Practice Management News

COVID-19 vaccination provided strong and durable protection among children and adolescents during two strong waves of infections, according to real-world study findings reported in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Diagnostic errors, including problems with patient assessments and test interpretations, were common and harmful among hospitalized patients, sometimes leading to death, a study in JAMA Internal Medicine found.

Bartonella quintana, the louse-borne bacterium known for causing trench fever in World War I, meets the criteria of being a neglected tropical disease in Africa, researchers suggested.

In the landscape of health care, the year 2023 witnessed remarkable strides in the field of obesity medicine.

Infants and toddlers faced socio-emotional development delays during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

People with HIV who were treated with tecovirimat within the first 7 days of mpox symptom onset were 13 times less likely to progress to severe mpox disease compared with those not treated or treated late, a recent study found.

The ACP released recommendations in four key areas —professionalism, licensure, payment delivery and research — to support the expansion and effectiveness of team-based care.

Two doses of the recombinant zoster vaccine provided strong protection over 4 years, even in patients taking corticosteroids who are at higher risk for herpes zoster, also known as shingles, according to researchers.

Residential addiction treatment centers serving adolescents are scarce and expensive in the United States, new study findings suggest, despite increasing overdose rates among young people in recent years.

More than one-third of states’ Department of Motor Vehicles websites did not have instructions on how physicians can report medically impaired drivers, according to a recent study.