Q4 2023 Urgent Caring-From the Editors-in-Chief
Tracey Davidoff, MD, FCUCM Cesar Mora Jaramillo, MD, FAAFP, FCUCM This edition of Urgent Caring marks the last edition of 2023. The end of the year is always a time...
Q4 2023-Urgent Caring Message from the CUCM President
Antibiotic Awareness Week 2023 Concludes & the Urgent Care Convention Registration Opens Dear Urgent Care clinicians,On behalf of the College of Urgent Care Medicine, I wish you a joyous holiday...
Urgent Updates | December 21, 2023
New Syndrome May Be Affecting Babies Exposed to FentanylDoctors report they are seeing what they think is a new syndrome in babies who are exposed to fentanyl while in the...
Urgent Updates | December 14, 2023
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in MexicoThe CDC cautions travelers to Mexico about Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning people who are traveling to...
Urgent Updates | December 7, 2023
Measles Cases and Deaths Rose At "Staggering" Rate Last Year, WHO And CDC ReportWHO and CDC have previously warned the world is far from reaching the immunization level for herd...
Urgent Updates | November 30, 2023
Undiagnosed Pneumonia Outbreak in China Puts Pressure on Pediatric Hospitals, Prompts QuestionsAn undetermined pneumonia outbreak in China is hitting children hard, so far, there is no indication that the infections...
Urgent Updates | November 23, 2023
Trends in Outpatient Influenza Antiviral Use Among Children and Adolescents in the United StatesThe analysis included unique dispensing of 1,416,764 antivirals between 2010 and 2019. Oseltamivir was the most frequently...
Urgent Updates | November 9, 2023
Whooping Cough Outbreak Reported in Northern MichiganAn outbreak of whooping cough in Northern Michigan has health officials reminding parents to get their children vaccinated. Six cases of pertussis illness, also...
Center Locations Double, Long-Term Industry Insights
The article “Center Locations Double Driven by Big Consumer Trends” written by the Journal of Urgent Care Medicine (JUCM) references the recent UCA White Paper "The Essential Nature of Urgent...
Urgent Updates | October 26
Flesh-eating Parasite Now Endemic to Parts of US, CDC SaysLeishmania mexicana, a flesh-eating bacterium that also causes fever, weight loss, and an enlarged spleen and liver is now endemic to...