Heading into the third year of a wearying pandemic, America’s health care workers report significant levels of burnout, even anger about the complications of politics and rising incidents of abuse from patients and their families. But three-fourths of them still say they love their jobs, an exclusive USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll of doctors, nurses, paramedics, […]
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CTU leaders face internal revolt
Happy Tuesday, Illinois. I hope you found a teenager to shovel the snow like I did. And, as you may have noticed, we’re having some issues with formatting and links this week. Our engineers are on it. On the heels of a vitriolic fight with the mayor’s office, leaders of […]
Face Unafraid The (Holiday) Plans That You’ve Made
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Latest AAE Survey Reveals Americans Are Eating Fewer Sweets This Holiday Season and Resolving to Prioritize Oral Health in 2022 Published: Nov. 26, 2021 at 7:00 AM CST|Updated: 36 minutes ago CHICAGO, Nov. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — It’s no surprise that cases of cracked teeth and dental-related injuries have risen throughout […]
These AAPI groups are crowdfunding safety in face of government inaction
On a chilly morning in mid-April, scores of Asian elders lined up outside a senior center in Flushing in Queens, New York, to pick up free alarms that they can clip onto their wrists. Within 20 minutes, all 200 alarms had been scooped up. In the past two weeks, the […]
More and more businesses of all kinds face employee shortages | News
The ‘help wanted’ and ‘job fair’ signs have been more abundant throughout the community and region in recent months as many employers at a number of businesses, schools, nursing homes and industries have been short-handed. The employee vacuum has been so dire that some fast food restaurants and coffee shops […]
How to Make Your Face Mask Fit Better for COVID-19 Protection
In light of new research, the CDC is once again emphasizing wearing a face mask with a proper fit and multiple layers to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Experts say if you have to keep adjusting your face mask, it’s not a good fit, increasing your risk of spreading or […]
Deaf people face unique challenges as pandemic drags on
After spending five days at a mental health hospital in October, Quinn West left feeling as though they hadn’t gained much from their stay. They spent most of their time in their room, finding group therapy pointless because, as a Deaf person, they couldn’t fully participate in conversations. They communicated […]
COVID-19: How much protection do face masks offer?
Face masks combined with other preventive measures, such as frequent hand-washing and social distancing, help slow the spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19. So why weren’t face masks recommended at the start of the pandemic? At that time, experts didn’t know the extent to which people with COVID-19 […]
Show proof of salary payment to staff or face action, Dental Council of India warns colleges
© Provided by The Print New Delhi: After serving repeated reminders, the Dental Council of India (DCI) has now warned private dental colleges of taking action if they failed to submit the proof of paying salaries to their employees last year. The DCI is a statutory body that regulates dental […]
WWE NXT: Finn Balor returns from broken jaw to face Kyle O’Reilly
SI.com’s Week in Wrestling is published every week and provides beneath the surface coverage of the business of pro wrestling. Finn Bálor on his jaw injury: “The migraines, the headaches … I can’t explain how difficult of a recovery it’s been” For the first time since Oct. 4, Finn Bálor […]
How to buy the best disposable face mask, according to experts
Since the coronavirus was first declared a pandemic back in early March, the market quickly became flooded with a variety of face masks. From a range of colors and styles that let wearers reflect their personalities, communities are filled with people rocking different designs. But personal aesthetics isn’t the only […]
Do We Still Have To Wear Face Masks After Getting The COVID-19 Vaccine?
Seeing people wearing masks in everyday life is now the norm throughout much of the country — something that was uncommon in the United States until the coronavirus pandemic began in March. Over the course of 2020, we’ve learned that wearing a mask protects yourself and others from the coronavirus, […]
Crisis-Hit Care Homes Face Covid Vaccine Challenge
Sherry Perry has seen all the horrors of the pandemic. As a certified nursing assistant at a long-term care facility in Lebanon, Tenn., she has held a phone up to a window so a daughter could say goodbye to her dying father. She has watched residents die alone, not understanding […]
Who Will Be the Face of Covid-19 Vaccination? A Few Helpful Suggestions
In 1956, Elvis Presley was given the polio vaccine by a public health official before an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Asking a hugely influential public figure like Elvis to take the vaccine publicly was certainly marketing genius. But polio was construed as mainly a disease of children, and […]
Best Face Masks To Keep You Safe And Warm In The Winter During COVID-19
Three seasons have passed since COVID-19 first broke out, and now the Northern Hemisphere is facing a long, masked winter. We’ll need to adapt our current face mask-wearing practices for the realities of living in a colder environment. The good news (if anything related to this pandemic can be called […]
When Should You Replace Your Face Mask?
If you have a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), chances are, time is running out for you to use that cash. Depending on your employer’s rules, if you don’t spend your FSA money by the end of the grace period, you potentially lose some of it. Lost cash is never a […]
Which Essential Workers Should Get Vaccinated First? States Face A Painful Decision
When the coronavirus pandemic first started, John Costa, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union, lost sleep wondering if the bus drivers that his union represents should be pulled off the job to avoid getting sick. Nine months later, with multiple COVID-19 vaccines on the horizon, a different question keeps Costa […]
Logistical problems mean care home residents face wait for Pfizer Covid vaccine
On Wednesday, however, both Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, and Sir Simon Stevens, the chief executive of NHS England, sought to blur the distinction, suggesting that “in practice” doses would go to whoever among the first two categories was physically able to make it to one of the hospital vaccination hubs. […]
The CDC recommends everyone wear a cloth face mask in public
When you buy through our links, we may earn money from our affiliate partners. Learn more. Etsy With medical-grade surgical masks and N95 masks in extremely high demand for healthcare workers and COVID-19 patients, the CDC suggests that the general public not buy them in an effort to keep them […]
Covid-19 vaccines face a varied and powerful misinformation movement online
Vaccination proponents and misinformation researchers had been waiting for years for Facebook to take action against the biggest and most influential anti-vaccination pages. So it was with some trepidation that they welcomed the news that the social network last week had banned some of the most popular and prolific anti-vaccination […]