The opportunities and challenges of psychedelic medicines reached a crescendo last week in the Colorado Convention Center, as more than 12,000 cheerleaders of a surging movement rallied at the largest gathering of its kind.
This burgeoning crisis has greatly affected the bottom line of healthcare facilities, with many of the country's leading hospital centers posting massive losses.
The U.S. faces a growing shortage of physicians, especially those in primary care fields like internal medicine, mental health and pediatrics. The shortfall is driven by population and demographic trends and burnout.
Overturning decades of precedent, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the use of affirmative action, ruling that it is unconstitutional for colleges, universities — and professional schools for law, medicine, and nursing — to consider race as one factor in deciding who they will admit.
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved the University of Chicago Medicine's plans to build an $815 million, 575,000-square-foot building dedicated to cancer research and care on its medical campus on the city's South Side.