/health?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Health Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:42:58 +0000 /health/articles/2419950?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2419950 California's Oroville Hospital and its parent company filed for bankruptcy Monday, listing more than $100 million of debt and saying it needs the protections of Chapter 11 to complete a value-maximizing sale of its facilities. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:44:40 +0000 /health/articles/2417855?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2417855 Recent additions to a committee note on proposed Rule of Evidence 707 — governing evidence generated by artificial intelligence — seeks to mitigate potential dangers that may arise once machine outputs are introduced at trial, encouraging judges to perform critical gatekeeping functions, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl. Mon, 08 Dec 2025 21:46:02 +0000 /health/articles/2419548?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2419548 Central Washington healthcare operator Confluence Health has refunded more than $1.8 million to low-income patients who paid for hospital care despite being eligible for financial assistance under the state's Charity Care Act, Washington Attorney General Nick Brown announced Monday. Mon, 08 Dec 2025 20:22:29 +0000 /health/articles/2419627?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2419627 The First Circuit on Monday issued an administrative stay that temporarily keeps in place a ban on Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, pausing a lower court's ruling. Mon, 08 Dec 2025 19:15:35 +0000 /health/articles/2419227?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2419227 The pandemic and initiatives from the second administration of President Donald Trump challenging decades of established scientific norms have made science more politicized, and attorneys say picking a jury and presenting scientific evidence is increasingly challenging. Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:20:48 +0000 /health/articles/2413396?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2413396 Communications and brand strategy during a law firm merger represent a crucial thread that runs through every stage of a combination and should include clear messaging, leverage modern marketing tools and embrace the chance to evolve, says Ashley Horne at Womble Bond. Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:48:51 +0000 /health/articles/2418682?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2418682 A Connecticut judge bristled at a celebrity doctor's failure to overturn key records that may bolster a former WWE staffer's abuse claims against the company, saying on Monday that his prior order to unearth the documents "is not being taken seriously." Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:22:29 +0000 /health/articles/2419369?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2419369 A Massachusetts federal judge stayed a proposed federal benefits class action Monday against Smith & Nephew that accused the medical device company of imposing excessive fees on an employee 401(k) plan, after the parties told the court they had agreed to settle their dispute. Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:14:25 +0000 /health/articles/2419014?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2419014 An Eleventh Circuit panel revived Florida's lawsuit against a federal rule that reduces Medicaid funding based on agreements between hospitals, but upheld a lower court's decision to deny the state's request for an injunction after finding it wouldn't likely succeed on the merits of its complaint.  Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:05:16 +0000 /health/articles/2418994?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2418994 A Second Circuit panel appeared skeptical Monday of arguments by two former NBA players convicted of defrauding a league healthcare plan that they were tricked into participating by the scheme's leader, saying the trial evidence included "red flags." Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:29:48 +0000 /health/articles/2419260?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2419260 The U.S. Supreme Court told a Louisiana appeals court Monday that it incorrectly found that a state law protecting healthcare providers from civil liability during public health emergencies bars an HIV patient from alleging federal discrimination claims after being denied aquatherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:54:05 +0000 /health/articles/2419224?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2419224 The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it won't review a New Jersey Supreme Court decision that a state requirement to treat patients regardless of the patient's ability to pay does not amount to an unconstitutional per se or regulatory taking. Mon, 08 Dec 2025 10:32:55 +0000 /health/articles/2415972?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2415972 Eliminating the so-called law of the circuit doctrine — as recently proposed by a Fifth Circuit judge, echoing Justice Neil Gorsuch’s concurrence in Loper Bright — would undermine public confidence in the judiciary’s independence and create costly uncertainty for litigants, says Lawrence Bluestone at Genova Burns. Mon, 08 Dec 2025 09:48:08 +0000 /health/articles/2419210?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2419210 The U.S. Supreme Court asked Monday for the federal government's input on a group of religious workers' challenge to a pandemic-era New York state policy requiring healthcare providers to make their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 22:21:12 +0000 /health/articles/2419035?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2419035 A juror in Florida hospitals' $1.5 billion trial against the three major pharmacy chains over opioid dispensing was dismissed Friday after a judge found that her allegations of serious misconduct against another juror were largely unwarranted. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 22:09:07 +0000 /health/articles/2418505?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2418505 A Georgia-based medical billing practice asked a federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action accusing it of failing to properly secure its patients and employees' personal information that was exposed in a September data breach, arguing the plaintiffs failed to show their data was publicly disseminated or otherwise misused. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:40:29 +0000 /health/articles/2418806?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2418806 Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg urged a Ninth Circuit panel during a hearing Friday to scrap orders requiring him to give a limited deposition in privacy litigation over Facebook's alleged collection of health data, arguing the plaintiffs failed to exhaust alternative methods of getting the information they seek. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 20:02:37 +0000 /health/articles/2418934?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2418934 The U.S. solicitor general on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Hikma Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s appeal of a decision reviving a patent suit involving its "skinny label" on a generic heart drug, saying the ruling puts the availability of lower-cost generics at risk. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:47:14 +0000 /health/articles/2418884?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2418884 Medical marijuana company Leafwell Inc. said Friday that competitor My Florida Green used artificial intelligence to fabricate legal claims and draft a factually and legally deficient complaint as part of a scheme to extort Leafwell and ruin its business, according to a suit filed in Florida federal court. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:11:08 +0000 /health/articles/2418860?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2418860 The Ninth Circuit rejected the Trump administration's effort to undo a lower court's pause on federal funding reductions to K-12 mental health services, siding with a coalition of 16 states seeking to preserve programs established in the wake of high-profile school shootings.