Medical Personnel

One key step toward solving the nation’s deadly nursing shortage

Fri, 2022-07-29 18:25 — FNUOvviyaa

One key step toward solving the nation’s deadly nursing shortage The solution is managing the peaks and valleys of patient flow created by elective surgery schedules. dtodd The Hill

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Doctors say search for monkeypox cases needs to look beyond men who have sex with men

Wed, 2022-07-27 14:58 — FNUOvviyaa

Doctors say search for monkeypox cases needs to look beyond men who have sex with men The man came to an urgent care clinic in New York with red bumps on his skin in an area where he had a fair amount of hair. Brenda Goodman, CNN CNN

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Hospitals struggle with staff shortages as federal Covid funds run out

Mon, 2022-07-25 15:37 — FNUOvviyaa

Hospitals struggle with staff shortages as federal Covid funds run out Public health experts fear the workarounds they’ve found could degrade the quality of care over time. POLITICO

Hospitals across the country are grappling with widespread staffing shortages, complicating preparations for a potential Covid-19 surge as the BA.5 subvariant drives up cases, hospital admissions and deaths...

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Nation’s largest nurses union calls on Biden administration to tighten COVID-19 restrictions

Fri, 2022-07-22 00:43 — FNUOvviyaa

Nation’s largest nurses union calls on Biden administration to tighten COVID-19 restrictions The country’s largest union of registered nurses called on the Biden administration to take action against rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations amid the surge of immune-evasive Omicron subvar… jmueller The Hill

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Health workers paint dire picture of Australia’s hospital systems as more than 8,500 staff isolate

Mon, 2022-07-18 17:44 — FNUOvviyaa

Health workers paint dire picture of Australia’s hospital systems as more than 8,500 staff isolate Effects of Covid surge and staff shortages reach regional centres, putting pressure on local clinics the Guardian

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“We Have to Get Out of This Phase”: Interview with White House Covid "Czar" Ashish Jha on the Future of the Pandemic

Wed, 2022-06-22 18:08 — mike kraft

“We Have to Get Out of This Phase”: Ashish Jha on the Future of the Pandemic President Biden’s COVID czar talks about his public-health philosophy, his Twitter threads, his unlikely path to the White House, and where we go from here. Dhruv Khullar The New Yorker

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Report dives into Latinos’ trust in science, representation in STEM

Wed, 2022-06-15 14:59 — FNUOvviyaa

Report dives into Latinos’ trust in science, representation in STEM A Pew Research survey reveals what many Hispanics think about health care and Covid, and how Latinos in science and math think they're perceived by non-Latinos. NBC News

Although Hispanics hold “largely trusting” views about scientists, about 6 in 10 feel Latino scientists aren’t visible enough in successful STEM jobs, according to survey results released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center...

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Inaccurate oxygen level readings delayed COVID-19 therapies for Black, Hispanic patients: study

Wed, 2022-06-01 21:39 — FNUOvviyaa

Inaccurate oxygen level readings delayed COVID-19 therapies for Black, Hispanic patients: study COVID-19 patients in racial and ethnic minority groups were delayed in receiving therapies because of an inaccurate reading of oxygen saturation levels, according to a new study. The study, publish… mbeals The Hill

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Fighting For Survival in the Shadow of Covid-19

Tue, 2022-05-31 20:42 — FNUOvviyaa

Fighting For Survival in the Shadow of Covid-19 For low-income countries, 'pandemic preparedness' means more than fighting the next virus. It’s about building the capacity necessary to keep entire health systems from crumbling. YahooNews

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U.S. federal agency is probing hospitals with high rate of Covid outbreaks

Fri, 2022-05-27 10:40 — mike kraft

CMS turning attention to hospitals with Covid outbreaks The nation’s hospital regulator is probing hospitals where patients were likely infected with Covid after a record spike in transmission this year. POLITICO

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is probing hospitals where a high rate of patients have gotten Covid-19 infections after cases spiked to record highs this year.

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