Vaccine Hesitancy: 12 Tips | Doc Pay Gender Gaps | Guillain-Barré Syndrome Vax WarningJuly 19, 2021 | Trending in Healthcare Family Medicine/General Practice COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: 12 Things You Need to Know Despite many doing their research and learning all they can about the COVID-19 vaccine, patients may still come to you for more help. To assist your patients with their questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, here are 12 facts and insights shared by Sherita Golden, MD, MHS, chief diversity officer at Johns Hopkins Medicine, who specializes in diabetes, heart conditions and patterns of disease in diverse communities. Read full article Allergy & Immunology Gender Gaps in Physician Compensation: Best and Worst Medical Specialties According to a study of 135,000 doctors by Doximity, male physicians made, on average, 28% more than females in 2020, a 3% increase from the 2019 numbers. The survey, along with Medscape’s poll in 2021 that showed male specialist physicians overall making 33% more than females, points to a few other large gender pay gaps, as well as some in which women doctors make salaries closer to those of men. Read full article Emergency Medicine FDA Warns About Post-COVID Vax Guillain-Barré Syndrome The FDA added a warning that Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine may trigger Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in a small number of people. Of the 12.5 million Americans who received this vaccine, about 100 people reported having GBS, which is an acquired demyelinating polyneuropathy that often begins in the lower extremities and ascends over time with loss of reflexes, causing muscle weakness, or in the most severe cases, paralysis. Read full article
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