Doctor Breaks Norms to Treat Refugees and Immigrants Who Have Nowhere Else to Go for Healthcare

Photo: Ross Taylor for KHN Fatumo Osman, a 65-year-oldSomali refugeewho speaks limited English, was in a bind. She made too much money at a meal prep service job so she no longer qualified for Medicaid. But knee pain kept her from working, so her income had dropped. She could reapply for Medicaid, get her knee fixed and return to work, at which point she’d lose that safety-net health coverage. Her first step was getting a note from a doctor so she wouldn’t lose her job.

Doctor Brings 'Solar Suitcases' to 'Light Every Birth' in Hospitals Without Steady Electric

Photo: Brian Inganga In March 2008, Dr. Laura Stachel was sitting in a hospital in Northern Nigeria and watching a woman die. The experience wouldn’t just impact her — but change the lives of countless others. At the time, Stachel was on a two-week trip to Africa as part of a graduate program in public health at the University of California-Berkeley. Since she had spent 14 years practicing as an OB/GYN, Stachel was asked to observe births at a rural hospital and pinpoint why so many mothers and babies were dying.

Doctor Charged with Attempted Murder After Driving Tesla Off Cliff with Wife and 2 Kids Inside

The driver of a Tesla that fell 250 feet over an infamous California cliff on Jan. 2 with his family inside the vehicle has been charged with attempted murder, PEOPLE confirms. San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. The crash occurred on a notorious stretch of highway known as the Devil’s Slide in San Mateo County, near Pacifica, along the famous Highway 1, which runs the length of California’s coastline.

Doctor Claims Flight Attendants Racially Profiled Her While She Tried to Help a Sick Passenger

Photo: Robert Alexander/Getty A Boston physician is slamming Delta Air Lines after she claims two of its flight attendants racially profiled her while she was trying to help a fellow passenger who was having a panic attack. Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford told CNN that she was flying to Boston from Indianapolis on Tuesday whena woman sitting next to her started hyperventilating and shaking. The experience was “bewildering,” she said. “The validity of me as a physician is being called into question.

Doctor Debunks Claim COVID Vaccine Is Linked to Swollen Testicles After Nicki Minaj's Controversial Tweet

Nicki Minaj.Photo: Paul Zimmerman/Getty Despite claims fromNicki Minajthat a family member’s friend was rendered impotent from theCOVID-19vaccine, a public health expert tells PEOPLE this is not a side effect of the shot. On Monday, Minajrevealed that she would not be attending the Met Galaand then shared her thoughts about the requirement to be vaccinated in order to attend this year’s event. “They want you to get vaccinated for the Met,” she tweeted.