Doc in murder-for-hire plot going to private mental facility
A former oncologist indicted in a murder-for-hire plot is being moved from the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield to a private mental health facility.
Elvis Presley’s doctor, ‘Dr. Nick’ Nichopoulos, dies at 88
A funeral home says Elvis Presley’s former personal doctor has died.
Lawsuit: Physician’s mental hospital confinement is cover-up
A Greenwood oncologist is suing Attorney General Jim Hood and officials of the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, claiming they’re illegally confining him to cover up how an alleged hit man died in April 2012.
After 1st Ebola case in NYC, 3 others quarantined
A doctor who became New York City’s first Ebola patient was praised for getting treatment immediately upon showing symptoms.
Cancer victim plans to take her life
Brittany Maynard will not live to see if her advocacy makes a difference.
Doctor infected with Ebola in stable condition
A doctor who became infected with Ebola while working in Liberia — the third American aid worker sickened with the virus — is sick but in stable condition and communicating with his caregivers at the Nebraska Medical Center.
American Ebola doc: ‘I am thrilled to be alive’
Calling it a “miraculous day,” an American doctor infected with Ebola left his isolation unit and warmly hugged his doctors and nurses on Thursday, showing the world that he poses no public health threat one month after getting sick with the virus.
Aid group: U.S. doctor who had Ebola has recovered
At least one of the two American aid workers who were infected with the deadly Ebola virus in Africa has recovered and was to be discharged today from an Atlanta hospital, a spokeswoman for the aid group he was working for said.
Doctor walking from Columbus to Macon for dialysis patients affected by tornado
A kidney doctor will walk from Columbus to Macon on Saturday in an effort to raise money for Louisville dialysis patients affected by the tornadoes that struck Mississippi late last month.
Smith files federal lawsuit over arrest
Attorneys for a Greenwood doctor charged in a murder-for-hire case have filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging his arrest came during an illegal undercover sting operation.
Lawyer files civil suit against doctor
A judge wants to hold a trial in August on a Greenwood attorney’s civil lawsuit against a doctor involved in an alleged murder-for-hire plot.
Couple sent to prison for 2nd prayer death
A couple who believed in faith-healing were sentenced Wednesday to 3½ to seven years in prison in the death of a second child who never saw a doctor despite being stricken with pneumonia.
Abortion doc’s death ruled accidental
Madison Police Lt. Eddie Lawrence told The Clarion-Ledger that an autopsy performed on Friday showed that Dr. Joseph Booker Jr. suffered a stroke and drowned in a bathtub at his home.
Doctor who helped CIA charged with murder
Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden has been charged with murder over a 2006 surgery he performed, his lawyer said Friday, raising new doubts whether the physician will regain his freedom.
Strep scorecard might help tell if you need a doctor
WASHINGTON — Debating whether to seek a strep test for that sore throat? One day there could be an app for that: Researchers are developing
Doctor cleared in death of attorney
A Columbus doctor has been found not guilty in connection with the death of a local lawyer.
Dr. Jerry Stennett was accused of medical malpractice in the events leading up to the death of Hunter Gholson.
Greenwood doc headed back to court
GREENWOOD — A Greenwood doctor charged in a murder-for-hire case is scheduled to be in court in Greenwood on Tuesday for a hearing on the
California doctor saves choking diner with knife
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Dinner was just getting served to a crowd of doctors and elected officials when a cry to dial 911 rang out at
Monday profile: Mississippi State team physician closes lengthy career
The doctor is no longer in.
When longtime Mississippi State University team physician and Longest Student Health Center director Robert C. “Bob” Collins first came to the MSU campus it was 1977 and he planned on staying three to five years.
Son follows father through pilot school
He crossed the stage inside the Kaye Auditorium at Columbus Air Force Base just like his classmates, but 2nd Lt. Jon Koritz did something special Friday.
When Koritz, a 27-year-old from Chapel Hill, N.C., became one of the 23 newest pilots in the U.S. Air Force, he followed in his father’s footsteps — literally.