Confidence in public health entities is spiraling downward in the U.S., and once-revered Washington institutions like the CDC and NIH are among the casualties in serious condition. How to break the negative momentum?

5 high-profile physician leaders: ‘Misinformation, politicization of commonsense public health efforts and sudden changes to federal vaccine guidance are creating mass confusion and diminishing trust in public health.’

The U.S. is one of 23 countries that consider workforce AI training and education only a medium priority. Indeed, our homeland has a less detailed plan than 13 other nations.

A primary aim of medical humanities as a field today is teaching medical students how to harmonize technological innovations with care models such that patients are treated as whole persons: They have not just bodies but also minds, relationships—and lives. 

Researchers explored more than 52 years of data, highlighting several key trends in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

The Society of Interventional Radiology and five additional doc groups recently voiced their displeasure in a letter to Elevance Health. 

The action applies to Cook Medical’s Beacon Tip Catheters, used for angiographic procedures, with concerns the tip can fragment in the patient, causing potential harm. 

Federal lawmakers have a fresh resource to keep them up on healthcare AI that falls outside of formal FDA oversight. It comes in the form of a new report from the nonprofit Bipartisan Policy Center.