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The hard realities of a ‘no jab, no job’ mandate for health care workers

Christopher Richmond keeps a running tab on how many workers at the ManorCare skilled nursing facility he manages in western Pennsylvania have rolled up their sleeves for a covid-19 vaccine.

18 Jun 2021

Recommended treatments can benefit people with lower back pain

Medical guidelines help doctors understand the best way to treat health conditions. Surprisingly, many doctors do not adhere to them, and this is a problem, according to a new study by scientists at University of Utah Health and MDGuidelines.

18 Jun 2021

Collecting FEMA funeral money takes some tenacity — and help

As a funeral director at Ingold Funeral and Cremation in Fontana, California, Jessica Rodriguez helps families say goodbye to their loved ones. "We serve predominantly Latino families, most of them second- and third-generation" residents, said Rodriguez. "We do have quite a few that are first-generation, that don't speak any English."

16 Jun 2021

Study reveals risk factors associated with COVID-19 outcomes for people with IDD

A study of nearly 550 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities receiving residential services in New York City found that age, larger residential settings, Down syndrome and chronic kidney disease were the most common risk factors for COVID-19 diagnosis, and heart disease was most associated with COVID-19 deaths.

14 Jun 2021

Physical activity could mitigate the effects of stress, burnout among health care workers

There is no question that the pandemic has been immensely stressful for health care workers, especially for those on the frontline of patient care. Yet, even before the pandemic, the regular demands of many health care industry jobs put these workers at risk for burnout.

14 Jun 2021

Robust immunity against SARS-CoV-2 with Pfizer vaccine is mediated by memory B cells

A reassuring study, released as a preprint on the medRxiv* server, from a multi-institutional team of researchers in Italy suggests that with the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 vaccine, post-vaccination immunity against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is both robust and durable.

14 Jun 2021

In mental health crises, a 911 call now brings a mixed team of helpers — and maybe no cops

By the time Kiki Radermacher, a mental health therapist, arrived at a Missoula, Montana, home on an emergency 911 call in late May, the man who had called for help was backed into a corner and yelling at police officers.

14 Jun 2021

Colorado bill aims to give farmworkers easier access to medical care

A woman with pregnancy complications needed permission from her boss to visit a doctor. Community health volunteers were turned away from delivering food and covid information to worker housing. A farmworker had a serious allergic reaction but was afraid to seek treatment.

11 Jun 2021

Labor department issues emergency rules to protect health care workers from Covid

Labor Department officials on Thursday announced a temporary emergency standard to protect health care workers, saying they face "grave danger" in the workplace from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

10 Jun 2021

Zooming into the statehouse: Nursing home residents use new digital skills to push for changes

Patty Bausch isn't a Medicaid expert, lawyer or medical professional. But she still thinks Connecticut legislators need her input when they consider bills affecting people like her — the roughly 18,000 residents who live in the state's nursing homes.

9 Jun 2021

Kidney experts say it’s time to remove race from medical algorithms. Doing so is complicated.

Alphonso Harried recently came across a newspaper clipping about his grandfather receiving his 1,000th dialysis treatment. His grandfather later died — at a dialysis center — as did his uncle, both from kidney disease.

8 Jun 2021

Combination of two early reading programs improves kindergarten readiness in preschool students

A study published in the journal Pediatrics shows the combination of two early reading programs had positive effects on preschool students entering kindergarten in Cincinnati Public Schools over a three-year period.

8 Jun 2021

Study confirms poor immunogenicity in hemodialysis patients receiving single dose BNT162b2 vaccine

Researchers from Ontario, Canada, recently conducted a prospective observational study to determine the SARS-CoV-2 antibody response in chronic hemodialysis patients following one vs. two doses of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine. The results were compared to health care worker controls and convalescent serum.

1 Jun 2021

Report on the effectiveness of mRNA-1273 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines in Canada

The report has recently been published on the preprint server medRxiv* by Kwong et al. (May 28th, 2021) and focused on the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines, confirming the supposed greater efficacy in preventing infection or severe outcomes following the administration of two doses.

31 May 2021

WHO launches campaign to support people to quit smoking

The World Health Organization's 'Commit to Quit' tobacco campaign has made resources from its Quitting Toolkit freely available to more than a billion tobacco users, less than 5 months into the year-long campaign.

29 May 2021

Enough to wreck their rest: $10,322 for a sleep study

José Mendoza's snoring was bad — but the silence when he stopped breathing was even worse for his wife, Nancy.

27 May 2021

Long-term data from smartwatches can help estimate clinical blood test results

Smartwatches and other wearable devices may be used to sense illness, dehydration and even changes to the red blood cell count, according to biomedical engineers and genomics researchers at Duke University and the Stanford University School of Medicine.

26 May 2021

Worker News and Research

The hard realities of a ‘no jab, no job’ mandate for health care workers

Recommended treatments can benefit people with lower back pain

Collecting FEMA funeral money takes some tenacity — and help

Study reveals risk factors associated with COVID-19 outcomes for people with IDD

Physical activity could mitigate the effects of stress, burnout among health care workers

Robust immunity against SARS-CoV-2 with Pfizer vaccine is mediated by memory B cells

In mental health crises, a 911 call now brings a mixed team of helpers — and maybe no cops

Colorado bill aims to give farmworkers easier access to medical care

Labor department issues emergency rules to protect health care workers from Covid

Zooming into the statehouse: Nursing home residents use new digital skills to push for changes

Kidney experts say it’s time to remove race from medical algorithms. Doing so is complicated.

Combination of two early reading programs improves kindergarten readiness in preschool students

Study confirms poor immunogenicity in hemodialysis patients receiving single dose BNT162b2 vaccine

Report on the effectiveness of mRNA-1273 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines in Canada

WHO launches campaign to support people to quit smoking

Enough to wreck their rest: $10,322 for a sleep study

Long-term data from smartwatches can help estimate clinical blood test results

Survey shows health care workers face unsafe working conditions, experience fear

New manifesto created by LGBT+ youth groups calls for a more inclusive society in the UK

Healthcare workers were three times more likely to get infected by COVID-19, shows study

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