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Organ Shortage Crisis Affects Many Sermo Physicians

On Father’s Day, Bill Conner embarked on a bike ride across the country to honor his daughter Abbey, who had passed away in January at age 20. One of the stops on his journey was…

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90% of Sermo physicians’ jobs have been affected by pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has caused irreversible change in the world. Physicians are among the many who have scrambled to readjust and find a new norm. In a poll of 2,000+ global Sermo physicians, 90% said…

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Doctors fear people may refuse fast-tracked Covid vaccine

This week, the Trump administration announced a $1.95 billion contract with Pfizer and the smaller German biotechnology company BioNTech for up to 600 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine. The companies are on track to…

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Sermo physicians fear herd immunity may not be achievable

With Coronavirus continuing to spike globally, herd immunity remains a top goal in the effort to harness the pandemic. However, citing three separate studies, Dr. William Haseltine—the chair and president of ACCESS Health International, and…

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Physicians concerned about higher education amid pandemic

Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sued the Trump administration over its ruling that would strip visas from foreign students who are taking online-only courses in the U.S. this fall semester, according to CNN.…

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Doctors say disparities in hospital care impacts mortality

In a recent poll of 700+ global Sermo physicians, 86% said that they believe disparities in hospital care can affect mortality rates in patients suffering from Covid-19. This was in response to research revealing that…

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Doctors support EU in barring countries with high infections

In a poll of about 500 global Sermo physicians, 71% said they support the EU’s plan to bar countries with high Covid-19 infection rates, as the EU begins to reopen borders on July 1. This…

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The future of screening for dementia & Alzheimer’s disease

Every 65 seconds someone in the U.S. develops Alzheimer’s disease and an estimated 5.8 million Americans of all ages were living with Alzheimer’s dementia in 2019. To spur discussions around how to best fight this…

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The common cold could build immunity toward covid

In response to new research suggesting some people may already be primed to fight the coronavirus, 77% of global Sermo physicians (in a poll of about 600), believe it is possible that something as simple…

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The debate over sharing full medical records with patients

Forbes magazine reported on the results of a previous Sermo poll that asked the question, “Should patients have access to their entire medical record?” The response by over 2,300 physicians revealed at the time that…

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