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COVID-19 update: Transmission 5% or less among close contacts
March 11, 2020
New insights from China, CDC
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Flu activity declines again but remains high
March 6, 2020
Number of deaths in children at this point in the season is the highest seen since the 2009 pandemic.
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CMS issues guidance on containing spread of coronavirus
March 5, 2020
The agency published two guidance documents related to helping contain the spread of the coronavirus, primarily aimed at ensuring that health care providers are implementing proper infection control procedures.
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What medical conferences are being canceled by coronavirus?
March 3, 2020
In the United States, however, most medical conferences are moving forward as planned – at least for now.
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‘Momentous’ USMLE change: New pass/fail format stuns medicine
February 19, 2020
Step 1 had been criticized as playing too big a role in the process of becoming a physician and for causing students to study for the test instead of engaging fully in their medical education.
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What you absolutely need to know about tail coverage
February 10, 2020
Physicians in all stages of their career may need tail coverage when they leave a job, change malpractice carriers, or retire. But young physicians often have greater problems with tail coverage.
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Suicide rate higher than average for female clinicians
January 23, 2020
Male health care practitioners are less likely than all working-age men to die by suicide.
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Medscape survey points to generational differences in physician burnout
January 21, 2020
Pulmonology specialists reported a burnout rate of 41%.
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Cognitive screening of older physicians: What’s fair?
January 17, 2020
A new report leads to questions about how to standardize the process rather than have a piecemeal institutional approach and whether to focus less on tests scores and more on clinical performance.
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Drop in flu activity may not signal seasonal peak
January 13, 2020
“Hospitalization rates and percent of deaths due to pneumonia and influenza remain low,” the CDC says.
