Median annual wages for nurse practitioners vary across states, with the national median estimated at $121,610, according to the most recently available data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, released April 25.
Nurses at Ascension Saint Joseph-Joliet (Ill.), part of St. Louis-based Ascension, have voted down the latest contract proposal from hospital management.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Mercy Medical Center’s patient information has been compromised as its former medical transcription service, Perry Johnson & Associates, experienced a cybersecurity incident.
Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid cut the prevalence of hospitalizations and deaths in half when it was used within the first day of diagnosis, according to a study published Dec. 16 in Nature.
With the days of social distancing mostly behind us, increasing pressure and anticipation to get back to gatherings, show up in person for work and more are leading Americans to overuse cold and allergy medicines to mask symptoms from regular colds to …