Health informatics

Health care workers were at highest COVID risk in workplace

U.S. health care workers were most likely to be infected with COVID-19 at work during the pandemic's first year, according to a new study that challenges previous research suggesting their risk was highest off the job.

Health

Rift over when to use N95s puts health workers at risk again

Three years after more than 3,600 health workers died of COVID-19, occupational safety experts warn that those on the front lines may once again be at risk if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention takes its committee's ...

Health

Hospital coffee machines get a clean bill of health

Health care workers will be relieved to know that hospital coffee machines are not responsible for spreading disease and a general ban doesn't seem necessary, finds a study published in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Surge in patients fuels burnout among mental health experts

Mental health practitioners are seeing an increasing number of patients since the pandemic, leading them to struggle with burnout and managing their own emotional health, according to the results of a new survey by Wiley, ...

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