Preventive Medicine News

After college, I thought I might work for Médecins Sans Frontières one day, so I grew my hair long and moved to rural post-war El Salvador, where I worked for a non-governmental organization supporting local Salvadoran physicians in the field. I was in my early twenties, trained as a wilderness emergency medical technician, and armed with hope. My job was to do whatever needed to be done, including take vital signs, dispense medications, scrub into surgeries, facilitate a potable water project and teach first aid.

The 2024 ranking of the healthiest communities in the United States can shed light on the social determinants of health that primary care providers should be aware of, according to experts.

Nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus accounted for most postoperative staph infections in a large cohort of adults who underwent surgery, according to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

The new blood test screening option for colorectal cancer is innovative and could improve screening uptake, but it also has some drawbacks, according to an expert.

Nearly half of parents are worried about their child developing a hereditary health condition, according to results from the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll of Children’s Health.

The closure of walk-in clinics from massive corporations like Walmart and Walgreens is reflective of a primary care system in crisis, according to experts.

In new guidance, the Infectious Diseases Society of America suggested that immunocompromised patients take the monoclonal antibody pemivibart as pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent severe COVID-19.

WHO on Wednesday declared the spread of mpox in Africa to be a global public health emergency.

Medicine was an interesting thought as I was growing up with no medical people in my family.