Health care workers in both spaces had higher vaccination coverage during last year’s respiratory virus season, according to the CDC. During the 2022-23 respiratory virus season, 17.8 percent and 22.8 percent of health care workers in hospitals and nursing homes had received a COVID-19 b...
an associate professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University, cited lingering concerns over the safety reporting network and reactogenicity of the vaccine in older adults, but stressed that she has "no reservations for healthcare workers taking this vaccine." ...
The slowdown among hospital workers seems to mirror the same decline as in the general population. SUGGESTED for you Arjun Srinivasan, MD, associate director for healthcare-associated infection prevention programs at the CDC, said the decline in part may be the result of misinformation. Healthcare ...
Federal health officials have outlined a five-part plan to improve and protect the mental health and well-being of America's healthcare workers (HCWs) and create sustainable change for the next generation of HCWs. "It's long past time for us to care for the people who care for all of u...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has shortened the isolation periods for health care workers infected with COVID-19, due to hospital staffing shortages driven by the surge in new cases and hospitalizations. ...
Health care workers are feeling fatigue, loss, and grief at levels higher than they had before the pandemic, according to a stark new "Vital Signs" report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which found that poor mental health symptoms increased more for health workers ...
“Healthcare personnel are essential workers defined as paid and unpaid persons serving in healthcare settings who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients or infectious materials,” members of the CDC COVID-19 Response Team specify. They urge: “It is critical to make ever...
“Similarly, for non-health care workers—even those at very high risk of exposure and infection such as in food processing, prisons and security—CDC and OSHA [Occupational Safety and Health Administration] recommend only face coverings that do not protect against small particle aerosol inhalat...
A group of independent experts voted Tuesday that health care workers and long term care facilities should get the first shots of a COVID-19 vaccine.
(HealthDay)—More U.S. health care workers need to get their annual flu shots, a new government report shows.