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Five years ago, a state program to help doctors struggling with addiction was shut down after repeated audits found it failed to hold addicts accountable and fell short in protecting the public. While there is widespread support for current legislation that would replace the program, the ... + read more

Note: California Watch co-reported this article with Orange County Register reporter Landon Hall. An Orange County doctor who gave up his license in 2002 amid accusations of gross negligence and saw it reinstated is now facing accusations that he committed homicide in the 2009 death... + read more

Thirty doctors paid to promote drugs or educate other physicians about Pfizer’s medications have been disciplined by a state medical board or reprimanded for questionable research practices by the FDA, according to the website New Scientist. Reporters there reviewed recently-released... + read more

The California Medical Board appointed a doctor who lost his license after a patient died in childbirth to supervise a California physician who lost and regained his license after the death of two infants. Since the board approved the arrangement, the doctor under supervision stands accused... + read more