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Lifting the standards in disability care

Encouraging paid workers to employ the 'right kind' of respectful personal relationship with young people with disability will lift standards in the sector, experts say.

3 Aug 2020

Locum’s Nest confirmed to provide 72% saving on agency worker spend for NHS Trusts

Today, an independent study released by official NHS body, The Kent Surrey and Sussex Academic Health Science Network reveals Locum’s Nest, a digital platform which maximises workforce, would provide a 72% saving on agency spend for NHS Trusts.

31 Jul 2020

Study shows mental health challenges of U.S. healthcare workers during COVID-19

A new study finds that healthcare workers in the United States are struggling with a suite of mental-health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

30 Jul 2020

Ergonomic lessons from the 'new normal' of working from home

Taking a few minutes to get that periodic cup of joe might not be such a bad idea.

28 Jul 2020

Last thing patients need during pandemic: Being last to know a doctor left network

As the coronavirus spread silently through New York City early this year, Deborah Koeppel had an appointment with her cardiologist and two visits with her primary care doctor. Both physicians are members of Concorde Medical Group, a practice in Manhattan with an office conveniently located a few blocks from where Koeppel works.

27 Jul 2020

Employers require COVID liability waivers as conflict mounts over workplace safety

After spending a May day preparing her classroom to reopen for preschoolers, Ana Aguilar was informed that the tots would not have to wear face masks when they came back. What's more, she had to sign a form agreeing not to sue the school if she caught COVID-19 or suffered any injury from it while working there.

27 Jul 2020

New study analyzes the effects of employment and mental health during lockdown

Furloughing workers, as well as reducing worker hours, has helped to stem the tide of mental health problems expected to result from the coronavirus crisis, according to a team of sociologists led by the University of Cambridge.

24 Jul 2020

Occupational physical stress may be linked to faster brain aging, poorer memory

A new study out of Colorado State University has found that physical stress in one's job may be associated with faster brain aging and poorer memory.

22 Jul 2020

Essential and in danger: Coronavirus sickens, even kills public health workers

As a veteran public health worker, Chantee Mack knew the coronavirus could kill. She already faced health challenges and didn't want to take any chances during the pandemic. So she asked — twice — for permission to work from home.

22 Jul 2020

Administration eases rules to give laid-off workers more time to sign up for COBRA

People who've been laid off or furloughed from their jobs now have significantly more time to decide whether to hang on to their employer-sponsored health insurance, according to a recent federal rule.

20 Jul 2020

For COVID tests, the question of who pays comes down to interpretation

In advance of an upcoming road trip with her elderly parents, Wendy Epstein's physician agreed it would be "prudent" for her and her kids to get tested for COVID-19.

20 Jul 2020

As coronavirus patients skew younger, tracing task seems all but impossible

Younger people are less likely to be hospitalized or die of COVID-19 than their elders, but they circulate more freely while carrying the disease, and their cases are harder to trace. Together, these facts terrify California hospital officials.

20 Jul 2020

Requirements for people to wear masks in public are similar to smoking bans

Requirements for consumers to wear masks at public places like retail stores and restaurants are very similar to smoking bans, according to three university experts.

16 Jul 2020

NEOMED researcher receives federal grant to produce first human tinnitus treatment

Northeast Ohio Medical University researcher and professor of anatomy and neurobiology Jianxin Bao, Ph.D., has received a large federal grant to produce the first human treatment for tinnitus, a disruptive hearing impairment marked by the perception of ringing or buzzing in one or both ears.

16 Jul 2020

Disease-carrying mosquitoes fly free as health departments focus on coronavirus

The U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and lacks the resources necessary to confront the worst health crisis in a century. Read the investigation from KHN and The Associated Press.

16 Jul 2020

Azar says federal law had preexisting conditions covered before ACA. Not so much.

One of the most popular features of the Affordable Care Act is its guarantee of insurance coverage — at no greater cost — for people with preexisting health conditions.

14 Jul 2020

Alcohol and autoclaving are not efficient for disinfecting face masks

A University of Cincinnati researcher is advising against using two widely available sterilization methods to clean disposable surgical masks and N95 respirators for reuse in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

14 Jul 2020

Next showdown in Congress: Protecting workers vs. protecting employers in the pandemic

Congressional leaders are squaring off over the next pandemic relief bill in a debate over whom Congress should step up to protect: front-line workers seeking more safeguards from the ravages of COVID-19 or beleaguered employers seeking relief from lawsuits.

13 Jul 2020

Adding to COVID stress, families of health workers fight for denied workers’ comp benefits

James “Mike” Anderson was a hospital employee in suburban Philadelphia with a low-profile though critical job: changing air filters in COVIAdding To COVID Stress, Families Of Health Workers Fight For Denied Workers’ Comp BenefitsCOVID cases in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, had ramped up to as many as 90 per day.

13 Jul 2020

Aerosol boxes increase healthcare workers' exposure to COVID-19

A new study shows that certain aerosol boxes of a similar type to those that have been manufactured and used in hospitals in the UK and around the world in order to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 can actually increase exposure to airborne particles that carry the virus, and thus casts doubt on their usefulness.

12 Jul 2020

Worker News and Research

Lifting the standards in disability care

Locum’s Nest confirmed to provide 72% saving on agency worker spend for NHS Trusts

Study shows mental health challenges of U.S. healthcare workers during COVID-19

Ergonomic lessons from the 'new normal' of working from home

Last thing patients need during pandemic: Being last to know a doctor left network

Employers require COVID liability waivers as conflict mounts over workplace safety

New study analyzes the effects of employment and mental health during lockdown

Occupational physical stress may be linked to faster brain aging, poorer memory

Essential and in danger: Coronavirus sickens, even kills public health workers

Administration eases rules to give laid-off workers more time to sign up for COBRA

For COVID tests, the question of who pays comes down to interpretation

As coronavirus patients skew younger, tracing task seems all but impossible

Requirements for people to wear masks in public are similar to smoking bans

NEOMED researcher receives federal grant to produce first human tinnitus treatment

Disease-carrying mosquitoes fly free as health departments focus on coronavirus

Azar says federal law had preexisting conditions covered before ACA. Not so much.

Alcohol and autoclaving are not efficient for disinfecting face masks

Next showdown in Congress: Protecting workers vs. protecting employers in the pandemic

Adding to COVID stress, families of health workers fight for denied workers’ comp benefits

Aerosol boxes increase healthcare workers' exposure to COVID-19

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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