The following is an excerpt from MedPage Today. A significant proportion of Covid-19 transmission is asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic — potentially as high as 60%, according to a 2021 JAMA Network Open modeling study. That may be even higher now, as early reports have […]
The following is an excerpt from MedPage Today. Medicare patients continue to experience harm during hospital stays, even after a decade of intensive efforts to decrease provider-caused adverse events, according to a report from the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG).
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The following is an excerpt from Becker’s Hospital Review. RaDonda Vaught, a former nurse convicted of a fatal medication error, was sentenced to three years of supervised probation May 13. She received a deferred sentence, meaning charges could be wiped
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The following is an excerpt from Becker’s Hospital Review. The American Hospital Association and 15 other national healthcare organizations are calling on HHS to maintain the Covid-19 public health emergency. In a May 10 letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, the organizations
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The following is an excerpt from Becker’s Hospital Review. The United States could see a deficit of 200,000 to 450,000 registered nurses available for direct patient care by 2025, a 10 to 20 percent gap that places great demand on
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New documentation shows that some of the the most secure and regulated high-containment biosafety laboratories in the US continue to have occurrences of mishaps, animal escapes, human errors, improper and defective personal protective equipment, facility equipment failures and containment failures.
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The following information is from the FDA re: its decision to limit use of J&J Covid-19 vaccine due to blood clot risk. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has limited the authorized use of the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine to
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Inflation is still the most important issue to voters, even with news reports circulating that the Supreme Court could possibly overturn Roe v. Wade, making abortion rights exclusively a state issue. That’s according to Rasmussen Reports. The survey found that
