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- 1Hantavirus risk overblown, doctors say, as telemedicine fraud sentences land▼Physicians say hantavirus headlines outpace actual risk; three sentenced in Moscow-based $2B telemedicine fraud; 1 in 10 surgeons leave the profession within 8 years – Morning Medical Update
Physicians are pushing back on hantavirus coverage, arguing news headlines have exaggerated the actual risk to the public. In other medical news, three people have been sentenced in a Moscow-based telemedicine fraud scheme worth roughly $2 billion, and new figures show one in ten surgeons leave the profession within eight years. The stories are circulating in a medical news roundup.
- 2Westlife star sues surgeon over weight loss operation●Westlife star sues surgeon after weight loss operation ‘nearly killed him’ https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co .uk/2
A member of the Irish boy band Westlife is suing a surgeon, claiming a weight loss operation nearly killed him. The singer alleges the procedure went badly wrong and left him with serious complications, and he has now taken legal action against the doctor responsible. The story is drawing attention because of the star's fame and the severity of the alleged medical negligence claims involved.