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Kaiser Permanente workers win big wage and staffing concessions …

(Just Now) WebThe health care giant has workers and facilities in Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Maryland and Washington D.C., among other states. The contract covers …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/10/13/1205788228/kaiser-permanente-strike-contract-deal-reached

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Crisis in nursing: Nurses say staffing shortage is worse than five

(5 days ago) WebShots - Health News For Health Care Workers, The Pandemic Is Fueling Renewed Interest In Unions Vox reported in January that nurses and other healthcare …

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173107527/nursing-staffing-crisis

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U.S. Faces Crisis of Burned-Out Health Care Workers - U.S. News

(9 days ago) WebU.S. Faces Crisis of Burned-Out Health Care Workers. Hospital leaders are sounding the alarm as health systems face an exodus of exhausted and demoralized …

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-11-15/us-faces-crisis-of-burned-out-health-care-workers

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‘Nursing Is in Crisis’: Staff Shortages Put Patients at Risk

(5 days ago) WebNearly 30 percent of Singing River’s 500 beds are empty. With 169 unfilled nursing positions, administrators must keep the beds empty. Nursing shortages have …

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/21/health/covid-nursing-shortage-delta.html

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New Surgeon General Advisory Sounds Alarm on Health Worker …

(9 days ago) WebAmong 26,174 state, tribal, local, and territorial public health workers surveyed across the country during March-April 2021, nearly a quarter (23.4%) reported …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2022/05/23/new-surgeon-general-advisory-sounds-alarm-on-health-worker-burnout-and-resignation.html

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Staff Shortages Choking U.S. Health Care System

(6 days ago) WebThough many of those jobs have since returned, health care employment remains below pre-pandemic levels, with the number of workers down by 1.1%, or …

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2022-07-28/staff-shortages-choking-u-s-health-care-system

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Why Health Care Workers Are Burning Out - The New York Times

(9 days ago) WebCompared with other groups surveyed, health care workers reported a substantial jump in poor mental health days, from 3.3 in 2018 to 4.5 in 2022.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/health/doctors-nurses-burnout.html

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Pandemic has made shortage of health care workers even worse

(Just Now) WebCarolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, FILE. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the ongoing shortage of health workers, leaving many …

https://abcnews.go.com/US/pandemic-made-shortage-health-care-workers-worse-experts/story?id=77811713

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Fact Sheet: Strengthening the Health Care Workforce AHA

(9 days ago) WebThe health care workforce supports American jobs, serves American communities and spurs American economic activity. Indeed, hospitals and health …

https://www.aha.org/fact-sheets/2021-05-26-fact-sheet-strengthening-health-care-workforce

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Biden-Harris Administration Takes Historic Action to Increase …

(5 days ago) WebThe Biden-Harris Administration is committed to bolstering the health care workforce and ensuring the contributions of workers across the long-term care sector …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/04/22/biden-harris-administration-takes-historic-action-increase-access-quality-care-support-families-care-workers.html

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Attacks at US hospitals show why health care is one of the nation’s

(8 days ago) WebFILE - A police officer tapes off a crime scene on July 22, 2023, after a shooting at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland, Ore. Shootings and …

https://apnews.com/article/hospitals-workplace-violence-shootings-aa6918569ff8f76ff8a15b9813e31686

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Threats against health care workers are rising. Here's how - AAMC

(Just Now) WebThus began another assault against health care workers, whom the federal government reports are five times more likely to experience workplace violence than …

https://www.aamc.org/news/threats-against-health-care-workers-are-rising-heres-how-hospitals-are-protecting-their-staffs

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Health and Care Worker Deaths during COVID-19

(6 days ago) WebHealth and care workers are the foundation of health systems and the driving force to achieving universal health coverage and global health security. Their …

https://www.who.int/news/item/20-10-2021-health-and-care-worker-deaths-during-covid-19

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New Survey Shows That Up To 47% Of U.S. Healthcare Workers

(4 days ago) WebElsevier Health, a provider of information solutions for science, health and technology professionals, conducted its first “Clinician of the Future” global report.It …

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2022/04/19/new-survey-shows-that-up-to-47-of-us-healthcare-workers-plan-to-leave-their-positions-by-2025/

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Confronting Health Worker Burnout and Well-Being NEJM

(Just Now) WebHealth worker burnout is a serious threat to the nation’s health and economic security. The time for incremental change has passed. We need bold, …

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2207252

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New CA law raises minimum wage for health care workers

(8 days ago) WebOther health care employers would increase their minimum wage to $21 per hour in 2024, $23 in 2026 and $25 by 2028. The new law will drive up state spending …

https://calmatters.org/health/2023/10/california-minimum-wage-health-care-law/

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Keep health workers safe to keep patients safe: WHO

(1 days ago) WebThe World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on governments and health care leaders to address persistent threats to the health and safety of health …

https://www.who.int/news/item/17-09-2020-keep-health-workers-safe-to-keep-patients-safe-who

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Bernie Sanders chairs Senate committee looking to fix the health …

(1 days ago) WebThe U.S. faces a shortfall of about 450,000 nurses and 120,000 doctors in the coming years. The Senate's top health committee, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, is …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/02/22/1158026497/fixing-the-health-care-worker-shortage-may-be-something-congress-can-agree-on

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Data Brief: Health Care Workforce Challenges Threaten Hospitals

(8 days ago) WebAn analysis of EMSI data found that there will be a critical shortage of 3.2 million health care workers by 2026 illustrating the magnitude of the problem facing the …

https://www.aha.org/fact-sheets/2021-11-01-data-brief-health-care-workforce-challenges-threaten-hospitals-ability-care

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AI can help health care workers do their real job: treating patients

(4 days ago) WebHealth care workers are burned out and overwhelmed. AI can streamline operations and help them do their real job: treating patients. BY BJ Schaknowski. May 6, …

https://fortune.com/2024/05/06/ai-technology-health-care-doctors-patients/

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Legal battle over health costs could change workplace benefits

(Just Now) WebAn emerging legal battle over workplace health insurance could empower employees to fight back against high costs and put new pressure on their employers.. …

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/13/health-care-costs-employers-insurance

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AHA podcast: Hannibal Regional Healthcare System shares unique

(4 days ago) WebRecruiting a young and engaged workforce is particularly challenging for rural care providers. Susan Wathen, vice president of human resources at Hannibal Regional …

https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2024-04-26-aha-podcast-hannibal-regional-healthcare-system-shares-unique-strategies-recruiting-next-generation

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Can health and wellness coaching relieve burnout, stress in health …

(8 days ago) WebMost said they would prefer one-on-one coaching that was virtual and conducted by coaches who came from outside their health care organization. “There is a …

https://www.usf.edu/health/public-health/news/2024/sarah-scharf.aspx

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Tewksbury Hospital workers demonstrate over safety concerns, …

(2 days ago) WebThe hospital has also seen a decline in workers, according to DMH data, showing that Tewksbury’s mental health units had fewer workers in 2023 than in 2019, …

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/13/metro/tewksbury-hospital-massachusetts-mental-health/

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Israeli airstrike that killed seven health workers in Lebanon used …

(7 days ago) WebA map of northern Israel and Lebanon with the town of al-Habariyeh. Five days after the attack on healthcare workers in Lebanon, Israel killed another seven aid …

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/06/israel-airstrike-lebanon-us-weapons-international-law

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Workers often forfeit hundreds of dollars on a popular workplace

(7 days ago) WebWorkers under 25 had an average FSA contribution of $716 in 2022, according to the study, about half that of workers 65 and older, who had an average $1,556 …

https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/news/2024/05/09/health-care-plan-fsa-contribution-forfeit-ebri.html

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Pandemic Strain Pushes Some Health Care Workers Toward …

(7 days ago) WebNurses at Albany Medical Center picketed on Dec.1, asking for more personal protective equipment. They say they're having to reuse N95 masks up to 20 …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/01/11/955128562/for-health-care-workers-the-pandemic-is-fueling-renewed-interest-in-unions

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Revealed: thousands of ‘innocent and abandoned’ migrant care …

(3 days ago) WebThousands of migrant care workers have been threatened with deportation, despite doing nothing wrong, after the Home Office took enforcement action against their …

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/11/migrant-care-workers-told-to-leave-uk

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Senators to seek billions for AI research, push for regulation - The

(8 days ago) WebSchumer’s long-awaited AI plan to call for an $32 billion funding infusion. Crafted by a bipartisan group of senators, the “road map” reviews a host of issues — …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/13/congress-ai-laws-research-regulation-schumer/

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Kentucky's "backside workers" care for million-dollar horses

(3 days ago) WebLaborers, many of whom are migrants from Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela or other Latin American countries, head to the tracks six days a week to help keep the $2.7 …

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kentuckys-backside-workers-clinic/

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Alameda Officials Stop Cloud Brightening Study Aimed at Cooling …

(Just Now) WebResearchers had been testing a sprayer that could one day be used to push a salty mist skyward, cooling the Earth. Officials stopped the work, citing health questions. …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/climate/cloud-brightening-geoengineering.html

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When doctors can't take real breaks from work, the health care …

(9 days ago) WebResearchers surveyed 3,024 doctors, part of an American Medical Association cohort designed to represent the American physician workforce. They found …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/04/1247608167/doctors-physicians-pto-vacation-struggle-breaks-burnout

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New wellbeing data shows how regions across Australia score in …

(2 days ago) WebBrisbane ranked 17th, with life expectancy at 86 years — according to the data, 85 per cent of the population had one or fewer health conditions. Port Douglas took out …

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-08/sgs-cities-regions-wellbeing-index-wage-gaps-environment-health/103815302

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