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A researcher created a new program for LGBTQ youth based on the idea that this population experiences more difficulty accessing reproductive healthcare, partly because of problems related to their choice of pronouns and names. The program addresses which contraceptives and intrauterine devices transgender boys can use, and which are effective and do not interfere with their hormone treatment.
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Black and white young women share similar desires to avoid pregnancy and similar pregnancy plans, but Black women were much less likely to be pronatal, advocating for a higher birth rate, than were white women, new research revealed. The unintended pregnancy rate is 2.5 times higher for Black women than for white women, which raises questions about why this difference occurs.
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New research shows using a low-sensitivity pregnancy test after a medication abortion is both accurate and safe. The 1,000 mIU/mL low-sensitivity pregnancy test or the five-level multilevel pregnancy test can be used safely without a visit to a provider’s office or clinic.
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Stress, burnout, turnover, and retirement have contributed to obstacles in the student-to-nursing workforce pipeline. Nursing students and other healthcare professionals have experienced anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic, research shows. This affected both nursing and medical students as well as nurses working in any healthcare settings.
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The United States will soon need millions more nurses than are currently working in healthcare. But employers, including family planning centers and OB/GYN offices, likely will have a difficult time finding nurses. The American Nurses Association predicts more registered nurse jobs will be available through 2022 than any other profession. A half-million nurses are expected to retire by the end of 2022.
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With many COVID-19 deaths unreported in the United States, researchers estimate the actual death toll of the pandemic is closer to 1 million than the 574,043 reported from March 1, 2020, to May 3, 2021. Looking at excess mortality data, researchers at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation calculated 905,289 COVID-19 deaths occurred in the U.S. during that period. That is 58% higher than the official numbers.
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Emergency physicians who find themselves defendants do have resources — at their hospitals, from their professional liability carriers, from mental health professionals, and from specialty organizations.
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Due to “needle safety device failures” — some of which led to needlesticks — the FDA is recommending healthcare providers stop using certain syringes and needles manufactured by Guangdong Haiou Medical Apparatus Co., Ltd. (HAIOU). The FDA is recommending the action as it evaluates the products. So far, HAIOU has not initiated a voluntary recall.
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The problem of longstanding violence against healthcare personnel has been overshadowed by the pandemic, but it is receiving more attention from OSHA. A federal administrative law judge has determined that a Bradenton, FL, behavioral healthcare center and its management company exposed workers to more than 50 attacks in a 2.5-year period, OSHA announced.
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Preliminary results from an ongoing multisite case-control study of healthcare personnel in 25 states indicate the two mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are 94% effective in real-world conditions involving work and the community, the CDC reported. The study is underway at 33 sites, with 75% of enrolled healthcare workers employed at acute care hospitals.
