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Florida physicians convene, urge unvaccinated to get COVID-19 shots

About 75 physicians from numerous hospitals and medical groups in Palm Beach County, Fla., assembled outside a medical office Aug. 23 to encourage the community to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

California physician gave 85% of mask exemptions in 1 school district

Dozens of students in California are going maskless because of a medical exemption, with almost all of them coming from one physician, CBS 13 reported Aug. 14.

Pennsylvania system expands physician staffing agreement to include hospital, ICU care

Upper Allegheny Health System, a health system in Olean, N.Y., expanded its agreement with physician management and staffing firm Keystone Healthcare Partners to include hospital and intensive care unit services.

Don't let the term 'elective' fool you, physicians urge the public

As a growing number of hospitals pressed for resources due to the COVID-19 surge suspend elective surgeries, some healthcare professionals want the public to know exactly how important an "elective" procedure can be.

Students who have a bad experience in medical school more likely to regret career, study finds

Students who said they were mistreated during their first two years of medical school were more likely to report exhaustion and career regret by the time they graduated, according to findings published Aug. 9 in JAMA Network Open.

7 stats on physician burnout amid COVID-19

Sixty-one percent of physicians reported experiencing burnout in 2021, up from 40 percent in 2018, according to a small survey the Physicians Foundation released Aug. 4.

Seattle Children's keeps racism investigation findings private

Seattle Children's Hospital said it will adopt recommendations from an investigation into systemic racism at the hospital, but the board has yet to release the findings from the monthslong review, according to The Seattle Times.

New York hospital to scale back services post merger

Schenectady, N.Y.-based Ellis Medicine's proposed merger with Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter's Health Partners would result in changes to the services Ellis offers, according to the Times Union.

Baylor Scott & White demands physician stop using its name

Baylor Scott & White Health is suing a physician for allegedly claiming to be affiliated with the Dallas-based system. The physician says he hasn't claimed to be employed by Baylor Scott & White since leaving the system earlier this year,…

80% of female surgical residents face gender bias & 4 more study findings

Women in surgical residency programs are far more likely to experience discrimination or sexual harassment than their male peers, a study published July 28 in JAMA Surgery found.