A study of pediatric outpatient prescriptions over a 10-year period found that flu and respiratory syncytial virus are associated with meaningful proportions of pediatric antibiotic prescribing, researchers reported in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Kentucky announced two pertussis deaths in infants over the past six months, and neither the infants nor their mothers had been vaccinated against the highly contagious bacterial infection also known as whooping cough. According to the Kentucky Department for Public Health, these are the first whooping cough deaths in the state since 2018.
Nurses at Southern Ocean Medical Center agreed to a contract on Sunday, averting a strike less than 24 hours before the scheduled walkout.
The nurses, who are part of the Health Professionals & Allied Employees (HPAE) Local 5138, were negotiating with the hospital over nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, wages and other benefits. After a day of talks Saturday that continued into early Sunday morning, the union said it reached a tentative deal on a three-year contract.
As health care needs continue to climb across New Mexico, nurse practitioners are stepping up to fill the gap.
Nurse practitioners, or NPs, are advanced practice nurses who can diagnose, treat and prescribe medications. New Mexico allows them to practice independently, a policy that helps reach patients who might otherwise go without care.
Nurses from Henry Ford Rochester Hospital started their strike at 7 a.m.
Monday as contract negotiations continue to stall over staffing ratios. The union is demanding better nurse-to-patient ratios be included in their contract.
Terminally ill New Yorkers would have the legal ability to end their own lives with pharmaceutical drugs under a bill passed Monday in the state Legislature. The proposal, which now moves to the governor's office, would allow a person with an incurable illness to be prescribed life-ending drugs if he or she requests the medication and gets approval from two physicians. A spokesperson for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she would review the legislation. The New York Senate gave final approval to the bill Monday night after hours of debate during which supporters said it would let terminally ill people die on their own terms.