PHOENIX, Arizona, June 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release on June 6, 2022: Last week, Miguel Angel Acatzihua-Temoxtle, 25, a citizen and national of Mexico, was arrested on two counts of Assault on a Federal Officer and Assault on a Federal Officer with the Use of a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon. Acatzihua-Temoxtle was charged by criminal complaint and had his initial appearance before United States Magistrate Judge Leslie A. Bowman o  more

TUCSON, Arizona, June 7 (TNSjou) -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release: Hospitals that want to remove a physician from their staff may offer a "voluntary abeyance" as an alternative to summary suspension. In the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., explains the ramifications of this "sham peer review" technique. A physician is typically asked to sign an agreement whereby he agrees not   more

TUCSON, Arizona, June 6 (TNSpol) -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release: The tragic shooting of four innocent people in Tulsa on Wednesday, which included the horrific murder of two beloved physicians, was reportedly the act of a patient suffering continuing pain after back surgery. He apparently purchased his weapon hours before killing his caring physician and others, and left a letter explaining that his rampage was motivated by his post-surg  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 (TNSrep) -- The Veterans Affairs Inspector General issued the following report (No. 21-02453-99) on June 1, 2022, entitled "Inspection of Information Technology Security at the Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy in Tucson, Arizona". Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary Information technology (IT) controls protect VA systems and data from unauthorized access, use, modification, or destruction. To determine compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernizat  more