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non-medical U.S. healthcare workers face rising levels of burnout--study

Wed, 2023-04-05 09:47 — mike kraft

U.S. healthcare workers face rising levels of burnout - UPI.com Much has been made of burnout among doctors and nurses, but a new survey has found high rates of work fatigue in nearly every type of job associated with health care. UPI

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Study: The role of police enforcement in public health emergencies

Mon, 2023-04-03 17:06 — mike kraft

The role of police enforcement in public health emergencies The COVID-19 pandemic, which has lasted for nearly 3 years, has killed millions of people worldwide. Globally, during this public health emergency of international concern, the police have played an important role in maintaining social stability and preventing the crisis from further escalating during lockdowns.1 They also partnered with local centres for disease control and prevention (CDC) to track citizens’ information to prevent the virus from spreading and conducted crisis communication to keep people away from misinformation. The Lancet

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U.S. Medicare, Social Security could fall short over next decade --government report

Mon, 2023-04-03 16:59 — mike kraft

Medicare, Social Security could fall short over next decade An annual report on Social Security and Medicare says the financial safety nets millions of older Americans rely on and millions more young people are counting on will run short on funds to pay full benefits within the next decade. The Social Security and Medicare trustees report says Medicare will be unable to pay full benefits for inpatient hospital visits and nursing home stays by 2031. Friday’s report says Social Security won’t have enough cash on hand to pay out full benefits just two years later. About 65 million older and disabled people are enrolled in both programs.

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Analysis: Why The US leads the world in weather catastrophes

Mon, 2023-04-03 10:57 — mike kraft

The US leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here's why The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather. The nation's weather chief and other experts say the U.S. gets hit by stronger, costlier, more varied and frequent extreme weather than anywhere on Earth. Those include tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, droughts, blizzards and the like. The reason is geography. Two oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, mountains, the jet stream and jutting peninsulas all combine to brew up severe storms. But nasty weather by itself isn't a disaster. What makes nature's bad hand a disaster is humans.

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Marburg virus outbreaks highlight link between health and planet: Tedros

Fri, 2023-03-31 13:36 — FNUOvviyaa

Marburg virus outbreaks highlight link between health and planet: Tedros The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that the agency was working to help contain Marburg virus disease outbreaks in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania, advocating for more global action to implement a UN-led “One Health” approach. UN News

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“A ‘One Health’ approach will be essential for preventing viruses from spilling over from animals to humans,” he stated, adding “that’s how many outbreaks have started, including HIV, Marburg, Ebola, avian influenza, mpox, MERS and the SARS epidemic in 2003”. 

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Long COVID Neurologic Symptoms Vary Based on Severity of Initial Infection

Wed, 2023-03-29 13:28 — FNUOvviyaa

Long COVID Neurologic Symptoms Vary Based on Severity of Initial Infection Distinct pathogenic mechanisms may be at play in each group Judy George medpagetoday

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UN head says survival depends on how people manage water

Tue, 2023-03-28 14:00 — FNUOvviyaa

UN head says survival depends on how people manage water U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says humanity’s survival depends on how people manage water ABC News ABC News

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The U.N. World Water Development Report, issued on the eve of the conference, says 26% of the world’s population — 2 billion people — don’t have access to safe drinking water and 46% — 3.6 billion people — lack access to basic sanitation. U.N. research also shows that almost half the world’s people will suffer severe water stress by 2030.

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Do We Need a Spring COVID-19 Booster?

Tue, 2023-03-28 13:52 — FNUOvviyaa

Opinion | Do We Need a Spring COVID-19 Booster? A look at the data, particularly for high-risk groups Jeremy Faust, MD, and Katelyn Jetelina, PhD, MPH medpagetoday

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COVID-19: A look back on where the US succeeded and where we didn’t

Tue, 2023-03-21 01:27 — FNUOvviyaa

COVID-19: A look back on where the US succeeded and where we didn’t Public health experts explain to ABC News where the U.S. succeeded and where it didn't as the third anniversary of the pandemic passes. ABC News ABC News

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Second high-level interregional meeting on the health of refugees and migrants

Tue, 2023-03-21 01:18 — FNUOvviyaa

Second high-level interregional meeting on the health of refugees and migrants Amid the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in the Syrian Arab Republic and Türkiye over a month ago, as well as the ongoing war in Ukraine now past its one-year mark, 3 WHO regional offices this week brought together governments, civil society and health partners in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for the second high-level meeting on the health of refugees and migrants – a timely gathering to ensure that refugees and migrants have access to health care across the migration route during emergencies and beyond. Hosted by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, along with WHO’s African and European regions, with support from WHO’s Health and Migration Programme, the objective of this meeting is to move forward the implementation of strategic priorities agreed at last year’s high-level meeting on refugee and migrant health in Türkiye, through i

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