WEDNESDAY, March 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For those waiting during the pandemic for a new kidney or liver, new research is reassuring: Organs from deceased donors who had COVID-19 did not cause infection in recipients and posed no risk to health care workers. In a study that began in September 2021, the Duke University … Read more
By Robert Preidt and Robin FosterHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The National Health Service Corps will receive $100 million to help tackle the U.S. health care worker shortage, the White House announced Thursday. That’s a five-fold increase in funding from previous years for a program that helps find primary care doctors … Read more
New York State: “Hospital Worker Vaccinations,” “Declaring a Statewide Disaster Emergency Due to Healthcare Staffing Shortages in the State of New York.” YouTube: “Mayor de Blasio Host Media Availability.” Syracuse.com: “Upstate University Hospital to shutter ORs, blaming NY vaccine mandate for staff shortage.” Shirley Johnson, chief clinical operations officer, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, … Read more
Michael Battistelli, licensed paramedic, emergency medical services instructor, Stratford, CT. Todd Rice, MD, associate professor of medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care; and medical director COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville. Yvonne Billings, MD, director of cardiopulmonary medicine, Cleveland Clinic Martin Health, Stuart, FL. Gina McNemar, ICU nurse, Baton Rouge General … Read more
WEDNESDAY, March 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Black, Hispanic, and Native American people are significantly underrepresented in U.S. health professions, with little indication that diversity will improve, a new study says. In 2019, Black people made up about 12.1% of the U.S. workforce, but their representation in 10 health professions studied ranged from 3.3% for physical therapists … Read more
Jason Brooks, president and CEO of DT4EMS, leads a company that trains nurses and first responders in how to handle attacks. One course is titled, “Escaping Violent Encounters for Health Care Professionals.” When he strikes up conversations at the airport about his line of work, people are shocked. They ask him, “Why would anyone want … Read more
Wendy Dean, MD, president and co-founder, Moral Injury of Healthcare, Carlisle, PA. William A. Haseltine, PhD, chair and president, ACCESS Health International, New York City. Fahmida Hossain, PhD candidate and bioethicist, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh. Tassia Trink, registered nurse, Southern California. Consuelo Vargas, registered nurse, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago. Matthew Heinz, … Read more
Jan. 12, 2021 — There’s no evidence that the new vaccines against COVID-19 cause infertility, yet that’s a worry that’s been cited by some health care workers as a reason they’re reluctant to be first in line to get the shots. Across the country, significant numbers of health care workers have balked at getting … Read more