At MetroHealth System, probability of vaccination up for employees older than 44 years, men, Whites, and Asians
FDA Approves StrataGraft for Deep Partial-Thickness Thermal Burns
Data show StrataGraft helps reduce the amount of healthy skin needed for grafting
Stressors of Integrating Work, Life Higher for Female Faculty
Since COVID-19, faculty more likely to consider leaving, reducing employment, especially female faculty members
AMA: 96 Percent of Physicians Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19
No significant differences seen in physician vaccination rates across demographic groups, including region, gender, age
AMA Plan to Fight Racism Criticized by Some Members
Plan was announced last month and acknowledges that there is racism and White privilege in the medical establishment
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Hospital’s COVID-19 Vaccine Policy
Lawsuit was signed by 117 of 178 workers who were suspended last week for failure to get fully vaccinated by the hospital’s deadline
Houston Methodist Suspends Nearly 200 Workers Who Refuse COVID-19 Vaccines
Nearly 25,000 workers met Monday’s deadline to be fully immunized, but 178 failed to do so and were suspended
Barriers to Physician Skin Exam ID’d for Young Melanoma Survivors
Barriers to health care access linked to increased odds of suboptimal physician skin examination adherence
Second-Opinion Strategy Analyzed for Cutaneous Melanocytic Lesions
Decision-analytic model shows selective second-opinion strategy could increase diagnostic accuracy, decrease population-level costs
Gap Between Mortality in Rural and Urban Areas Has Increased
Difference increased in age-adjusted mortality rates between large metropolitan areas, rural areas from 1999 to 2019