Kristina Lawson, president of the California Medical Board, which is recommending far-reaching reforms to help it discipline bad doctors. (Associated Press) Long under fire from patients and consumer ...

When Angela Contreras complained to the state’s medical board in the fall that a Long Beach doctor had left gauze in her brother’s abdomen during surgery, she waited — and waited — for the board to ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — The Oregon Medical Board should make systematic changes to consistently and equitably discipline health care professionals in order to protect patients, according to an Oregon ...

The Washington Medical Commission (WMC) approved a policy last week, emphasizing its opposition to COVID-related misinformation, and threatening discipline for physicians who help it spread. The ...

A University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (N.C.) study found that medical boards rarely discipline physicians for misinformation, despite growing concerns over medical misinformation spread. The ...

The Texas Medical Board has disciplined a Rio Grande Valley doctor who reportedly failed to meet a standard of care when treating one of his patients who later ...