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Who is Dr Nisha Verma? US senator asks Indian-origin doctor if men can get pregnant

File photo: Dr Nisha Verma Dr Nisha Verma has drawn national attention after a tense exchange during a recent US Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on abortion pill safety. During the hearing, Republican Senator Josh Hawley repeatedly questioned Verma on whether men can get pregnant, a line of questioning that quickly […]

Can men get pregnant? Indian-origin doctor Nisha Verma questioned by Republican senator during abortion debate

A Senate hearing on the safety and regulation of abortion pills turned tense on Wednesday when Senator Josh Hawley repeatedly pressed Indian-origin obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Nisha Verma on whether men can become pregnant. The exchange during the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee session went viral on social media.The hearing was meant to focus on the […]

Rocks in food, diseased detainees unable to see doctor: Ro Khanna ‘horrified’ by living conditions at California ICE facility

US Congressman Ro Khanna has said he was “horrified” by conditions at a California immigration detention centre after speaking directly with dozens of detainees who described a lack of medical care, poor food and degrading living conditions, even worse than what animals live in. In a post on X and in interviews following his visit, […]

Over 500 women sue Virginia hospital over unnecessary surgeries by former doctor Javaid Perwaiz, seek $10 million each

A total of 510 women have sued a Virginia hospital and its executives seeking $10 million each from the hospital for unnecessary operations performed by former doctor Javaid Perwaiz who is already serving a 59-year prison sentence for medical fraud. While Perwaiz’s case is well known, the victims have now filed a lawsuit against the […]

The Indian-origin doctor whose plans to save lives were undone by Trump’s gutting of USAID | World News

USAID was built to make survival feel ordinary. It existed so that childbirth would not be a gamble, hunger would not quietly hollow out childhoods, and outbreaks would be spotted early enough to remain footnotes rather than funerals. Its work was repetitive and procedural by design, because global health only improves when prevention becomes routine. […]

Albert Einstein’s brain was stolen by a doctor and carried around for 40 years |

Thomas Stoltz Harvey pictured in 1994 holding part of Einstein’s brain which he’d kept with him for decades (Michael Brennan/Getty Images) Albert Einstein died on 18 April 1955, aged 76. His death marked the end of one of the most influential scientific lives in history. It also marked the beginning of a long, unsettled afterlife […]

Florida doctor found dead in Dollar Tree freezer under mysterious circumstances | World News

A 32-year-old Florida physician and mother of two was found dead inside a freezer at a Dollar Tree store in Miami, a day after she entered the shop, according to police and local media reports. The woman, identified as Helen Massiell Garay Sanchez, was discovered by a store employee on Sunday morning. Authorities have said […]

Father of IDF soldier reveals harrowing details of daughter’s death by Gaza doctor; air pumped into her veins until…

The father of an Israeli soldier kidnapped on October 7 by Hamas has claimed his daughter was deliberately killed inside a Gaza hospital by a civilian doctor who injected air into her veins. The grieving parent claimed he was sent a video showing her final moments as she barely clung on to life.Avi Marciano spoke […]

‘I am struck’: Indian H-1B kidney doctor can’t join practice in North Carolina; awaiting $100,000 fee waiver

While the Donald Trump administration’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee was meant for a deterrent for the tech industry to hire from overseas, the rural healthcare system is suffering now for want of good doctors as they can’t pay $100,000. The Washington Post reported the plight of a health facility in Shelby, a small town in […]

‘Damaged so many lives’: Indian-origin doctor Oumair Aejaz sentenced to over 35 years in Michigan for secretly filming women, children; wife made 1st complaint

Oumair Aejaz, an Indian-origin former doctor from Michigan, was sentenced to 35-60 years in prison on charges of sexual misconduct after he secretly recorded women and children exploiting his position as a doctor. He started at his home as he filmed his wife, their young children and female relatives, the wife told the police in […]