Of more than 2,600 US healthcare workers who participated in a nationwide online panel survey from 2022 to 2023, 26% reported symptoms of mental illness, but only 20% said they sought treatment during the previous year, mainly because of difficulty getting time off of work and worries about confidentiality and cost.
President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, in an extraordinary use of the powers of the presidency in his final hours to guard against potential 'revenge' by the incoming Trump administration.
Many internationally trained doctors immigrate to Massachusetts but are forced to work in lower-level jobs, even as the state faces a growing shortage of primary care physicians and psychiatrists. A newly passed law is looking to address both issues. The measure creates a track for internationally trained physicians who practiced medicine in other countries to be able to learn Massachusetts' medical standards through apprenticeships as they pursue full state licensure. In exchange, they must commit to working in underserved communities for two years.
Over the past several decades, various forces have eroded physician autonomy, leaving many dissatisfied and burned out. Artificial intelligence will likely further this trend.
Dr. Derrick Todd, a prominent Harvard-trained rheumatologist accused of sexually assaulting more than 200 patients over a number of years, will appear in Framingham District Court Friday morning where arrangements will be made for his Superior Court arraignment, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan’s office said Friday. Todd turned himself in to Framingham Police Thursday night, where he was held on bail.
This winter's wave of norovirus infections has reached levels that are now more than double last season's peak, the CDC says. Nearly 28% of norovirus tests run over the week of the New Year's holiday came back positive for the highly contagious virus. That is more than double the 13.52% of tests coming back positive reached during the peak of last season's wave in March, according to data from public health laboratories around the country tallied by the CDC.