National Standards Developed for Neonatal Care
Standards identified as minimum requirements for each level of care; facilities encouraged to go beyond minimum
Lung Transplants From COVID-19-Positive Donors May Be Feasible
Data from 47 carefully selected transplants show early posttransplant outcomes are similar to those seen with COVID-19-negative donors
1999 to 2020 Saw >1.63 Million Excess Deaths in Blacks Versus Whites
In both males and females, excess mortality rates decreased from 1999, then plateaued, and increased from 2019 to 2020
Medical School Students Increasingly Come from Higher-Income Families
Findings seen for both applicants and matriculants into M.D. programs in the United States from 2014 to 2019
Vibrating Crib Mattress Beneficial for Newborns With Prenatal Opioid Exposure
Newborns with prenatal opioid exposure assigned to vibrating mattress had fewer days of treatment, received less morphine
8.4 Percent of People of All Ages Uninsured in 2022
12.2 percent of adults aged 18 to 64 years and 4.2 percent of children aged 0 to 17 years were uninsured in 2022
Biden Nominates Head of National Cancer Institute to Run NIH
New director will face potential scrutiny from both Republicans and Democrats
One-Third of U.S. Physicians Report Ever Being Sued
Length of time in practice, specialty, and gender impact likelihood of being sued
Adoption of Probiotics in NICU for VLBW Neonates Has Limited Benefit
Small reduction seen in incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis, but no decrease in sepsis or death seen among very low birth weight neonates
FDA Eases Rules on Gay Men Donating Blood
Policies are now in alignment with what already happens in some other countries, including U.K. and Canada
