In the past year, cases of congenital syphilis — when a mother passes syphilis along to the baby during pregnancy — increased by 92 percent. There were 12 cases recorded in 2018 and 23 cases recorded so far this year, data shows.
More than 60 Oklahoma cities, counties and tribes are in the midst of litigation with drug companies such as Purdue Pharma and Johnson & Johnson in federal court.
Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa is one of four hospitals in the country to take part in a pilot program aimed to reduce C-section delivery rates.
The judge’s landmark decision is the first in the nation to hold a drug company responsible for contributing to the opioid crisis. There are hundreds of similar lawsuits pending across the U.S. in state and federal courts
An employee at the Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday afternoon found a key piece of evidence related to Manos’ care at the jail that had not been disclosed before the trial, which started on Monday.
Jailers at the Carter County jail declined to send Michael Manos to the hospital just four days before he died in his cell, a former paramedic testified Wednesday.
The former detention deputy testified another deputy found Manos unresponsive while passing out medication to inmates. The deputy nudged Manos with his foot before continuing to pass out medicine to other inmates. He did not alert other staff until he was finished.
The death of 16-year old John Leroy Daniel Applegate raised questions about the oversight of juveniles awaiting trial at county jails in the state.
