As the raging omicron variant of COVID-19 infects workers across the nation, millions of those whose jobs don't provide paid sick days are having to choose between their health and their paycheck.
Jan 9, 2022
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Nearly nine out of ten doctors in primary care think a decision on sickness absence is improved if they are in touch with the patient's employer—but only four out of ten are. A University of Gothenburg thesis highlights ...
Dec 27, 2021
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have charted the number of healthcare workers in Stockholm who were on duty during the first wave of the pandemic despite being infected with SARS-CoV-2, having been asymptomatic at the ...
Dec 20, 2021
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A new report issued today from the University of Illinois Chicago's Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy analyzes how national and local policies related to health care, mental health care, housing, child care ...
Dec 2, 2021
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Paternity leave can benefit all members of a family, with studies showing that it can improve the bond between father and child as well as maternal mental health and postpartum recovery. But less than half of surgical program ...
Dec 1, 2021
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Hepatologists—physicians who specialize in liver disease—say they experience workplace discrimination, especially if they are women or BIPOC (an acronym that stands for Black, Indigenous or People of Color). A new survey ...
Nov 23, 2021
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A new study from the University of Sheffield has explored why some care workers are opposed to mandatory vaccination and why the policy could make staff shortages worse.
Nov 16, 2021
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Miscarriage at any point during the first 6 months of pregnancy should be formally recognised as a bereavement, rather than an illness, as is currently the case in the UK, argues psychiatrist Nathan Hodson in correspondence ...
Nov 15, 2021
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Medical specialty boards have broadly complied with their parent organization's mandate to allow at least six weeks of parental, caregiver, and medical leave to residents and fellows in training programs spanning at least ...
Nov 9, 2021
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A team of researchers from Samoa, New Zealand and the U.S. has found that the leaves of the Samoan tree, matalafi, are as good at relieving inflammation as ibuprofen. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National ...
