Latest Residents News

• New CDC Head Discusses Timeline for Vaccine Rollout The new CDC director gave an overview of the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccination strategy on Thursday.
  WebMD Health News, January 22, 2021
• Naltrexone Cuts Hospitalization, Deaths in Alcohol Use Disorder A study suggests that clinicians treating AUD have a toolkit of pharmacologic options to help their patients, with naltrexone as a potential option.
  Medscape Medical News, January 22, 2021
• Despite Illnesses, California Says Virus Vaccine Can Be Used California said it's safe to immediately begin using a batch of coronavirus vaccine doses after health officials urged a halt to injections and held a review because several people fell ill.
  Associated Press, January 21, 2021
• 100 Million Vaccinations in the First 100 Days. It Won't Be Easy. Incoming President Joe Biden has promised to provide 100 million covid-19 vaccinations in his first 100 days in office.
  Kaiser Health News, January 20, 2021
• Black Race Noted More Prominently in PHI Than White Race Black patients were more likely to have race noted in the first line of their patient history vs Whites, and attending physicians were more likely to document race than residents, new data show.
  Medscape Medical News, January 20, 2021
• With Fewer Resources, Rural America Tackles Vaccine Distribution Rural clinics face unique challenges in connecting perishable vaccines with residents who often live miles away.
  Undark, January 20, 2021
• Concern Grows in Florida Over More Contagious COVID Strain As Florida officials ramped up vaccinations against the coronavirus, concern spread Tuesday over a new, more contagious variant that could be gaining a foothold in the state.
  Associated Press, January 20, 2021
• California Urges Stop to 300K COVID-19 Vaccines After Some Fall Ill California's state epidemiologist is urging a halt to more than 300,000 coronavirus vaccinations using a Moderna vaccine version because some people may have had severe allergic reactions.
  Associated Press, January 18, 2021
• Expanded Vaccine Rollout in US Spawns a New Set of Problems The rapid expansion of COVID-19 vaccinations to senior citizens across the U.S. has led to bottlenecks, system crashes and hard feelings in many states because of overwhelming demand for the shots.
  Associated Press, January 15, 2021
• Deep South Falls Behind in COVID Vaccine Drive In Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina, less than 2% of the population had received its first dose of a vaccine at the start of the week, according to data from the states and the CDC.
  Associated Press, January 15, 2021
• ED Doc Fired for COVID Tweets Talks to Biden, Returns to Job Since Cleavon Gilman, MD, lost his job for sharing concerns about the pandemic, he has talked with President-elect Joe Biden, got an offer from Oprah Winfrey, and was rehired by the hospital that fired him.
  Medscape Medical News, January 15, 2021
• Diversification of Dermatology Workforce Takes Shape Dr Stephanie Flores-Pollack's journey into dermatology as an underrepresented-in-medicine physician-in-training offers a window into a movement that aims to create a diverse dermatology workforce.
  Medscape Medical News, January 15, 2021
• Delicate COVID Vaccines Slow Rollout The short shelf life raises the stakes by forcing clinicians to anticipate the exact number of doses they'll need each day. If they don't get it right, precious stores of vaccine may go to waste.
  Kaiser Health News, January 15, 2021
• Harold Bornstein, Trump's 'Quirky' Longtime Physician, Dies at 73 Bornstein, evicted from Trump's circle in 2017, first made headlines when he issued a statement in 2015 saying, 'Mr. Trump will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.'
  Medscape Medical News, January 14, 2021
• California Counties Beg for Vaccine as Eligibility Expands Los Angeles County said it couldn't immediately provide them because it hasn't yet inoculated health care workers, who have first crack at the vaccine.
  Associated Press, January 14, 2021
• An Urban Hospital on the Brink vs the Officials Sworn to Save It Illinois and Chicago officials are trying to figure out how to stop a private company from closing a money-losing urban hospital in a poor, underserved Chicago neighborhood.
  Kaiser Health News, January 14, 2021
• As Pandemic Worsens, Most US States Resist Restrictions Governors and local officials in hard-hit parts of the country are showing little willingness to impose any new restrictions on businesses to stop the spread.
  Associated Press, January 13, 2021
• California Sees Bright Spot in 'Most Intense Surge' of Virus The state on Tuesday lifted the order in the Sacramento region — a rare turn of good news as the state pushes through what Gov. Gavin Newsom called its "most intense surge" of the coronavirus.
  Associated Press, January 13, 2021
• Going Big: US Dispensing Shots at Stadiums and Fairgrounds States are moving on to the next phase before the first one is complete, making COVID-19 shots available to such groups as senior citizens, teachers, bus drivers, police officers and firefighters.
  Associated Press, January 12, 2021
• Residency Report Shows New Specialty Data, USMLE Score Changes The latest AAMC report on residents shows nearly half of medical graduates changed specialties. It also revealed which specialties had the highest USMLE scores and demographic underrepresentation.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2021