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A recent segment of the BBC’s Panorama program revealed that many NHS employees who contracted COVID-19—likely at work—now find themselves abandoned and in a perilous financial situation. The episode profiled NHS employees who are dealing with the long-term health impacts of the COVID-19 infection and revealed the experiences of those who, while being too ill to work, risk losing their jobs or receiving decreased sick pay. Some employees have already experienced this. This physician is one of them.

Kathryn Hufmyer, MD, and Linda Suleiman, MD, will focus on incorporating artificial intelligence, creative education models, and interprofessional education and continue to focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

OBR covers this New York Times opinion piece; many doctors are jumping on the bandwagon to point out where the cause of burnout truly lies.

This physician sounds the alarm on CDC’s ill-founded mandates for mandatory masking, citing the recent Cochrane Review.

There is much we don’t know because of weak surveillance methods. For informed decisions, medicine needs a better understanding of what is happening and what is working at any given time. Since even with 100% vaccination, the virus will at minimum continue in circulation, a key goal is to focus on those who are most at risk for severe disease and learn how to strengthen their immunity.

It may not come as a surprise that there are so many doctors running for politics given that healthcare is a major legislative priority. According to the Patients Action Network of the American Medical Association, 19 doctors are currently serving in the 118th Congress. The task ahead for these 19 congressional representatives will be challenging. The AMA is concentrated on stopping Medicare payment cuts and implementing prior authorization reform among the myriad healthcare concerns facing the nation.