A new analysis reveals that most physicians were not working in private practices in 2020, marking the first time this category dropped below 50%.

The fear of exposure to COVID-19 coupled with the temporary shutdown of non-emergency health services put millions of people off routine healthcare screenings. Now, in the second year of the pandemic, a wave of cancer diagnoses is revealing a new crisis.

The Biden administration has backed the waiving of intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines, supporting a proposal from the World Trade Organization to improve worldwide vaccinations against the deadly virus.

If two regional studies published May 3 are reflective of all U.S. healthcare workers’ attitudes toward the present pandemic, facemask wearing is spotty and vaccination rates are more variable by demographics and attitudes than access.

After analyzing public records requested from the CDC plus all 50 states and other administering bodies, KHN investigators are estimating more than 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been deep-sixed at jab sites.

Omayr K. Niazi, 41, holds a pharmacy technician license and is being charged with aggravated battery, forgery and wire fraud.

The full analysis is scheduled to be presented May 16 at ACC.21.

Mayo Clinic neuroradiologist John Benson, MD, believes 36-year-old Gretchen Butler's suicide in March revealed the "profound toll that work can have on physicians.”