More emphasis should be placed on addressing the characteristics of practice environments that contribute most to burnout, the study suggests.
The WHO acknowledges emerging evidence of airborne transmission, Novavax receives the largest award yet for vaccine development, and PPE supplies begin to run low again.
Medscape’s 2020 rankings took each state’s COVID-19 response into account alongside the usual factors such as compensation and practice conditions.
At the close of the transition, 98.6% of AOA-accredited programs that have applied for ACGME accreditation have received it, resulting in solidarity and standardization in graduate medical education.
A C. diff expert explains why all physicians should learn more about C. diff infections, which are increasingly common—and how the pandemic has the potential to further boost the infection rate.
Dr. John Snow’s discovery that bacteria-contaminated water caused cholera saved countless 19th-century Londoners and changed public health forever.
A common steroid is shown to help save severely ill COVID-19 patients, many infected patients may carry antibodies up to 60 days later, and people under 20 are estimated to be half as likely to catch the virus.
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