Premedical students in the U.S. and Canada are urging the Association of American Medical Colleges to move the Medical College Admission Test online or make the test optional during the pandemic.

Jeremy Rose, MD, remembers what 7 p.m. in April once sounded like in New York: city residents rushing to fire escapes and balconies with pots and pans, clapping and cheering on front-line healthcare workers as they ended their shifts. 

The number of physicians from Muslim-majority countries applying to work in the U.S. dropped between 2015 and 2018, which could cause gaps in the U.S. physician workforce to widen, a new study shows.

Nearly half of primary care clinicians reported that their burnout is at an all-time high, largely due to financial pressures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new survey found.

The U.S. could face a shortage of between 54,100 and 139,000 physicians by 2033, according to new data from the Association of American Medical Colleges. The estimate is higher than AAMC's 2019 report, which projected a shortage of up to 121,900 physicians by 2032.

Female surgeons perform far more household duties than their male colleagues, which may hinder career satisfaction, suggests research published in JAMA Surgery.

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing many medical schools to rethink how they conduct anatomy training, according to Slate.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the average primary care physician's salary was roughly $243,000, compared to specialty physicians, whose average salary was $103,000 more annually, on average, according to a new report by Medscape.

LMH Health, a single-hospital system based in Lawrence, Kan., announced June 17 that it was switching to a new physician staffing company. Two days later, it said the plan was on hold. 

LMH Health, a single-hospital system based in Lawrence, Kan., announced June 17 that it is entering into a contract with a new physician staffing company to provide emergency medicine and hospitalist services. 

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling against the White House's bid to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program grants temporary reprieve to some 200 medical students and residents working in the U.S., the American Association of Medical Colleges said June 18.

A tent erected to help New York City-based Mount Sinai Beth Israel accommodate a surge of COVID-19 patients is now being used by healthcare workers as a place to get away from stress, The New York Times reports.

A new study has identified eight factors affecting the risk of suicide among healthcare professionals.

Healthcare professionals who attend religious services regularly are at a lower risk of death from despair, defined as one related to drugs, alcohol or suicide, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Physicians and other healthcare workers across the U.S. are protesting police brutality and rallying in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Family medicine is the most in-demand physician specialty in the U.S., and before the COVID-19 pandemic, orthopedics was the specialty with the highest annual compensation.

Physicians report the highest rates of burnout among workers in primary care practices in Virginia at 31.6 percent, a new survey shows.

Providing psychiatric care is a critical component of communities, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic  takes a toll on Americans' mental health. 

The COVID-19 pandemic is sparking deportation fears for thousands of physicians working in the country on temporary visas, according to The Wall Street Journal. 

A medical school in South Carolina is asking students to sign a waiver absolving the school of liability if they develop COVID-19 while on clinical rotations, school officials told MedPage Today.