CDC considers allowing nurse practitioners and physician assistants to read images for pneumoconiosis surveillance, seeking comments until March.

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Experts say the primary care workforce is well suited to meet patients’ contraceptive needs but the numbers of primary care ...

Artificial intelligence might be able to more quickly and affordably identify menopausal women who are having problems ...

Bon Secours and Prisma Health are implementing new visitor restrictions as cases of influenza and respiratory illnesses rise ...

Cases of the dreaded, highly contagious stomach bug, norovirus, are on the rise across the nation. Healthcare providers at ...

CDC data indicates that December's increase in ... often occurring in high-density settings like nursing homes, schools, cruise ships, and correctional facilities. Symptoms include vomiting ...

Justice Department officials who served under President-elect Trump’s first administration may have influenced the 2020 ...

There were 69 outbreaks in the last week of November, the CDC said. New York has been no ... such as on cruise ships and in places like nursing homes, jails and schools. Direct contact can ...

A nursing facility in Dauphin County has temporarily shut off the water for drinking and cleaning after a resident tested ...

Dear Doctors: I just got the new COVID-19 booster, and the nurse said hardly anyone is getting the updated shot this year. I’m not surprised because after years of headlines, COVID-19 is gone from the ...

Outbreaks are often seen on cruise ships, in congregate living situations like nursing homes and jails ... according to the CDC. Norovirus infections are caused by a group of viruses that spread ...