Outgoing AMA President Calls for Unity in the Relay That Is Medicine
Jack Resneck Jr., MD, conveyed a message of hope, progress, and unity in his final speech as American Medical Association (AMA) president, but without ignoring “very real” threats to the profession. During the AMA House of Delegates (HOD) meeting Friday, he quipped “You got to hear from ‘angry Jack’ back in November,” referring to his […]
Health System Warns Exemptions to COVID Vaccines May Expire With New Options
The Froedtert Health network in Wisconsin has sent a clear message to employees claiming religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccination: with an alternative to mRNA vaccines now available, get vaccinated or resign. In an email to a Froedtert staff member obtained by WTMJ-TV, the health network’s COVID-19 Vaccine Religious Exemption Review Committee wrote, “Your original exemption […]
How Well Does the Monkeypox Vax Work? No One Knows for Sure
Across an American gay male community worried about catching monkeypox, one message suggests this is all temporary: A few months of sexual caution plus vaccination will usher in a care-free autumn. “For your own safety, and to spare you the horrors of this disease,” sex columnist Dan Savage suggested on Twitter last weekend, “you might […]
Opinion | Doctors Aren’t Superheroes, We’re Human
Our profession often sends the message that we are invincible heroes. Here’s my vulnerable and honest admission: I lapped that up. There was something so seductive about denying pesky human requirements, like sleep, regular exercise, and time to decompress. I liked being needed more than I liked having needs. I sublimated mine under my superhero […]