Amid a nationwide shortage of Adderall, an ADHD medication, millions of patients are struggling to refill their prescriptions, and many are suffering from difficult withdrawal and rebound symptoms, including extreme fatigue, mood swings, headaches, and more.
Although it is still early on in the flu season, cases are surging across the United States, and CDC data shows that the current estimated disease burden from the flu increased 1.5-fold in a single week.
Most experts agree that updated bivalent Covid-19 boosters provide additional protection against serious illness and death among vulnerable populations—but evidence suggests that increased booster uptake may not prevent a "wave of Covid" infections this winter, Apoorva Mandavilli writes for the New York Times.
Writing for the Harvard Business Review, Christine Porath, a professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, details findings from her recent survey, which found that frontline workers have experienced a rise in workplace incivility in recent years and offers four tips to help organizations address incivility.
Intermountain Healthcare has named Robert Allen as its new president and CEO, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Missouri, North Carolina, and Utah.