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Limited English proficiency linked with less health care in U.S.
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- Marcia Frellick
The services that those with limited English skills are missing are “the types of care people need to lead a healthy life,” says the author of a...
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Physician fired after slurs, including ‘cannibalism,’ against Israel
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- Marcia Frellick
A rights group is joining with law firms to represent Fidaa Wishah, MD, claiming “wrongful termination.”
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Back-to-school threat: Missed vaccinations in children, teens
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- Marcia Frellick
“Health care providers should assess the vaccination status of all pediatric patients, including adolescents, and contact those who are behind...
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Remove sex designation from public part of birth certificates, AMA advises
- Author:
- Marcia Frellick
Currently, only 10 states allow for a gender-neutral designation on birth certificates.
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AMA: ‘Excited delirium’ not a legitimate medical diagnosis
- Author:
- Marcia Frellick
The report recognizes that drugs used outside a hospital setting by nonphysicians come with significant risks.
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Zero-burnout practices often solo, physician-owned
- Author:
- Marcia Frellick
Practices with some of the heaviest workloads were much more likely than larger practices to report zero burnout.
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Concerts may be safe to attend with proper safety precautions: Study
- Author:
- Marcia Frellick
Attendees wore masks throughout, and followed crowd-control measures in the well-ventilated venue.
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FDA approves ibrexafungerp for vaginal yeast infection
- Author:
- Marcia Frellick
This is the first drug in a new antifungal class.
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Clean indoor air is vital for infection control
- Author:
- Marcia Frellick
A team of nearly 40 scientists from 14 countries is calling for “a paradigm shift,” so that improvements in...
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Physicians’ trust in health care leadership drops in pandemic
- Author:
- Marcia Frellick
Physicians, however, have great trust in their fellow clinicians.
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Family physicians’ compensation levels stable in pandemic
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- Marcia Frellick
They ranked in the middle of specialties in terms of the percentages of physicians who thought they were fairly compensated.
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Pressure on primary care expected to intensify with long-COVID
- Author:
- Marcia Frellick
There has been an increase in patients returning to primary care after avoiding it while the pandemic surged.
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ID doctors have the most paperwork, administrative demands
- Author:
- Marcia Frellick
Again this year, ID physicians ranked near the bottom on the compensation spectrum.
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Internists’ patient visits rebound to near pre-COVID norms: Pay down slightly from previous year
- Author:
- Marcia Frellick
The number of hours worked also rebounded for internists.
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55 new chemicals found in pregnant women, their newborns
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- Marcia Frellick
“We hope this is further data and evidence that support government policies that require industries to tell us where they are using their...