November 19, 2021
CDC Expands Eligibility for COVID-19 Booster Shots to All Adults
Today, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) expanded recommendations for booster shots to include all adults ages 18 years and older who received a Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine at least six months after their second dose.
November 5, 2021
Molnupiravir: First pill to treat Covid gets approval in UK
The first pill designed to treat symptomatic Covid has been approved by the UK medicines regulator.
October 25, 2021
So You Don't Want to Practice Rural Medicine
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare many inequities in the foundations of our healthcare system, including factors causing disparate access to care for rural areas of the country. Since 2005, there have been 181 rural hospital closures -- and the pace of closure has only quickened during the pandemic.
October 19, 2021
More Physicians Are Now Employees Rather Than Owners
This is the main story in a series examining how trends in healthcare ownership are impacting physician practice.
October 12, 2021
Kentucky Hospital Can Deny Ivermectin to COVID Patient, Says Judge
A Kentucky hospital does not have to treat a COVID-19 patient with ivermectin, a circuit court ruled this week, following a demand from the patient's wife -- who said she is an RN -- that it use the controversial drug.
September 23, 2021
Spartanburg has highest COVID-19 hospitalization rate in the nation
Spartanburg County has the highest hospitalization rate for COVID-19 patients in the nation, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
September 14, 2021
National Physician Suicide Awareness Day - September 17
September 17 is National Physician Suicide Awareness Day (#NPSADay)! #NPSADay is a reminder and call to action to help everyone prevent physician suicide, including health organizations, health systems, hospitals, medical societies and practices. It’s a time to talk — and to act — so physicians’ struggles don’t become mental health emergencies.
August 23, 2021
FDA Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older.
August 5, 2021
South Carolina has verified 70 delta variant cases, but it's likely in the thousands.
"We're all getting little numb to the increasing numbers," Albrecht said. "But I just think it's important to remember that these are not numbers, these are our neighbors, family members, friends, our elderly and people in our community whose immune system cannot do this by themselves who depend on you to get vaccinated to protect them."
