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fromSlate Magazine
6 days ago

The Baby's Heart Stopped. One Phrase Has Stuck With Me for Years Since.

There is a piece of advice given to doctors in moments like this: Check your own pulse. Each person in the room has a role, and we perform it best with steady hands and measured voices.
Medicine
Public health
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

It's not just vaccines. Parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns-even protection from severe bleeding and blindness | Fortune

Rising skepticism and anti-science sentiment are leading to increased refusals of vitamin K shots and other preventive care for newborns.
Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Circumcision classed as possible child abuse in draft CPS document

Circumcision is classified as a potential form of child abuse and can be criminal when it causes death or serious harm if performed improperly.
Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Great Ormond Street surgeon harmed 94 children, review finds

Ninety-four children were harmed by a Great Ormond Street orthopaedic surgeon between 2017 and 2022, including 36 who suffered severe harm.
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