Critical care nurses with poor mental and physical health are more likely to make mistakes, but a more supportive work environment could improve the situation, a new study suggests. “It’s critically important that we understand some of the root causes that lead to those errors and do everything we can to prevent them,” said lead…  read on >  read on >

Say you twist your ankle playing catch with your kids. Or maybe your daughter has a rash that’s spreading. Do you visit urgent care or the hospital emergency department? Many cases of injury or illness can be handled at an urgent care clinic rather than a hospital emergency department, an expert says. “Urgent care is…  read on >  read on >

Anxiety was the cause of 64 vaccine reactions, including fainting, in people who got the Johnson & Johnson single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in early April at sites in five states, a new study finds. Researchers led by Anne Hause of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted that “anxiety-related events, including syncope [fainting], can…  read on >  read on >

In a sign that the coronavirus pandemic is beginning to ebb in America, a new analysis finds the seven-day average of new COVID-19 deaths in the United States has hit its lowest point since last October. As of Wednesday, 684 new deaths had been reported, data from Johns Hopkins University showed. That’s roughly an 80%…  read on >  read on >

The HPV vaccine isn’t reaching enough young American men, researchers report. The vaccine protects against reproductive warts as well as cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. Many young women get the HPV vaccine to help protect them against cervical cancer, but numbers are much lower…  read on >  read on >