Rural emergency rooms across the U.S. are increasingly staffed by physician assistants and nurse practitioners instead of physicians, raising debates over care quality, staffing shortages, and access to emergency services.
A growing number of young Americans lose affordable health insurance at age 26, facing complex Affordable Care Act marketplaces, rising costs, and limited coverage options.
Subgroup analyses demonstrated a greater reduction in neurologic events than psychiatric events, though the reduction in psychiatric events was not statistically significant.
A cohort study found that patients with bedaquiline-resistant tuberculosis had delayed microbiologic recovery, higher rates of treatment failure, and reduced tuberculosis-free survival at 18 months compared with those with bedaquiline-susceptible disease.
A large clinical trial in Europe showed that a single dose of nirsevimab reduced infant hospitalizations for RSV-associated lower respiratory tract infections by over 80% over a six-month period.
New clinical recommendations detail updated vaccination and screening protocols to reduce infection and cancer risks in adults with inflammatory bowel disease, particularly those on immune-modifying therapies.
A JAMA review revealed that only 26% of pediatric ABRS patients treated with placebo required subsequent antibiotic therapy, prompting questions about current guidelines recommending first-line antibiotic use in children with sinusitis.