The Trump administration’s push to tighten oversight of international student visas has created uncertainty for many international medical graduates seeking training in the U.S. and raised concerns about potential disruptions to the nation’s healthcare delivery system. Five things to know:…

More than two dozen major medical groups are urging payers to continue covering COVID-19 vaccinations for pregnant patients without burdensome utilization management or cost-sharing requirements. The June 11 letter comes several weeks after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said…

The national birth rate is declining, but neonatal ICU admissions are increasing.  Several factors are at play, according to neonatology experts Kristina Reber, MD, and Jae Kim, MD, PhD.  Dr. Reber is executive vice chair of pediatrics and division chief…

A UPMC hospital in Lititz, Pa., is ending its family medicine residency program this summer, according to an update on its website.  The family medicine residency program at UPMC Lititz spanned three years and trained doctors in pediatrics, internal medicine,…

When clinical leaders at Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Youngstown (Ohio) Hospital first proposed the goal of reaching zero hospital-acquired infections, some physicians balked. It was a lofty, impractical target, some said, given the complexity of the patient population at a…

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named eight new members to the CDC panel that oversees vaccine recommendations June 11. The appointments come two days after HHS terminated all 17 members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices. Mr. Kennedy…

Proposed changes to federal health institutions “represent an existential threat” to biomedical research, medical schools and academic health systems, the Association of American Medical Colleges said June 11.  Halfway through 2025, the U.S. has terminated 1,183 NIH grants at hospitals…

A new study based on data from more than 20,000 patients has found statins may lower the risk of death in critically ill sepsis patients.  To conduct the study, researchers pulled data from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-IV,…

In the aftermath of a broad consolidation of the CDC, health experts are voicing patient safety concerns for chronic disease patients, according to a June 11 NBC News report.  Experts expressed alarm at the dissolution of an eight-person CDC team…

The environment in which physicians practice is ever evolving, but in recent years, the changes have some wondering: Is this the end of a golden age for physicians? In some ways, yes.  “What we are leaving is the way medicine…