More medical school graduates are steering away from emergency medicine and opting for specialties like orthopedics and plastic surgery, raising concern about a field that bore the brunt of COVID-19 and remains beset by the overdose epidemic and other health crises.
Driving the news: More than 550 slots for emergency medicine residents were left unfilled this year, according to the National Resident Matching Program, which pairs newly minted doctors with post-graduate opportunities in medical centers.
COVID-19 has killed millions and caused widespread disruptions to people's lives and global economies — but a major new study finds people are slightly happier than before the pandemic began.
The big picture: The 11th annual World Happiness Report, published Monday to coincide with the International Day of Happiness, surveyed over 100,000 people and found that Finland was the happiest country for the sixth straight year. The U.S. was ranked the 15th happiest nation.
The "Ted Lasso" cast will team up with President Biden and first lady Jill Biden to "discuss the importance of mental health" and well-being during a visit to the White House on Monday, the administration announced.
The big picture: President Biden tweeted a reference to the visit in a Sunday post featuring a photo of a sign stating "BELIEVE" above a door leading into the Oval Office — a nod to a poster above the office of coach Ted Lasso, played by Jason Sudeikis, in the hit Apple TV+ show about fictional soccer team AFC Richmond.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month warned about an increase in cases of the drug-resistant bacterial infection Shigella.
Driving the news: There are an estimated 450,000 infections in the U.S. each year. The percentage of shigellosis that were resistant to antibiotic treatments increased from 0% in 2015 to 5% in 2022, per the CDC.
