May 21, 2021
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AAMC president and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, testified on May 20 before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security regarding ways to address the country’s physician shortages.
During the hearing, “A Dire Shortage and Getting Worse: Solving the Crisis in the Health Care Workforce,” he discussed the importance of Medicare and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) graduate medical education programs, the HRSA Title VII and Title VIII workforce programs, and the National Health Service Corps.
In his opening statement, Skorton noted, “Addressing the nation’s physician workforce shortages and related challenges will require a multipronged private-public approach, including innovations such as team-based care and better use of technology in addition to increasing the overall number of physicians.”
Mental health issues double in one year
Mental health symptoms double in one year By Molly Godley | May 13, 2021 at 9:48 PM EDT - Updated May 13 at 9:48 PM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - When comparing this yearâs percentages of mental health symptoms to last yearâs, the numbers have doubled, according to a psychologist with Albany Area Primary Health Care.
Dr. Nick Carden said in his 36 years of practice, he has never seen an increase in cases like this. He said being quarantined at home the way we have has led to more mental health issues over the past year.
âThis is the first time this is really ever happened that weâve gotten statistics saying that our statistics are almost doubled in terms of anxiety, depression, substance abuse, general stress symptoms and people that are feeling suicidal,â said Carden.
Turner Job Corps Center holds vaccine site to get students back to in-person learning By Molly Godley | April 19, 2021 at 6:45 PM EDT - Updated April 19 at 8:21 PM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Turner Job Corps said 3/4 of their students are learning virtually and in hopes to get their students back to school and involved with the community they held a vaccination site on Monday.
Students said theyâre happy to get the vaccine so they can get back to their normal lives.
Turner Job Corps student Dashawn Harris said he wanted to get the vaccine to help numbers go down. He said it would also help with the quarantine process.
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