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The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released job growth projections for the next decade, from 2021 to 2031. Nurse practitioners are expected to grow at a rate of 45% across all industries. Over the next ten years, the number of employed nurse practitioners is expected to increase from 246,700 to 359,400. Sadly, physicians are missing from the list, with the Association of American Medical Colleges projecting a shortage of 37,800 to 124,000 physicians by the year 2034.

According to emails, the February 2020 paper, written to disprove the lab-leak theory, was crafted under Dr. Fauci’s prompting with his final approval before publication, say House Republicans.

There were 55,188 applicants to US medical schools for the 2022-2023 admissions cycle, according to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Each of these applicants applied to 18 different medical schools, for a total of over 990,000 applications across all schools. In-state applicants outnumber out-of-state applicants. Among the 55,188 applicants, 24.6% enrolled in a medical school in their home state; 16.5% enrolled out of state. The remaining 59% were either rejected or chose not to enroll. Male medical students are now outnumbered by female students. There were 55% females and 45% males among the 22,692 first-year enrollees. Repeat applicants made up a sizable 30% of matriculants in the 2022-2023 admissions cycle.

Some cans of Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea, StarKist, Safe Catch, and Wild Planet tuna contained higher than usual mercury levels, despite the average level being within standards.

The 2022 Physician Specialty Data Report from the Association of American Medical Colleges is now available. It tracks practicing physicians by specialty and compares the numbers to a five-year-ago report to calculate a percentage change within each specialty. When the top ten specialties with the most active physicians are compared to the top ten specialties with the fewest, it is clear that the least populated are growing the fastest.

The Wisconsin State Supreme Court has taken on a case that will rule on a patient’s autonomy vs. a hospital’s duty to refuse to provide care it considers below its accepted standard of care.