Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

CityMD Deals Reflect Urgent Care’s Integration Trend

Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care and CityMD recently announced a definitive agreement to combine operations across the New York metropolitan area. The move is significant because it brings together 2 prominent urgent care brands with complementary operating models. GoHealth brings its national urgent care operating platform and its established health system partnership model, while CityMD brings its strong regional brand and existing connections to nearby outpatient medical services. Combined, the organization will be a highly visible, …

Older Men Tend To Have Greater Fall Risk Than Older Women

Fresh data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics show that death rates from unintentional falls among U.S. adults aged 65 years and older were consistently higher among men than women in 2024. Based on national mortality data, the overall death rate from unintentional falls was 74.8 per 100,000 population for men compared to 66.6 per 100,000 population for women. The highest death rates occurred among adults in …

For Emergencies in Urgent Care, Payment Conversations Can Wait

An investigation by KFF Health News in its national “Bill of the Month” feature recently outlined a Virginia woman’s experience at her local urgent care when she needed shot of epinephrine after a wasp sting began causing swelling and difficulty breathing. The KFF report describes how the woman was quickly diagnosed with anaphylaxis, but the care was delayed because she was required to complete a transaction to pay $400 up front before the shot could …

BayCare Pilots Robotic Blood-Draw Technology in Florida

BayCare Health System has announced plans to pilot a Food and Drug Administration -approved robotic blood-draw device at 2 of its outpatient locations in Florida beginning late next year. The 18- to 24-month pilot will allow patients aged 21 years and older to have the option of choosing robotic blood collection or traditional phlebotomy. A phlebotomist will remain present to oversee the robotic procedure, and laboratory personnel will manage device preparation, cleaning, and disposal, according …

Patients Will Exaggerate Symptoms To Get Antibiotics: Survey

A survey of 959 U.S. adults collected from January 8 to February 13, 2026, found that 27.9% of respondents admitted to exaggerating or fabricating symptoms in order to obtain antibiotics from a clinician, as published in JAMA Network Open. Among those who misrepresented symptoms, 76.9% reported successfully obtaining antibiotics at least once. Common motivations included feeling seriously ill (62.2%), believing antibiotics were necessary for recovery (61.8%), and wanting to resume work or other responsibilities sooner …

Shingles Rates Declining, Likely Because of Vaccination

The childhood varicella vaccine was introduced in the United States in 1995, so people born from that time on are the first group to reach adulthood with the vaccine’s protection against chickenpox. Additionally, those vaccinated against chickenpox carry a lower risk of later developing shingles caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus. A new study of more than 85 million U.S. adults found substantial differences in shingles diagnoses across birth cohorts, with the sharpest …

Women’s Cardiovascular Assessments Need Comprehensive Considerations

Cardiovascular disease causes more than 400,000 deaths annually among U.S. women, and this public health trend has prompted 4 major medical organizations to collaborate on an updated, comprehensive approach for prevention and treatment. The American Heart Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine have developed a framework emphasizing cardiovascular risks associated with hormonal changes throughout women’s lives. As published in Circulation, the advisory projects that by …

Physicians Stay In Jobs With Greater Sense of Community

Community relationships are important considerations for provider organizations looking to recruit and retain physicians in rural markets, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers surveyed 1,074 physicians practicing in federally designated clinician shortage areas across 33 states, including 351 in rural communities. Among rural physicians, 75.5% expected to remain at their current practices for more than 2 years, compared with 71.2% of urban physicians. Rural physicians also were more likely to feel …

Infant Protection From Measles Might Wane Sooner Than Expected

A retrospective analysis presented at IDWeek 2026 this month in Washington, D.C., suggests that infants’ maternal protection against measles may decline much earlier than previously believed, leaving many babies susceptible to infection months before their first measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination, which is recommended at age 12–15 months. As reported in meeting coverage from MedPage Today, researchers analyzed measles antibody levels in maternal-infant pairs and found that although infants had higher neutralizing antibody concentrations …

Menopausal Symptoms Prevalent Among Middle-Aged Women

Nearly half of U.S. women ages 40–60 reported experiencing menopausal symptoms during the previous 12 months, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analysis of the 2025 National Health Interview Survey. The nationally representative survey found that 49.4% of women in this age range, representing approximately 16.7 million women, experienced symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, sleep disturbances, menstrual irregularities, or vaginal dryness. Symptom prevalence increased with age, from 23.9% …

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