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About 26 percent of public health and preventive medicine physicians are burnt out, the lowest level of any specialty, according to Medscape's 2022 Public Health and Preventive Medicine Physician Lifestyle and Burnout Report.  Medscape surveyed 13,069 U.S. physicians across 29 specialties from June through September. Fewer than 1 percent of respondents were PH/PM physicians. The report was published Feb. 18.  Three findings:  1. About 85 percent of PH/PM physicians said they were "very" or "somewhat" happy outside of work pre-pandemic. When asked about how happy they are outside of work currently, about 72 percent said "very" or "somewhat" happy. To compare, about 59 percent of physicians overall said the same about their current happiness.  2. PH/PM physicians were burned out the least (26 percent) compared with other specialties. About 60 percent of emergency medicine physicians reported feeling bur...

The closure of another walk-in medical clinic in the Greater Victoria area is prompting calls for change.  The Colwood Medical Treatment Centre said it will shutter its walk-in clinic on April 15. In a statement on its website, the centre said a "chronic physician shortage in the Greater Victoria area" has made it impossible to sustain walk-in services seven days a week, adding that one of its family physicians will be retiring on March 1. The announcement comes after two doctors at the Eagle Creek Medical Clinic in View Royal said they will be closing their practices on April 15. Its walk-in clinic will close and transition to "an in-house 'doctor of the day' program." LISTEN | Why Victoria is losing so many family doctors 8:55 Clinic manager explains why so many family physicians are leaving Victoria and the challenge of replacing them Next month, the James Bay Medical Treatment Centre in Victoria will close its doors after its lo...

Influenza (referred to as the "flu") is a contagious respiratory disease caused by the influenza A, B, or C virus.  Influenza viruses are airborne and affect the nose, throat, and lungs. Not all illnesses are caused by viruses. Some such as bacterial pneumonia can cause flu-like symptoms but are caused by bacteria. However, the flu can lead to bacterial infections as a person's natural defenses may be weakened during an infection. Infections that occur shortly after the primary infection are called secondary infections. In this article, we will cover the differences between bacterial and viral infections. triloks / Getty Images Is the Flu a Virus or Bacteria? The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and sometimes the lungs. However, it is not the same as stomach flu (gastroenteritis). Stomach flu is commonly caused by rotaviruses or noroviruse...

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On Feb. 23, 1954, children at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh received the first shots of a vaccine against a deadly virus. It would take 25 years and a nationwide effort for polio to be eradicated in the U.S., but a team lead by the University of Pittsburgh's Jonas Salk took the bold first steps. As the world deals with the ongoing effects of another deadly virus, Pitt remains a leader in vaccine research. You'll see some familiar themes in the four stories below, not to mention a through line between Pitt's groundbreaking research 68 years ago and the work happening today. First-person accounts from polio pioneers In a 2005 Pitt Med magazine story, Senior Editor Elaine Vitone gives a glimpse into the lives of parents and students (PDF) when the polio vaccine first became available. The piece weaves together first-person accounts from a nurse and several schoolchildren who recount anxiety as the "polio pioneers" received their doses — and thei...

Meningococcal vaccines protect against bacterial infections caused by Neisseria meningitidis. These bacteria are capable of causing meningococcal meningitis, a condition that causes inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. Meningococcal disease isn't very common in the United States. A study conducted between 2011 and 2015 suggests that fewer than 1 in every 100,000 people contracted it. The condition commonly strikes when children are less than age 1 or during adolescence (adolescents range from age 10 to 19). In some cases, this disease can become very serious and life-threatening.  Fortunately, a vaccine can protect against this disease and its more serious consequences. The meningococcal vaccine can help protect against different versions of disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis.  This article will discuss the meningococcal vaccine, side effects, dosing schedule, and more.  ER Productions Limited / Get...

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CLARKSVILLE, TN – The Clarksville Police Department has taken several reports of false pretense or "scams" over the last several months. Several businesses and individuals have received phone calls, text messages or even FaceBook messages from an individual representing themself as law enforcement or some other type of governmental official. The caller would give a story of some type of ongoing investigation or that they possibly have a warrant out for their arrest. In order for them to keep from going to jail, they would need to pay some type of fine or fee. One caller told the clerk to take all the money from the register of the business and put the money on a "Green Dot" card. Another caller claimed the individual had won emergency funds from a global grant and was asked to send a copy of their driver's license. Once that was done, they requested they purchase two Apple gift cards for $500 each and send them pictures of the back with the security code made...

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – Furthering its mission to make better health easy for its patients and communities, Geisinger opened a new medical clinic that brings comprehensive care services, including primary care, senior-focused care and convenient walk-in services to Columbia County and the surrounding region.   Located at 240 Mall Blvd. in Bloomsburg, Geisinger Medical Clinic Buckhorn consolidates area primary care services under one room, and adds a new Geisinger 65 Forward Health Center and ConvenientCare walk-in clinic. The new location also offers a retail pharmacy, imaging and laboratory bloodwork services. The new facility marks a $10 million investment in new and updated services in the region.  "We're always looking for ways to make better health easier for the communities we serve, and we couldn't be more excited to provide this to our patients in Bloomsburg," said Tracey Wolfe, Geisinger's Chief Administrative Officer of Medici...

February 3 2022 – The Health Care District of Palm Beach County is distributing 10,000 N95 face masks to adult patients at the ten C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics across the county.  The Health Care District's primary care clinics, which serve adults and children, are Federally Qualified Health Centers located in areas of need. Patients are interested in the face masks for themselves and family members and are receiving them at no charge. "We are pleased to provide access to N95 face masks to our primary clinic patients as an additional layer of protection against COVID-19," said Belma Andrić, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer for the Health Care District of Palm Beach County. "Our clinics provide a medical home to all patients and we cared for over 33,000 unique patients last year.  Since late December of 2020, the Health Care District has provided over 226,000 COVID-19 vaccinations in the community. We encourage our clinic patients to receive...

One of the long-term effects of COVID-19 may be small fiber neuropathy in the ocular surface causing similar symptoms to dry eye disease and diabetic neuropathy, a recent study found. Regardless of case severity, COVID-19 has a wide range of short- and long-term symptoms, including potential chronic issues with respiratory capacity, vasculopathy, or fatigue. A recent study published in Ocular Surface found associations between past COVID-19 infection and small fiber neuropathy in the ocular surface, with symptoms similar to dry eye disease (DED) and diabetic neuropathy. The observational retrospective study included a cohort of 23 patients who overcame COVID-19 between March and December 2020 and 46 uninfected volunteers as a control group. Patients in the recovered COVID-19 cohort had not received prior ocular surface surgery procedures and had no history of ocular infectious disease or systemic disease that could indirectly cause corneal innervation. All patients were assessed with i...

D uring the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, many public health authorities promoted hand-washing and maintaining six feet of distance, with the idea that SARS-CoV-2 was spread primarily in relatively large respiratory droplets that soon fell from the air after being exhaled, potentially contaminating surfaces. But epidemiological and animal studies soon pointed to the importance of smaller, airborne droplets known as aerosols in transmission. By now, the evidence is overwhelming, and COVID-19 is acknowledged by most experts as an airborne disease.  See "Scientists Urge Consideration of Airborne SARS-CoV-2 Transmission" The debate, though, does not seem to be settled. There are still a few scientists who, even while they acknowledge that airborne transmission is possible, claim that infection by large droplets or via surfaces could also be responsible for the bulk of cases. Additionally, in some cases health policy has been slow to catch up to the state of know...