June 18, 2019
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 379, no. 24, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “MACRA’s Patient Relationship Codes — Measuring Accountability for Costs” by S. U. Takvorian, J. E. Bekelman, and M. J. Press “Disclosing … Read More
June 18, 2019
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 380, no. 1, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Facing Opioids in the Shadow of the HIV Epidemic” by C.M. Parker et al. “The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act … Read More
June 17, 2019
(NPR) – The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo “does not meet the criteria for a Public Health Emergency of International Concern,” the World Health Organization said Friday. The agency said that while the outbreak in the … Read More
June 17, 2019
JAMA (vol. 321, no. 3, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Medicaid Expansion Gains Momentum: Postelection Prospects and Potential Implications” by Anna L. Goldman and Benjamin D. Sommers “Ebola and War in the Democratic Republic of CongoAvoiding … Read More
June 17, 2019
JAMA (vol. 321, no. 2, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Rethinking How Antibiotics Are Prescribed: Incorporating the 4 Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Into Clinical Practice” by Pranita D. Tamma, Melissa A. Miller, and Sara E. … Read More
June 14, 2019
(STAT News) – Researchers say they have strong new evidence that a virus is involved in a rare and puzzling polio-like condition that began affecting children in the U.S. about five years ago. The researchers hope their work will lead … Read More
June 13, 2019
(UPI) – Substance abuse resulting from “deaths of despair” may not be to blame for declining life expectancy in the United States, a new study says. New research argues poorer, less educated white adults are dying much earlier than more … Read More
June 13, 2019
(CNN) – Amid an ongoing measles outbreak, New York is requiring schoolchildren to be vaccinated, even if parents have religious objections. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Thursday that removes nonmedical exemptions from school vaccination requirements. The law goes into effect … Read More
June 13, 2019
(Vox) – Ever since the second-largest Ebola outbreak began raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo in August, health authorities have feared that the virus might one day spill over DRC’s porous borders. That moment, unfortunately, has arrived. On Tuesday, … Read More
June 12, 2019
(STAT News) – A public health document that counsels physicians to not overprescribe opioids would seem to be an unlikely candidate for attack. Yet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain,” published in … Read More
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