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NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — COVID-19 and monkeypox have caused severe stress on the health care system, which has weakened the overall response to other ongoing infectious disease battles like the one against antimicrobial resistance.

ARLINGTON, Va. — In a Healio video exclusive, Anne Marie Lennon, MD, PhD, FASGE, discusses how to attract and retain the next generation of gastroenterologists as the specialty faces ongoing physician shortages.

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. My dad was an orthopedist and my mom was an academic psychologist. If you cross those two, you get a rheumatologist.

ORLANDO — Addressing mandatory overtime as well as workplace equity and violence, all amidst a nursing shortage, are among the top legislative priorities for the American Nurses Association, according to a speaker here.

ORLANDO — Although not every nurse performs infusions, understanding infusion therapy may be critical for rheumatology nurses moving forward, according to a presenter at the 2022 Rheumatology Nurses Society Conference.

ORLANDO — Burnout and the personal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among health care providers may lead to a long-term nursing shortage nationwide, according to a presenter at the 2022 Rheumatology Nurses Society Annual Conference.

During a September 2021 interview on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, comedian Hasan Minhaj referred to doctors of osteopathic medicine, or DOs, as “off-brand doctors” compared with their MD counterparts.

Child care stress during the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on health care workers, and more must be done to mitigate this burden on the workforce, according to researchers.

A 2021 report from the Association of American Medical Colleges estimated a shortage of between 37,800 and 124,000 physicians by 2034 in the United States, with shortfalls in both primary and specialty care.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant disruption in health care.