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Indian-origin doctor Mona Ghosh sentenced to 10 years in prison in US for $2.4 million medical fraud

Dr Mona Ghosh sentenced to 10 years in prison in the US for medical fraud. Indian-American physician Dr Moa Ghosh (OB-GYN) who pleaded guilty last year to the fraud charges has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the $2.4 million medical fraud that she committed through her medical office. The 52-year-old submitted fraudulent […]

Who is Bobby Mukkamala? First person of Indian-origin elected head of American Medical Association; credits immigrant parents for his journey

Bobby Mukkamala delivers his first speech as the first AMA president of South Asian descent (Photo: X) In a historic first, Indian-origin doctor Bobby Mukkamala has been sworn in as the 180th president of the American Medical Association (AMA).He is the first physician of Indian heritage to lead the influential organisation.The appointment comes just months […]

New rule of medical examination for green card applicants from June 11: All you need to know

Green card applicants need to submit new medical form with new application. If they have an old one for an application that was withdrawn or rejected, it’s not valid anymore. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it was making an immediate policy change for green card applicants, keeping in mind the issue […]

Trump vs Musk: Billionaire investor Michael Moritz’ advice to Silicon Valley, ‘One of them is a medical monarch…’

Silicon Valley investor Michael Moritz took Elon Musk’s side and said Trump’s budget truly is abomination. Longtime Silicon Valley investor Michael Moritz said the tussle between Donald Trump and Elon Musk was inevitable as one of them is a medieval monarch and another is a revolutionary. In his column on Financial Times, Mortiz wrote that […]

WHO says trucks with medical aid must be allowed into Gaza | World News

GENEVA: A top World Health Organization official deplored Monday that none of the agency’s trucks with medical aid had been allowed to enter the Gaza Strip since Israel ended its blockade.Humanitarian aid has begun trickling back into the Palestinian territory in recent days after more than two months of blocked access.For more than 11 weeks, […]

Derek Chauvin Pardon Row: Was George Floyd on drugs? What the medical evidence says | World News

As speculation intensifies over a potential presidential pardon for Derek Chauvin—the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the murder of George Floyd—an old debate has resurfaced: did Floyd die because of drugs in his system, or because of the knee on his neck?Below, we break down the facts behind the claim.The Claim ResurfacesChauvin’s supporters, buoyed […]

‘Don’t take medical advice from me’: US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr responds to question on vaccinating his children

US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told lawmakers on Wednesday that Americans “should not be taking medical advice” from him, reports news agency Reuters. Kennedy defended job cuts under the Trump administration and his controversial vaccine remarks during his first appearance before Congress.Being a long-time critic of vaccines, Kennedy was grilled by both the […]

Indian-American Jay Bhattacharya ends brutal medical experiments on beagles, Elon Musk reacts

Jay Bhattacharya said he has put a stop to the practise of using beagles for health experiments in US. Jay Bhattacharya, the Indian-origin director of the National Institutes of Health, has ended the age-old practice of experimenting on beagles. Speaking on Fox News, Bhattacharya said Peta sent him flowers after he put an end to […]

Detained over frog embryos: Why this Russia-born Harvard scientist’s arrest in Boston could stall a major medical advance

A Harvard scientist integral to a promising breakthrough in cancer diagnostics has spent the past two months in an immigration detention centre, sparking fears that her absence could stall crucial advances in early detection technology, NBC News reported.Kseniia Petrova, 30, a Russian-born researcher at Harvard Medical School’s Kirschner Lab, was detained by US immigration authorities […]

Dr Oz rushes to medical emergency during his swearing in as girl faints in Oval Office in dramatic viral video

Dr Oz had to rush to a medical emergency as a girl fainted during his swearing in. While a doctor was being sworn in, a girl fainted in the audience creating a dramatic moment caught on the camera as President Donald Trump had to pause his speech as people rushed to attend to the girl. […]