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The lifetime prevalence of suicide ideation is 17.4 percent among physicians

Lifetime Prevalence of Suicide Ideation 17.4 Percent Among Doctors

Lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts 1.8 percent, with one-year prevalence of 0.3 percent

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Sept. 13-Oct. 25

The 124th American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Annual Meeting and OTO Experience The annual meeting of the American Academy of...
Intravenous antibiotics do not achieve greater sustained eradication of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients with cystic fibrosis compared with oral therapy

IV, Oral Antibiotics Comparable for Treating P. aeruginosa in CF

Results do not support use of IV antibiotics to eradicate P. aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis, authors say
Increased unemployment is associated with increases in pediatric hospitalizations for four potentially economy-sensitive conditions

Unemployment Linked to Increases in Pediatric Hospitalizations

Hospitalizations increased for four economy-sensitive conditions, including substance abuse, diabetes
A boil-water notice prompted by a boy's death from brain-eating amoeba has been lifted in Lake Jackson

Lake Jackson, Texas, Lifts Boil-Water Notice Triggered by Parasite

Notice lifted after disinfectant levels in drinking water were documented to be above the state requirements
Following weeks of delay

White House Approves Tougher Rules for COVID-19 Vaccine Development

Guidelines recommend participants in late-stage trials be followed for a median of at least two months
African American children are more likely to experience failure to rescue after return to the operating room for unplanned reoperation

ASA: Mortality After Reoperation Higher in Black Children

And non-Hispanic Black, Asian, Hispanic children less likely to have surgery than White children
During the COVID-19 pandemic

AAP: Pediatric Fracture Volume Dropped During Pandemic

Incidence of fractures presenting significantly decreased; presenting age for all fractures decreased
Only 51 percent of Americans would get a COVID-19 vaccine

Poll: Only Half of Americans Would Try to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

If enough people in the U.S. pass on vaccine, the nation may not be able to achieve herd immunity
Hydroxychloroquine administered for eight weeks as preexposure prophylaxis has no clinical benefit in hospital-based health care workers exposed to patients with COVID-19

Hydroxychloroquine Not Beneficial for SARS-CoV-2 Preexposure Prophylaxis

No clinical benefit seen versus placebo for hospital-based health care workers exposed to patients with COVID-19