Many health and academic professionals consider leaving their jobs after COVID-19, finds study
Up to one in five employees at an academic medical institution are considering leaving their professions due to the strains of coping with the pandemic in their own lives, according to a new University of Utah Health study. Individuals who had caregiving responsibilities were among those most likely to contemplate leaving or reducing hours.
The findings suggest that retaining highly trained doctors, nurses, and scientists in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic could be the next great health care challenge.
It s sobering to learn that, during a time of economic recession, at least one-fifth of our workforce were considering leaving their jobs because of the severe levels of stress they were experiencing. Many of these are people who have spent five to ten years of their adult lives training to do this kind of work. Yet, it s so overwhelming and burdensome that they were potentially thi
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A team of Indian scientists yesterday reported the detection of
Candida auris isolates from two sampling sites on islands in the Indian Ocean the first time the multidrug-resistant yeast has been isolated in a natural environment. The discovery was reported in
mBio.
Since it was first identified in a Japanese patient in 2009,
C auris has spread to hospitals around the world, and has been declared an urgent health threat by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Because the yeast is capable of growing at higher temperatures and can tolerate hypersaline environments more than other
Candida species, scientists in recent years have hypothesized that it may have existed in wetlands before becoming a clinically relevant pathogen, and that its emergence could be linked to global warming s effects on wetlands.
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The results of a randomized clinical trial suggest a shorter course of antibiotics in children who have community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is as effective as a longer course, Canadian researchers reported this week in
JAMA Pediatrics.
The noninferiority trial, involving children at two Canadian hospitals who had CAP that did not require hospitalization, found that clinical cure rates were similar in children treated with 5 days of amoxicillin versus those treated with 10 days.
The authors of the study say the findings are consistent with randomized clinical trials (RCTs) that have found short-course antibiotic therapy is preferable in adults with CAP, and suggest that clinical practice guidelines, in accordance with antimicrobial stewardship principles, should consider recommending 5 days of antibiotics for management of pediatric CAP.
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