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Ex-UCLA Gynecologist Pleads Guilty to 13 Felonies, Gets 11 Years

The plea ends the retrial fight sparked by an appeals court ruling on juror handling.

Army Expands Case Against Former Fort Hood OB-GYN to 146 UCMJ Specifications Involving 73 Alleged Victims

Texas Mother Charged With Medical Child Abuse After Doctors Allege Unneeded Feeding Tubes and Surgeries

Former Brigham Doctor Indicted on 3 Rape Counts, 17 Indecent Assault Charges After 11 More Accusers

Backlash Grows Over Columbia’s Hadden Report as Survivors Urge AG Action and Two Leaders Step Down

Report Finds Columbia Culture Enabled Hadden’s Abuse as Two Leaders Step Down

Bombay, Gujarat High Courts Authorize Abortions for Minor Rape Survivors, Citing Autonomy and SC Precedent

Piedmont Confirms First Medically Assisted Suicide After ASL Supports Home Procedure

China Orders Nationwide Review of Mental Health Institutions After Insurance Abuse Allegations

Houston Transplant Surgeon Indicted Over Alleged Record Falsification That Blocked Liver Transplants

Judge Orders Expanded Medical Review in Silvina Luna Homicide Probe Targeting Lotocki’s Post-Op Care

Government Says Imran Khan Requested PIMS Eye Procedure as Court Weighs Access for Personal Doctors

Appeals Court Overturns James Heaps Conviction, Orders Retrial

Vancouver Doctor Charged With Sex Offences Against Two Teen Patients

New York Jury Awards $2 Million to Detransitioner in Malpractice Case Over Teen Mastectomy

Florida Nurse Gives Up License After Post Saying He'd Deny Anesthesia to ‘MAGA’ Patients

Spain's Supreme Court Rejects Father's Appeal, Leaving 24-Year-Old's Euthanasia Authorization Intact

Florida AG Urges Nursing Board to Revoke License Over Nurse’s Post Refusing MAGA Patients Anesthesia

Lower Bavaria Gynecologist Under Investigation for Suspected Patient Abuse as Court Bars Him From Treating Patients

Tarapoto Patient Sentenced in San Martín’s First Racial-Discrimination Case