The story of how a dog, armed with unconditional love, became a therapeutic presence for the medical staff working at a facility was shared on social media. The dog named Recon works as a certified therapy dog to help the team members ‘work through the emotional stresses of their work’. […]
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Health care workers in University City hold rally for people of Palestine; call for ceasefire
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Some health care workers stood with the Palestinian people on Wednesday night during a rally in Philadelphia’s University City section. “We gather together tonight to mourn. We gather together tonight to cry. We gather together tonight to let ourselves feel,” Dr. Tamim Khaddash, a radiologist at Penn, […]
Violence against health care workers is on the rise in Colorado
Barely 5 feet tall and with a wispy build, behavioral health counselor Toni Sladek did not have much of a chance fighting off a dangerously agitated patient last year. The woman was mostly silent while Sladek talked to her in a room at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins that […]
Kaiser Permanente health care workers are on the brink of a nationwide strike : NPR
Frontline health care workers hold a demonstration on Labor Day outside Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles, Monday, Sep. 4, 2023. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption toggle caption Damian Dovarganes/AP Frontline health care workers hold a demonstration on Labor Day outside Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in […]
Large healthcare strike looms after Kaiser union workers’ contract expires
The largest healthcare strike in the nation’s history could start on Wednesday, impacting Southern California. The contract for an estimated 75,000 Kaiser Permanente union employees expired at midnight without a new agreement in place. They are set to begin a three-day strike on Wednesday unless an agreement is reached. Twelve […]
Hospital workers in Bay City, Michigan protest starvation wages
On September 13, UNITE-HERE Local 24 held an informational picket of about 300 support staff at McLaren Bay Region Hospital in Bay City, Michigan. The workers in Local 24 are nurse aides, nurse clerks, surgical support teams, housekeeping, maintenance, and others. Detroit and Ohio nurses picket, September 2023. [Photo: UNITE […]
Doctors in the EU: Which countries have the most physicians and healthcare workers?
The World Health Organization (WHO) believes Europe has a “ticking timebomb” to address when it comes to a shortage of health workers. The European Union had more than 1.82 million medical practitioners in 2021 – maintaining a stellar physician-to-population ratio – amidst a looming threat of health worker crisis. ADVERTISEMENT […]
Starbucks’ trans workers need the gender-affirming care they promised
This year, more than 170 bills were introduced in state legislatures that attempted to restrict transgender health care. Twenty-two have passed. During a time when a hateful and violent movement is attacking the rights of trans people, it’s infuriating that Starbucks has chosen to make it even harder for its transgender workers across […]
Healthcare workers with Kaiser Permanente rally for new contract
A Labor Day demonstration that blocked part of Sunset Boulevard led to the peaceful arrest of roughly two dozen people protesting Kaiser Permanente’s labor practices in front of the HMO’s medical center in Hollywood. Hundreds of workers marched from Los Feliz Elementary to the medical center’s entrance around 11 a.m., […]
CoxHealth, MSU, OTC, SPS form unprecedented alliance to train workers
The region’s largest hospital system, university, community college and K-12 district announced Tuesday that they will partner to revolutionize the way health care professionals are trained in southwest Missouri. Sitting side-by-side at Cox College, leaders from the four institutions — CoxHealth, Missouri State University, Ozarks Technical Community College and Springfield […]
Parrot Island offers free entry for health care workers Saturday
Parrot Island offers free entry for health care workers Saturday Updated: 7:23 AM CDT Jul 22, 2023 Hide Transcript Show Transcript SAYS HE DIED IN HIS HOMETOWN OF NEW YORK CITY. HAPPENING TODAY IN FORT SMITH– PARROT ISLAND WATER PARK IS HOSTING ITS HEALTHCARE APPRECIATION DAY. HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND SUPPORT […]
Immigrant health care workers can face harsh working conditions and $100,000 lawsuits for quitting
WASHINGTON — Nurses and other health care workers who have been brought to the U.S. from overseas to fill thousands of vacant jobs say in some instances they’ve been subjected to unsafe working conditions, wage theft and threats of tens of thousands of dollars in debt if they quit or […]
Unexpected Ineffectiveness of BCG Vaccine Against COVID-19 in Healthcare Workers
The international BRACE trial, investigating the BCG vaccine’s efficacy against COVID-19, has found it does not reduce healthcare workers’ risk of contracting the disease. Future studies will explore the vaccine’s influence on other infections and COVID-19 vaccine responses. The international BRACE trial, investigating the BCG vaccine’s efficacy against COVID-19, has […]
Biden Administration Moves to Ban Healthcare Workers From Reporting Abortions to Police
Photo: Getty (Getty Images) The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it’s moving to close a loophole in medical privacy laws that allows healthcare workers to report patients to the police if they suspect them of self-managing an abortion. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) doesn’t require healthcare workers […]
Healthcare workers seek to make masking permanent
Healthcare workers seek to make masking permanent Healthcare workers seek to make masking permanent 01:38 BOSTON – Healthcare workers are pushing to keep universal masking in healthcare settings as the practice is slated to come to an end in about a month. However, the Massachusetts Coalition for health equity says […]
Healthcare workers still waiting for New York State bonus
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Paperwork was filled out and sent to the New York State months ago, but some of our frontline workers say they’re still waiting on money they were promised. “This is an SOS, save our staff,” said Ennis Smith, a four-year employee of The Grand Rehabilitation and […]
COVID survivor paints portraits of health care workers to honor them after saving his life: “I felt like I was taking my last breaths”
In the days after America locked down, Adam Espinoza got sick. “I felt like I was taking my last breaths,” the Reunion father of two said. He was experiencing flu-like symptoms and trouble breathing. Adam’s wife, Tritia, rushed him to the Platte Valley Emergency Room in Brighton, but she couldn’t […]
NY Gov Kathy Hochul on rehiring unvaccinated health care workers: Not the ‘right answer’
Democrat New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says rehiring unvaccinated health care workers is not the “right answer” despite the vaccination mandate being overturned and the state suffering from a major health care worker shortage. “I don’t think the answer is to have someone who comes in, who’s sick, be exposed […]
DC will give child care workers thousands of dollars in bold new effort
More than a third of D.C.’s child-care workers live in poverty. New city-funded bonuses are part of an innovative plan to raise their pay. December 30, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. EST Takia Bridgeforth, a lead teacher at Ms. P’s Child and Family Services, exercises with toddlers on Dec. 20 in […]
Immigrant health care workers tend to migrants from Texas
On a cold December day, a little over 50 years ago, Pilar Guerrero arrived in this country from Mexico with her parents by her side. She was 9 years old, she recalled, and didn’t know a bit of English. Guerrero, now a family doctor, smiled as she sat across from […]