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As the Ebola disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda develops rapidly, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is ratcheting up its support on the ground, while continuing to emphasise that the risk of infection to the general population in Europe remains very low.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) hosted the annual meeting of the European Respiratory Viruses Network (ERVI-Net) in Vienna, Austria, on 20–22 May 2026, which brought together nearly 80 representatives from EU/EEA and accession countries.
Specific Impella CP Sets are out of specification; use may result in low purge pressure events from the onset of the case
Black specks and particulate matter have been reported in the drip chamber of certain ICU Medical IV tubing sets
Specific Impella CP Sets are out of specification; use may result in low purge pressure events from the onset of the case
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PURPOSE Understanding and addressing increased administrative workload among family physicians is receiving attention, but data describing administrative tasks are limited. We used electronic health record (EHR) data to describe trends in orders made by family physicians, capturing changes in total workload per physician and the volume of per-patient contact over time. METHODS We used national Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network EHR data to measure annual counts of patient contacts, laboratory tests, referrals made, and prescriptions per physician from 2011 to 2021. We…
PURPOSE Studies of distant intercessory prayer as complementary medicine yield mixed results. We investigated commonly utilized proximal intercessory prayer (PIP) practices (ie, in-person prayer for another) used to treat pain and anxiety. METHODS We recruited 180 participants from patients waiting for family medicine appointments. Enrollment for pain required scores of 4 or greater (in the past 7 days) on an 11 point (0 to 10) pain intensity numerical rating scale. Enrollment for anxiety required a score of 10 or greater on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale, regardless of…
PURPOSE Medicare Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs) offer many potential benefits to older adults, but patients in racial and ethnic minority groups have lower rates of AWV completion. Our objective was to understand older minority patients’ attitudes and preferences related to preventive care and AWVs. METHODS From June 2024 through October 2024, we conducted 4 focus groups at 2 urban primary care settings (ie, an academic health system and a Federally Qualified Health Center) among Medicare enrollees aged 66 years or more with 1 or more primary care encounter at a participating organization…
PURPOSE While point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has been integrated into daily practice by general practitioners (GPs) in some countries, there is a paucity of literature documenting its use by Chinese GPs. Additionally, artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted diagnosis is increasingly applied to imaging equipment. This study aims to explore the diagnostic performance of GPs in carotid plaque detection using AI-enhanced POCUS after systematic training. METHODS This diagnostic accuracy trial was conducted in Shanghai, where 7 GPs received systematic training then recruited patients with high…
PURPOSE Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a multisystem neurologic disease characterized by profound fatigue and decreased functional capacity, postexertional malaise, and unrefreshing sleep, along with cognitive impairment and/or orthostatic intolerance. Its prevalence has risen exponentially with the COVID-19 pandemic. Pharmacologic therapies have been used successfully by ME/CFS specialists but may be underused by the general medical field. METHODS To assess this potential practice gap, we retrospectively analyzed the records of 571 patients with an ME/CFS…
PURPOSE We aimed to evaluate the multicomponent School of Caring program supporting caregivers of patients with dementia with respect to caregiver burden, quality of life, emotional well-being, self-efficacy, and social support. METHODS We conducted a quasi-experimental pre-/postintervention study with a 6-month follow-up conducted in primary care in Spain. Participants were caregivers of dependent people with dementia. Sociodemographic characteristics and information regarding care tasks were collected using an ad hoc questionnaire. We evaluated the program’s effectiveness using the Zarit…
Racially and ethnically minoritized patients are underscreened for colorectal cancer (CRC), resulting in racial/ethnic disparities. This secondary analysis of a pragmatic patient-randomized clinical trial compared effects of a CRC intervention across race/ethnicity. The multicomponent intervention included a mailed fecal immunochemical test (FIT) for patients in Federally Qualified Health Centers due for screening, plus patient navigation for positive FITs. Among 3,734 patients, 9.7% identified as Hispanic, 29.0% as non-Hispanic Black, and 61.3% as non-Hispanic White, similar across…
Although older adults (>65 years of age) are considered the highest-risk population for fall-related injuries, adults with intellectual and/or developmental disability (IDD) or cerebral palsy (CP) are also at increased fall risk. We aimed to compare the incidence of fall-related emergency department (ED) visits with injury and age-related trends among adults aged 18-80 years with IDD or CP and a non-IDD/CP comparison group using the 2019 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Emergency Department Databases. Fall-related ED visits with injury represented a greater proportion of ED visits…
PURPOSE Timely access to primary care remains a major challenge. Advanced access, an organizational model for appointment management, aims to improve accessibility by allowing patients to consult their health care professional in a timely manner. This systematic review evaluated its association with several key dimensions of primary care performance. METHODS We conducted a comprehensive search in MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Library from inception to May 10, 2025. Randomized intervention studies, nonrandomized intervention studies, and observational studies…
Primary care clinicians are ideally suited to provide comprehensive, whole-person survivorship care for cancer survivors that focuses on managing co-occurring chronic conditions and mitigating risks related to the cancer and long-term effects of the disease and its treatment. It is therefore critical to develop and test innovative strategies to support primary care practices in delivering high-quality survivorship care. The National Cancer Institute–funded Primary Care Engaged Research for Cancer Survivorship Care (PERCS) initiative encompasses 4 randomized controlled trials funded by…
In this essay, the author highlights her difficult journey to breastfeed her son, discussing the physical, mental, monetary, and temporal difficulties faced by those who desire to breastfeed and offering recommendations for clinicians and society to make breastfeeding more attainable. Despite knowing breastfeeding can improve outcomes, even the author, a privileged and highly informed obstetrician and gynecologist, nearly could not afford the multiple, varied costs to breastfeed. Breastfeeding should not be a privilege, but an option accessible to all our patients.
Working in a rural primary health center in India taught me lessons that medical training never covered. Patients arrived with ordinary complaints, but beneath them were unspoken burdens shaped by gender, belief, poverty, and hierarchy. Over time, I discovered that cultural humility, learning to listen, and reflecting on my own limits became my most reliable tools. Although these experiences unfolded in a remote setting, the lessons hold meaning for clinical practice anywhere. In medicine, healing often begins where diagnosis and treatment end. Sometimes the most radical act is presence…
Rural medicine is often viewed as a professional compromise, yet it offers some of the most formative clinical training available. It teaches physicians to thrive in discomfort—whether the discomfort is limited medical resources, broad responsibility, geographic isolation, or patients’ economic barriers. That discomfort is what shapes physicians into more resilient, resourceful, and empathetic clinicians. Experiences across rural and remote regions demonstrate how limited access to technology and subspecialists sharpens diagnostic reasoning, strengthens reliance on physical examination, and…
On a rare day off from my duties as an ophthalmology resident, I wandered into a neighborhood bookstore and was recognized by a woman I had treated for optic neuritis in the emergency department. I didn’t remember her, but she remembered everything. In that gap—between my routine and her life-altering night—I heard what the emergency department often muffles: how ordinary work for me can be extraordinary to the person living it. The piece follows our brief conversation to ask a simple question: how can I carry less and notice more, honoring meaning without slowing the work that must go on?
In Japan, death from old age— rousui —is officially recognized on death certificates and is now the third leading cause of death. Rousui describes a gradual decline in physiological function leading to death without a specific underlying disease. As a family physician, my first diagnosis of rousui occurred two decades ago, for a woman in her 90s whose decline was slow, multidimensional, and free of reversible causes. While culturally accepted, rousui remains undefined in clinical terms, creating uncertainty in diagnosis and care. This ambiguity influences end-of-life decision making, sometimes…