Medical Groups Warn Against Visa Fees for Foreign Doctors

The United States depends heavily on physicians trained abroad. The Trump administration’s new fees may exacerbate personnel shortages, especially in underserved regions.

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Strangers Come Together to Deliver Baby Girl at Burning Man Festival

A woman unexpectedly went into labor at the desert festival. Within minutes, a neonatal nurse, an OB-GYN, a pediatric doctor and other attendees filled her camper.

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She Tended to Patients Across 4 States. But She Wasn’t a Nurse, Police Say.

A woman who the Pennsylvania State Police say worked under multiple aliases faces multiple criminal charges. The authorities still aren’t sure of her real name.

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Marthe Cohn, a Wartime Jewish Nurse Who Spied for the French, Dies at 105

Fluent in German and passing as an Aryan, she once crossed into Germany, uncovered Nazi military secrets and nursed a wounded, and deceived, SS officer.

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A Day With One Abortion Pill Prescriber

A nurse practitioner spoke on the phone with patients in states with abortion bans, assessed their medical eligibility and sent pills. She took some unconventional steps to protect their privacy.

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Tips from Nurses for Your Next Hospital Visit

There are ways to make it less miserable.

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A Bronx Hospital Is Investing in Its Nurses

St. Barnabas plans to spend $5 million from a foundation grant to apply for nursing accreditation programs.

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Trump Cracks Down on Cuba and Its Medical Missions Around the World

The administration has begun to pull the U.S. visas of foreign officials in countries that pay the Cuban government for doctors and nurses.

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Insulin Test Used to Convict Lucy Letby of Murder Was Unreliable, Experts Say

A new report by neonatal and toxicology experts casts doubt on the validity of the test results that were pivotal to the prosecution’s case.

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Lucy Letby Murders Inquiry Should Be Halted, Hospital’s Ex-Managers Say

Former executives at the British hospital where Ms. Letby was a nurse requested that a judge’s inquiry into the killings there be suspended amid new evidence.

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