CDC Restates Recommendation For Masks On Planes, Trains
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Tuesday restated their recommendation that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court ruling last month that struck down a national mask mandate on public transportation. Americans age 2 and older should wear a well-fitting masks while on public transportation, including in airports and […]
Opinion | We’re Depriving Underserved Patients of the Best Drugs
During a busy clinic day for patients without health insurance, one of us received a jarring announcement. Certain lifesaving medications that we had previously been able to freely provide to patients were no longer available. The costs of these drugs were far beyond the reach of our patients, and so healthcare teams were forced to […]
How Much Coffee Is Healthy To Drink On A Daily Basis?
While there’s been conflicting evidence around the health benefits of coffee in the past, researchers wrote in the BMJ that a cup of Joe is “more likely to benefit health than to harm it”.
Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Coverage for Eligible, Necessary Care: Report
Latest Senior Health News THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) Coverage for eligible, necessary care is denied each year to tens of thousands of seniors with private Medicare Advantage plans, U.S. federal investigators say. In a report released Thursday, the team from the inspector general’s office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services […]
Opinion | Social Determinants of Health: Measuring What Matters
Since the early 2000s, global health experts have recognized what we know as “social determinants of health” (SDOH) and understood the critical role they play in the health and wellbeing of populations. Collectively, SDOH is a broad range of economic and social conditions – adequate housing and nutrition, access to education, employment, and healthcare services, […]
AHA News: Hybrid Work Can Be Healthy at Home and the Office
Latest Mental Health News WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (American Heart Association News) First, we got advice on staying fit and healthy while working in the office. Then when the pandemic started, we got advice on staying fit and healthy while working from home. As the era of hybrid work – doing the same job in […]
Do Zoom Meetings Kill Creativity?
Latest Men’s Health News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) Zoom meetings became the lifeblood of many workplaces during pandemic, but a new study points to a downside: They may limit employees’ capacity for creative thinking. In experiments with workers in several countries, researchers found two broad phenomenon: Coworkers tended […]
Pandemic’s Early Days Hit Nurses Hard: Report
Latest Mental Health News THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) Frontline nurses were plagued by “moral distress” in the early days of the pandemic because they lacked the support to provide high-quality care, a new report reveals. Between May and September 2020, researchers interviewed 100 nurses across the United States who cared for COVID-19 patients. […]
PTSD Often Haunts Family Members of Hospitalized COVID Patients
Latest Mental Health News By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) It remains one of the most painful images of the pandemic: Families who were not allowed to be by their loved ones’ bedside as they waged a lonely battle against COVID in a hospital ICU, with some forced to say […]
Tough COVID Measures Were Tough on Mental Health
Latest Mental Health News WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) As the pandemic unfolded, nations adopted diverse methods to contain COVID-19. Some sought to eliminate the virus, targeting zero community transmission. Others tried to slow transmission through a mix of intermittent lockdowns, workplace, business and school closings, social distancing, the wearing of face masks, and […]