HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may soon dismiss the members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an advisory panel of primary care experts, raising 'deep concern' from the AMA and other medical groups. The plan was first reported in The Wall Street Journal. 'It's very concerning — and it's not the first time we've been concerned,' says Dr. Bobby Mukkamala, president of the AMA.
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Americans who drink heavily are more than twice as likely to develop significant liver disease compared to 20 years ago, according to a new Keck Medicine of USC study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
President Donald Trump on Thursday instructed federal agencies to determine methods to forcibly put homeless people dealing with mental illness or drug addiction into treatment centers for longer periods, while gutting existing harm reduction programs. In an executive order, titled 'Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets,' Trump says that government programs meant to address homelessness — such as harm reduction and housing programs — have failed and do not address the issue's root causes.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is investigating CU Anschutz for its post-operation practices. CDPHE said it's addressing a public complaint about the hospital's cleaning and sterilizing of used surgical equipment. UCHealth vice president of communications Dan Weaver says the Sterile Processing Department is short-staffed and some surgeries have to be postponed. 'We have increased the number of staff members working in SPD to increase the amount of instruments being sterilized, and this volume of cleaned equipment is returning to normal,' Weaver says. 'Until the SPD is at full capacity, some elective cases will be postponed to ensure we have the instruments needed to provide all urgent and emergent surgeries and procedures.'