Health & Veritas Medicine-Life Balance and Other News
Howie and Harlan discuss health and healthcare headlines, including generational shifts in doctors’ approach to work, a promising vaccine for norovirus, the latest on the bird flu outbreak, and the struggles of corporate-backed primary care companies.
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Norovirus
“Doctors trial world’s first mRNA vaccine against vomiting bug norovirus”
“Who Didn’t Get a Second Shingrix Shot? Implications for Multidose COVID-19 Vaccines”
Work-Life Balance
“Young Doctors Want Work-Life Balance. Older Doctors Say That’s Not the Job.”
“State of Women in Medicine: History, Challenges, and the Benefits of a Diverse Workforce”
Bird Flu
“CDC Confirms Human H5 Bird Flu Case in Missouri”
Primary Care Goes Corporate
“Why Large Corporations Are Entering Primary Care”
“Cigna Turns $739 Million Profit Despite $1 Billion Loss On VillageMD”
E. coli
“E. coli Outbreak Linked to Onions Served at McDonald’s”
“How disease detectives’ quick work traced deadly E. coli outbreak to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders”
CDC: Outbreaks of E. coli infections
Elon Musk’s Grok AI Platform
“Elon Musk wants you to submit medical data to his AI chatbot”
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