Female Physicians Experience Increasing Rates of Isolation, Burnout and Suicide Risk
The societal aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to surface in ways that extend beyond infection and mortality statistics, with one sector in particular yet to rebound after carrying much of the pandemic’s burden: U.S. health care. A large national study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings now adds social isolation as a measurable and consequential […]
Use of Vaccination Metrics in Physician Payment Programs Discouraged by CMS
A new State Health Official (SHO) letter from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)—the federal agency that oversees Medicaid and sets quality and payment standards for state health programs nationwide—provides new federal guidance that challenges a long-standing federal policy financially incentivizing physicians to vaccinate their patients, particularly children.1 CMS announced on Dec. 30, […]
AAP and Other Medical Groups Sue Secretary of Health and Human Services
Large medical groups including the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have sued U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in response to recent changes to federal vaccine policy, including removal of the COVID shot from the federally recommended childhood vaccine schedule for healthy children The AAP, American College of Physicians, Infectious […]
Australia Adds New Mental Health Risks to Ozempic and Other Rapid Weight Loss Drugs
The government of Australia has added two new safety warnings about mental health and contraception for the popular GLP-1 agonist drugs like Ozempic designed to facilitate rapid weight loss. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), which regulates pharmaceutical products for Australia, issued the new safety warnings in December.1 Health professionals say that, while there is no […]
Former Top CDC Officials Hired by California to Invalidate CDC’s New Public Health Policies
Governor Gavin Newsom of California has hired two former senior officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help launch California’s Public Health Network Innovation Exchange (PHNIX).1 California, which has partnered with the states of Washington and Oregon, has introduced an alliance that will write public health guidance and issue vaccine […]
CDC Awards $1.6 Million Grant to Study Hepatitis B Vaccination in Newborns
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a $1.6 million federal grant to Danish researchers to study hepatitis B vaccination in newborns, with a stated focus on determining the optimal timing and delivery of the vaccine routinely administered in the U.S. to infants on their first day after birth. Researchers from […]