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Warning About "PubMed AI"

Hello all, I am not a medical professional, but I am a librarian at a health sciences academic library. This issue was spotted and reported...

Oregon teen dies of sepsis after doctors fail to clean wound before stitching, lawsuit says [Med Mal Case]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oregon-teen-dies-sepsis-doctors-fail-clean-wound-stitching-lawsuit-say-rcna344685 An Oregon family alleged in a $100 million lawsuit that their 18-year-old son died from an infection after doctors at a Corvallis hospital did not...

American Society of Regional Anesthesia sent cease and desist letter to physician who created free reference app based on their publicly available guidelines

Background: ASRA publishes guidelines for regional anesthesia and interventional pain procedures regarding the timing of anticoagulation (how long to hold prior, when to restart...

JD Vance and Dr. Oz freeze California's Medicaid payments because California did not "not aggressively prosecute Medicaid fraud" and threatens other states

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/vance-announces-suspension-medicaid-payments-california-fraud-rcna344988 Sure, a few fraudsters are enough to stop $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to everyone in California. Ready to tear down a health system because...