Gay Louisiana doctor says he’s leaving the state over its ‘discriminatory’ legislation

One of Louisiana’s few doctors specializing in pediatric heart conditions is leaving the state after the Legislature passed a variety of bills aimed at restricting rights for LGBTQ people.  Dr. Jake Kleinmahon works at Ochsner Hospital for Children in New Orleans as the medical director of the hospital’s pediatric heart المزيد

New Jersey woman posed as a doctor for more than a year and wrote prescriptions, prosecutors say

A New Jersey woman who posed as a doctor, treated patients and prescribed medications has been arrested, prosecutors in Ocean County said Thursday. Toms River resident Maria F. Macburnie, 62, also known as Marife L. Macburnie, was charged with practicing medicine without a license, forgery, health care fraud, and distributing المزيد

Larry Nassar victims accuse Michigan State of ‘secret votes’ to hide records about the disgraced sports doctor

Victims of convicted sexual predator Larry Nassar filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing Michigan State University officials of taking “secret votes” to conceal records about the disgraced sports doctor. The civil complaint filed in Ingham County Circuit Court claims the East Lansing school violated open meeting laws, refusing to give thousands المزيد