn more about the extraordinary life of Dr. Patricia Bath.

Two weeks from now, California’s mask mandate is scheduled to expire and Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state is working on new guidelines. Cierra Johnson reports.

Two years into the pandemic, the coronavirus is killing Americans at far higher rates than people in other wealthy nations. And now, U.S. doctors are facing yet another hurdle in the COVID-19 fight: medicine shortages. Bob Redell reports.

Dr. Jason Chertoff tries to focus on the positive and why he got into the medical profession: to help people. But at the Ohio ICU where he works, morale is rapidly depleting as the unit again fills with COVID-19 patients – most of whom are unvaccinated. Chertoff says he’s tried to convince people to get their shots – meanwhile, staffing...

The California Department of Public Health now says health care worker that test positive for COVID-19 can return to work immediately if they have no symptoms. Marianne Favro reports.

The California Department of Public Health now says health care worker that test positive for COVID-19 can return to work immediately if they have no symptoms

The California Department of Public Health is allowing health care providers and hospitals to let asymptomatic staffers return to work in some situations.

In the wake of last week’s oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the pending Supreme Court case that will determine the future of abortion access in America, there’s a new spotlight on how women’s reproductive health is treated in this country. One physician went viral on Twitter over the weekend for questioning why sedation is the...

Health care workers who were once saluted for saving lives in the COVID-19 outbreak are now being issued panic buttons and ditching their scrubs before going out in public to avoid harassment.