Biotech Exec Gets 7 Years in Prison for False Claims About Rapid Covid-19 Test
The former chief executive of a biotechnology company who, during the early days of the pandemic, falsely claimed that he had invented a blood test that could detect Covid-19 in 15 seconds was sentenced on Friday to seven years in prison for securities fraud, federal prosecutors said. From…#keithberman #westlakevillage #genviro (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Perceived stress, burnout, and resilience among healthcare workers in a multiple disaster-impacted setting during the COVID-19 pandemic - Imtiyaz BS, Margoob MA, Roub Mbbs F, Imtiaz M.
OBJECTIVE: Current literature on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) research presents gaps and opportunities to investigate the psychological experiences of healthcare workers (HCWs) serving in mass trauma situations. We aimed to measure perceived stress,... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
From rags to riches, Rent the Runway goes from penny stock to quadrupling share prices in days after doubling down on AI
After several rocky quarters of navigating pandemic-era fallout, fashion e-commerce platform Rent the Runway is flying high, thanks to its restructuring efforts—and its decision to lean into AI. The company's stock quadrupled this week after it reported optimistic earnings on Wednesday, hovering…#rentrunway #runway #rentlook #jenniferhyman #urbanoutfitters #nataliemcgrath #cmo #miami #iphone #twilio (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Fourth of People Dropped From Medicaid Still Aren't Insured
(MedPage Today) -- Almost a quarter of people who were dropped from Medicaid during the post-pandemic eligibility reviews are still uninsured, and high costs are preventing them from getting on another plan, a new KFF survey showed Friday.
At... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 12, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
What It ’ s Really Like to Have a 4-Day Workweek
To many people in corporate America, working five days a week—Monday to Friday, 9 to 5—feels as habitual as brushing their teeth. But it wasn’t always that way. In the late 1800s, a full-time manufacturing worker could easily spend 100 hours per week on the job. It wasn’t until around 1940, after a concerted push from labor unions, that the 40-hour workweek became standard in the U.S.
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Now, almost a century later, there’s growing momentum for an even more condensed schedule, with major companies—including Panasonic, Kickstarter, and the onl...
Source: TIME: Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Bank of England to Overhaul Its Forecasting After Inflation Surprises
The Bank of England said on Friday that it would overhaul the way it forecasts its outlook for the British economy as part of a “once-in-a-generation” review of its process after it was criticized for underestimating inflation. After a few turbulent years — which included a pandemic, the war in…#bankofengland #ukraine #andrewbailey #federalreserve #bensbernanke (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Q & A: Pandemic baking, gardening lead to tea business
Like many folks, Erin Green spent a lot of time at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. She was homeschooling her then-10-year-old son Nigel, working in her garden and baking — a lot. Little did she know then that her hobbies would intersect. As the Oakley mom dabbled more into baking and gardening,…#eringreen #oakley #barbados #drakemoderntearoom #henanddrake #caribbean #earlgrey #pittsburg #russian #baronessgrey (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NHS's 'worst heart care crisis in living memory' exposed: Number of patients with serious heart problems forced to wait 18 weeks for care soars five-fold in wake of pandemic
More than 163,000 patients in England have endured delays of at least 18 weeks. This is up on the 32,000 in February 2020, the month before Covid rocked Britain. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
One-fourth of people dropped from Medicaid still aren't insured, survey shows
A new survey shows that almost a quarter of people who have been dropped from Medicaid during post-pandemic eligibility reviews are still uninsured (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Almost 1 in 4 People Disenrolled From Medicaid Are Now Uninsured
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 -- Nearly a quarter of Americans who lost their pandemic-era Medicaid coverage say they ' re now without any health insurance, a new survey finds.
More than half (54%) of these currently uninsured adults cited cost as the... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Pandemic's Effect in Isolating Older Americans May Not Be Over
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 -- COVID-19 lockdowns prompted countless American seniors to become socially isolated.Now, new research finds that many have still not fully rejoined society.More than half of older adults still spend more time at home and... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
A faculty-led resident strike team as a force expander during disaster - Cornelius AP, Rodrigues-Rosa A.
The emergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic produced an unprecedented strain on the United States medical system. Prior to the pandemic, there was an estimated 20,000 physician shortage. This has been further stressed by physicians fa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
Trend differences in cervical spinal cord injuries before and after the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic - Fukushima H, Ushiku C, Akiyama S, Saito S, Wakiya H, Okuno K, Saito M.
STUDY DESIGN: Cross-Sectional Study. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the changes in the characteristics of cervical spinal cord injuries (CSCI) before and after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic among patients transported to our hospital ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Social support and suicidality during the COVID-19 pandemic among Brazilian healthcare workers: a longitudinal assessment of an online repeated cross-sectional survey - Diaz AP, Pinto AB, Ara újo MIC, Joaquim RM, Costa DS, Serpa ALO, Pisani AR, Conwell Y, Miranda DM, Malloy-Diniz LF, Da Silva AG.
This study aims to investigate the association between social support and suicidal ideation and behavior (SIB) during the COVID-19 pandemic amon... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Feasibility of a capacity building organizational intervention for worker safety and well-being in the transportation industry: pivoting to address the COVID-19 pandemic and social and political unrest in Chile - Peters SE, G ómez MAL, Hendersen G, Maldonado MM, Dennerlein J.
This study developed, implemented, and evaluated the feasibility of executing an organizational capacity building intervention to improve bus driver safety and well-being in a Chilean transportation company. METHOD: Through an implementa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
