Practice Management News

Less than 4% of about 3,400 close contacts of people with COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic in China were infected with SARS-CoV-2, researchers wrote in Annals of Internal Medicine.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has issued a position statement seeking the elimination of daylight saving time, citing the unhealthy and sometimes deadly consequences of it.

State laws regarding generic drug and interchangeable biologic substitutions vary widely in the United States, researchers reported.

HHS recently announced its Healthy People 2030 initiative to address what the agency called the “most critical public health priorities and challenges” in the United States over the next decade.

President Donald J. Trump’s recent executive order to ensure the production of essential medicines in the United States and cut down on the country’s reliance on foreign production of medical supplies drew mixed reactions from experts.

Nearly 90% of health care professionals incorrectly answered questions based on the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases peanut allergy guidelines, survey results showed.

This year’s Women in Medicine Summit will take place in a virtual format on Oct. 9-10.

A program uses art to help medical students understand cultural competence, recognize racial bias and potentially sharpen their diagnostic skills, the program’s coordinator told Healio Primary Care.

Former CDC director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, recently described a hierarchy of controls — elimination, substitution, engineering, administration and personal protective equipment — that may help prevent COVID-19 among health care workers.

Allergy-related ED visits increased 14% in the United States between 2007 and 2015, researchers wrote in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.