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Focus on women’s health; medical upset in South Korea; HIV screening changes – Morning Medical Update
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The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health will be home to new research. This month, First Lady Jill Biden announced the new “Sprint for Women’s Health,” a new $100 million effort to research diseases and conditions that only affect women or that affect women and men differently. Read her announcement here.
South Korean physicians walked off the job this month to protest tough working conditions including long hours and low pay, and a government plan to increase the number of medical students without addressing hospital environments. "Everyone is angry and frustrated, so we are all leaving hospitals. Please hear our voices," said the leader of the Korea Interns and Residents Association. Reuters news service has more details. Now there’s a deadline for physicians to return to work.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has outlined a final research plan for HIV screening for asymptomatic, nonpregnant adolescents and adults. It will include primary care settings and other settings generalizable to primary care, such as family planning clinics and school-based health clinics.
