British Columbia health officials continue to focus on protecting vaccines against COVID-19, highlighting new data federal officials are seeing that suggests those vaccinated are 60 to 70 percent less likely to 'need hospital treatment for the Omicron variant. Dr. Bonnie…
Israeli healthcare workers who received a third dose of Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had significantly lower infection rates over the next 39 days, a single center says to study yesterday in JAMA.On July 30, 2021, Israel's health ministry…
There is an old saying in India that doctors are superior to God on this Earth. And health workers in the Kashmir Valley agree with that saying. Despite the excruciating cold and completely snow-covered roads, these Kashmir Valley health workers…
Rationing of care or medical resources has been an ongoing conversation in parts of the country as the delta variant rages on. Smaller rural communities do not have the trained staff or the equipment to adequately handle the continuing influx…
By Hannah E. Jones For people who do not have constant access to housing or work, accessing quality health care can seem like an impossible task. In Atlanta, this applies to quite a few people. About 3,200 residents are homeless,…
Emily Mursoi, branch secretary of KMWU Mombasa, speaking to the press at the General Hospital and Coast Referral in Mombasa, January 2022. [Omondi Onyango, Standard] Five Mombasa County health worker unions confirmed yesterday that their strike against wages delayed for…
Physician-induced factors, such as closed physician offices, have played a major role in the lack of medical care for Medicare beneficiaries during the pandemic, according to a study.The lack of medical care for Medicare beneficiaries during the coronavirus pandemic declined…
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA - "Sinasabi nila on social media kami daw ang bida, pero sa totoong buhay hindi naman." (On social media, they say we're the heroes, but they don't treat us as such in real…
As part of its preparation for the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Odisha government on Sunday asked district authorities to ensure that doctors, nurses and other health workers treating patients with coronavirus receive the booster dose of the…
The California Department of Public Health has released guidelines that allow health care networks to allow COVID-19 positive employees to continue working if they are symptom-free. “The department offers temporary flexibility to help hospitals and emergency service providers respond to…