Health
Strained US hospitals seek foreign nurses amid visa windfall
With American hospitals facing a dire shortage of nurses amid a slogging pandemic, many are looking abroad for health care workers.
Feb 3, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Testing the effectiveness of KN95 and surgical mask 'fit hacks'
Researchers have tested a variety of popular hacks for improving the fit of KN95 and surgical masks, and found that while some hacks do improve fit, they can also come at the cost of the wearer's comfort.
Feb 2, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Health care workers change their minds on vaccinations, study finds
When the COVID-19 vaccines became available, many health care workers, despite seeing the devastating effects of the virus firsthand, said they did not intend to get vaccinated. But a new Northwestern Medicine study shows ...
Feb 1, 2022
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Health
Patient aggression and physician burnout: The makings of a human resources crisis in health care
Even before the pandemic, managing patient expectations and dealing with disruptive behavior in medical clinics was already the top stressor for physicians. It was identified as the biggest contributor to burnout in a recent ...
Jan 28, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How many times can I reuse my N95 mask?
How many times can I reuse my N95 mask?
Jan 28, 2022
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Health
Study highlights opportunities to improve health outcomes for non-English speakers
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed long-standing disparities in health outcomes by race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Addressing the root causes of those disparities is essential to closing the gap and ensuring all patients ...
Jan 24, 2022
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Vaccination
Italian doctors, dentists not fully vaccinated are suspended
Some 1,900 Italian doctors and dentists have been suspended from the country's professional association because they haven't complied with a law requiring them to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including having a booster ...
Jan 21, 2022
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Health
Physician mental health care visits increased 27% during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic
Annual rates of outpatient visits for mental health and substance use among Ontario physicians increased by 27 percent during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. There ...
Jan 21, 2022
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Health
From nightmares to PTSD: COVID stokes UK health care staff crisis
Long shifts working in intensive care and the risk of catching COVID and passing it on to his wife and children left Joan Pons Laplana exhausted.
Jan 21, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US COVID doc: We are 'burned out'
Exhausted and overwhelmed by the influx of mostly unvaccinated COVID patients, Dr. James Samuel Pope, an intensive care physician at Hartford Hospital in the US state of Connecticut, hopes the Omicron wave of the pandemic ...
Jan 20, 2022
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