Brain procedures help patients with treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions. But providers still grapple with ethical questions and the history of lobotomies
Patients miss appointments — and health care workers miss work — because there’s no one to watch the kids. New programs test how on-site childcare might help.
AAMC Chief Medical Education Officer Alison J. Whelan, MD, issued a statement on updated interim guidelines for medical schools regarding medical students.
As health care workers across the country plead for more protective equipment, manufacturers and distributors are scrambling to meet an unprecedented need.
Providers working in the current outbreak face huge stresses, including fears for themselves and their families, yet they are inspired to keep serving patients.
An intern describes getting coughed on, wading through confusing information, and feeling helpless yet essential. Life as a resident during the current crisis.
Even before Congress lifted restrictions on reimbursement for telehealth through Medicare, academic medical centers were expanding telemedicine services.
Even as COVID-19 upends daily life, Match Day goes on — sending medical students on their next career step and strengthening America’s health care system.
The new coronavirus is worrisome for everyone. But for people who live with poverty, health inequities, and other woes, the outbreak could be especially brutal.