The COVID-19 pandemic worsened a national shortage of registered nurses, making it increasingly urgent that policymakers invest in higher education, coordinate strategies to alleviate the pressures on the nursing workforce, and make the entire health care system more equitable and stable.
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic began more than two years ago, no region of the United States has been spared...
In 2021, thousands of people around the world have started leaving their organizations which were termed as The Great Resignation, The Great Reshuffle and The Big Quit. Since then, the ongoing talent wars have continuously pushed the limits of recruitment as the coming and going of employees continues to be a trend to this very day.
Same thing can be said in the healthcare industry. Looking at the past two years, the Healthcare Industry is...
The WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has announced six awards today to recognize outstanding contributions to advancing global health, demonstrated leadership and commitment to regional health issues. Dr Tedros himself decides on the awardees for the World Health Organization Director-General’s Global Health Leaders Awards.
The ceremony for the awards, which were established in 2019, was part of the live-streamed...
Whether you’re struggling with a diagnosed mental illness, everyday life stressors , relationship problems, or another mental or emotional health concern, deciding to start therapy can be a major step in prioritizing your mental health and well-being.
If you’re thinking about signing up for therapy, you’re not alone. Nineteen percent of adults receive mental health treatment, with nearly 10 percent...
Providing an excellent health care experience to our nation’s heroes begins with recruiting a first-class team of professionals who have a passion for what they do.
Leslie Davis is a nurse recruiter for the Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System, and her mission is to find the best quality nurses to care for our veterans.
“I grew up within the walls of the VA,” Davis said. “My grandpa was a World War II...
Although the H5N1 flu is highly infectious among birds, public health officials said the risk it poses to humans remains low.
A highly contagious strain of avian flu that has likely killed hundreds of birds and spread across more than two dozen states has been detected in a human for the first time in the U.S., officials said Thursday.
The man was working on a commercial farm in Colorado and was involved in...
The Justice Department is using antitrust law to charge employers with colluding to hold down wages. The move adds to a barrage of civil challenges.
Antitrust suits have long been part of the federal government’s arsenal to keep corporations from colluding or combining in ways that raise prices and hurt the consumer. Now the government is deploying the same weapon in another cause: protecting workers’ pay.
In a...
As the midterm election season ramps up, the Biden administration wants rural Americans to know it'll be spending a lot of money to improve health care in rural areas.
It has tasked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack with delivering the message that the covid-19 pandemic exposed long-standing problems with health care infrastructure in remote parts of the country and pushed many rural health providers to the brink.
Vilsack spoke to KHN...
When my grandson was three, he picked up a raisin that someone had stepped on. It was flat and round. He held it by the edges with the tips of his fingers, turned it like a steering wheel, and said, “Dwive, dwive, dwive. Dwive, dwive, dwive.” He was annoyed at how long he was going to have to wait to be old enough to get his license. I was sympathetic, because I’d been waiting much longer to be old enough for something that...
Thousands of young doctors just learned where they'll be spending the next few years of their lives in residency. They got that news on Match Day, last Friday.
A significant number of them will be U.S. citizens who completed medical school abroad. This corps of internationally educated doctors has become increasingly important to the U.S. healthcare system — and is tackling a disproportionate share of America's biggest...
WASHINGTON — When the end of the COVID-19 pandemic comes, it could create major disruptions for a cumbersome U.S. health care system made more generous, flexible and up-to-date technologically through a raft of temporary emergency measures.
Winding down those policies could begin as early as the summer. That could force an estimated 15 million Medicaid recipients to find new sources of coverage, require...
An exaggerated blood pressure response when standing may increase the risk of cardiovascular events. James Tarry/Stocksy, Photo, Stocksy
Typically, blood pressure slightly falls when someone stands up .
However, for some people, blood pressure increases after standing up.
A new study finds that the latter may indicate a higher risk for adverse cardiovascular events.
A recent study in ...