Study: International healthcare workers’ experiences and perceptions of the 2022 multi-country mpox outbreak. Image Credit: Corona Borealis Studio / Shutterstock *Important notice: medRxiv publishes preliminary scientific reports that are not peer-reviewed and, therefore, should not be regarded as conclusive, guide clinical practice/health-related behavior, or treated as established information. A survey was recently conducted to understand…

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, high rates of burnout and staffing shortages plagued the nursing industry, primarily because of the stressful demands of the job. The COVID-19 pandemic only amplified these challenges, and with nearly a third of all Missouri nurses nearing retirement, improving nurse retention is key to avoiding an impending nursing workforce crisis in…

Study:  Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in the murine central nervous system drives viral diversification. Image Credit: Stock_Good / Shutterstock.com Multiple sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral infections have been associated with neurological complications that are potentially attributed to direct infection of the central nervous system (CNS). A recent Nature Microbiology…

Study: Can AI chatbots accurately answer patient questions regarding vasectomies? Image Credit: Fabian Montano Hernandez / Shutterstock ChatGPT provided the most accurate and concise answers to frequently asked vasectomy questions compared to Gemini (formerly Bard) and Copilot (formerly Bing), making it a reliable patient resource. In a recent study published in the journal IJIR: Your…