The nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS has concerned doctors and public health experts across the world who are alarmed by Kennedy's decades-long mission to sow distrust in vaccines. But key groups representing physicians in Washington have stayed silent in the face of what their members call a threat to public health.
An experimental new screening test that pairs AI with portable cardiac ultrasounds often performed during emergency room visits and in the community could ensure more people receive care for two types of cardiomyopathy, a deadly heart condition, according to a study.
East Carolina University will soon begin construction on a $265 million facility designed to increase the university's ability to educate more physicians.
A 2023 study published in JAMA found that large numbers of doctors now hope to leave clinical practice. Of the nearly 19,000 physicians surveyed, "approximately one-third reported moderate or greater intention to leave." Burnout and lack of professional fulfillment appeared particularly likely to spur that intention. Among specialists, anesthesiologists, pulmonologists, and ER doctors reported high levels of burnout. According to one report, more than 70,000 physicians — over 6 percent of the country's physicians — left medicine just between 2021 and 2022. For doctors seeking to enter other industries, there are lots of options, including biotech, consulting, venture capital, medical devices, and pharmaceutical companies. Some even join insurance companies, evaluating the claims that come in from clinicians.
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals' non-opioid painkiller pill, a new alternative for pain relief that comes without the risk of addiction.