Tag: healthcare workers

Ontario Hospitals Prepare and Brace for Summer ER Staffing Challenges

Hospitals in smaller and rural Ontario communities have been recruiting, training, and poring over schedules in the hopes of avoiding another summer wave of temporary ER closures—though the problem never really went away. Staffing shortages led hospitals to close their emergency departments for hours or even days at a time during the summer of 2022….


Awe-Inspiring Tutorials Can Ease Health Worker Burnout

Watching tutorials that inspire healthcare workers to contemplate awe, gratitude, and kindness can promote enduring improvements in mental health outcomes such as depression and emotional exhaustion. The quick, daily intervention provides a timely and cost-efficient way to address worker burnout that has escalated during the COVID pandemic. “Emotional exhaustion was bad among health care workers even…


Protests During 2021 Federal Election Not Likely Affiliated With ‘Specific Ideology’: RCMP Reports

The RCMP says protests held during the 2021 federal election did not appear to align with “any specific ideology” or group, and that threats reported were found to target all major party leaders. In a series of “Strategic Intelligence Brief” reports throughout last year’s election period, the RCMP noted that protests opposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates…


Los Angeles Approves Health Care Worker Wage Hike

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles City Council gave final approval on June 29 to an ordinance raising the minimum wage for people working at some privately owned health care facilities in the city to $25 per hour. The “Minimum Wage for Employees Working at Healthcare Facilities” initiative, which was brought to the council through a successful…


Facts Matter (March 29): Fauci Admits Natural Immunity, Says He’s Stepping Down Soon, Braces For Investigations

According to a new study that came out of Sweden, researchers have uncovered a piece of the puzzle that answers the question of why health care workers who took care of COVID-19 patients on a daily basis never contracted the virus themselves. And this study came at a very interesting time, one in which the…


Dozens Sue Santa Clara County for Vaccine Mandate

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Dozens of Santa Clara County employees are suing their county for its allegedly unlawful vaccine mandate and are seeking an immediate injunction. Unify Santa Clara County, or UnifySCC, filed an application for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the county on March 3 for depriving them of their jobs during the…


Omicron ‘Peak’ Is Yet to Come, Says Australia’s Chief Medical Officer

Australian Chief Medical Officer (CHO) said that although daily COVID-19 Omicron case numbers are decreasing, the worse has yet to come. CHO Paul Kelly stated that it would be several weeks before deaths and hospitalisations from the Omicron variant reach their peak, despite plateauing COVID-19 cases. “We expect death and hospitalisations to continue to rise…


Facts Matter (Jan. 14): Supreme Court Blocks Biden’s Mandate on Businesses in All 50 States

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in favor of blocking the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for American companies, meaning that the almost 84 million workers in this country—who were facing the vaccine mandate—no longer are. However, in a separate ruling, the Supreme Court decided to allow the other vaccine mandate, the one specifically for…


Capitol Report (Jan. 13): Supreme Court Blocks Biden Vaccine Mandate

The Biden administration will make high-quality masks and more tests free for Americans, amid surging cases and record hospitalizations. The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine rule for large businesses—but the court is allowing the mandate for health care workers. Americans are paying at least 7 percent more for most common items…


New California Order Permits COVID-19 Positive Healthcare Workers to Return to Work

Under a new temporary guideline to combat the surge in COVID-19 patients, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) will allow healthcare workers to work if they are positive with COVID-19. The order will run until Feb. 1 and applies only to asymptomatic cases. The new order was issued due to the high spread of…