U.S. immigration policies have significantly affected immigrant families’ access to pediatric otolaryngological care, leading to fear, reduced healthcare visits, and delayed treatments. These changes have created challenges for healthcare providers and jeopardized children’s health and well-being.
Otolaryngologists face increasing threats and violence from patients or their families, prompting the adoption of system-level safety protocols to protect staff while ensuring patient care. These protocols emphasize team-based responses, clear behavior expectations, and institutional support to manage disruptive behaviors effectively.
Many medical students interested in competitive specialties like otolaryngology consider taking a gap year to conduct research, aiming to enhance their residency applications and future careers. While this trend is increasing, its benefits and consequences are debated among program directors, otolaryngologists, and trainees.
The 2025 American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) guidelines update the medical and surgical management of adult rhinosinusitis, emphasizing an inflammatory understanding of chronic sinusitis and advocating for evidence-based, individualized treatment approaches.
TXA is increasingly used in otolaryngology to reduce intra-operative and post-operative bleeding, supported by evidence from emergency medicine and orthopedic surgery. Its safety profile is strong, and it is administered intravenously or orally, with emerging use in pediatric and adult otolaryngologic procedures.
With the Trump administration interrupting research at academic medical centers, court fights over the proposal of a 15% cap on the indirect rate, diversity research de-funded, and a proposal that would cut the NIH budget by 40%, traditionally robust federal support for medical research in the U.S. has eroded, and the research community shows little confidence that this will change in the short term.
In a 2016 survey of American Rhinologic Society (ARS) members on practice patterns regarding office-based rhinology procedures, 63% of the respondents reported an increase in the number of office-based procedures they performed over the last five years.