Medical economics
Unionization could help home health care workers, experts say
For Susie Young, the days before she was a unionized caregiver weren't ones to cheer about.
Oct 20, 2021
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Compulsory jabs: Pressure grows on anti-vaxxers
A growing number of countries and territories around the world are forcing people, often in specific sectors, to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Jul 5, 2021
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Vaccination
UK to require COVID-19 shots for nursing home workers
Britain will require COVID-19 vaccinations for nursing home workers in England, arguing that the need to protect vulnerable residents outweighed employees' right to choose whether to get the jab.
Jun 16, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Domestic workers alarmed by compulsory Hong Kong vaccine plan
Hong Kong migrant worker groups on Saturday criticised plans to make coronavirus vaccines compulsory for all foreign domestic helpers, labelling the move "discriminatory and unjust".
May 1, 2021
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Five hurdles in the global COVID-19 vaccine rollout
The unprecedented push to inoculate the world's population against COVID-19 has got off to a sluggish start, triggering a storm of criticism.
Jan 13, 2021
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California turns stadiums into COVID-19 vaccination centers
California is transforming baseball stadiums, fairgrounds and even a Disneyland Resort parking lot into mass vaccination sites as the coronavirus surge overwhelms hospitals and sets a deadly new record in the state.
Jan 12, 2021
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COVID-19 vaccine can't come too soon for nursing homes, but many questions remain
Lynne Katzmann, whose company runs 22 long-term care facilities in Colorado, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, knows what she will do as soon as a new COVID-19 vaccine becomes available to her staff and residents.
Dec 9, 2020
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Vaccination
Italy offers free virus vaccines, starting with doctors
Italy will give all its citizens free vaccinations against coronavirus starting with doctors and care home residents once the jabs are approved, its health minister said Wednesday.
Dec 2, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Framework for equitable allocation of a COVID-19 vaccine released
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine today released the final report of a consensus study recommending a four-phased equitable allocation framework that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ...
Oct 2, 2020
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Elderly care home outbreaks in England were caused by multiple indepedent infections and also within-home spread
New research presented at this week's ESCMID Congress on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID, held online 23-25 September) shows that outbreaks of COVID-19 in elderly care homes were caused by multiple independent infections from ...
Sep 24, 2020
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