CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WSAV) — Savannah will be adding more than 100 medical residency positions to address the doctor shortage in Coastal Georgia. A major investment from Georgia lawmakers aims to help ...

Doctor shortages are becoming endemic in Kansas, including an estimated 50 percent fewer primary care physicians than needed, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The ...

A growing number of states have made it easier for doctors who trained in other countries to get medical licenses, a shift supporters say could ease physician shortages in rural areas. The changes ...

Here are some things to consider when choosing between becoming a PA or doctor. Physician associates complete a bachelor’s ...

Texas is waiving its second medical residency requirement for foreign-trained doctors to address a physician shortage. The new law aims to attract doctors already in the U.S. by offering a provisional ...

A Republican lawmaker is proposing a partial solution to Kentucky’s doctor shortage: Let international physicians practice in their specialty area — after completing board exams — without ...

In a state where doctors are in short supply, news that a Northern New Mexico residency program will end is heartbreaking. As Margaret O’Hara reported Sunday, the Médicos de El Centro Family Medicine ...

BOISE, Idaho — Dr. Joseph Saad sat with a small group of first-year medical students at the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine on Friday, offering advice that comes from experience: "Just take it ...

Experienced physician assistants (PAs) would have the opportunity to work independently in Michigan under proposed legislation. The proposed change to the Public Health Code would authorize PAs with ...