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Fly-in, fly-out workers at significant risk of sleep loss and sleep disorders

Fly-in fly-out (FIFO) shift workers are losing out on valuable sleep due to the design of rosters, individual lifestyle behaviors and the risk of potential prevalence of sleep disorders. Edith Cowan University...

Survey: Healthcare workers are getting vaccinated, but more still need convincing

Healthcare workers have been gradually coming around to COVID-19 vaccines, with one-third more people vaccinated since earlier in the year, but 27 percent of them are still unvaccinated, and 15 percent...

Thousands of NHS workers from the Philippines cared for Covid patients

Battle of the brave: Thousands of NHS workers from the Philippines cared for Covid patients – and many paid the ultimate price. As the story of Leilani’s death at just 41 highlights, a selfless...

Hospitalized shift workers up to 3 times more likely to be COVID-19 positive

People who work shifts appear to be significantly more likely to end up in hospital with COVID-19 than people who have regular work patterns, suggests research published online in the journal Thorax. Researchers...

COVID 'tornado' hitting Papua New Guinea's fragile hospitals, say health workers

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Rapidly increasing COVID-19 infections in hospitals in the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea were hitting its fragile health system “like a tornado”, with services...

Many health care workers report vaccine hesitancy

(HealthDay)—Many health care workers (HCWs) report they may delay getting the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a research letter published online Feb. 9 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Adva Gadoth,...

Two new studies offer ways to avert accidents and workplace injuries for American workers

Human error is a causal factor in up to 80 percent of workplace accidents. A new study measuring the eye movements and cognitive processes for at-risk workers, sheds new light on the potential to avert...

Expert weighs devastating impact of COVID-19 on health care workers

During the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers have been at the forefront of the battle against the life-threatening illness. Sadly, they are not immune to the effects of the disease. Many have contracted...

Coronavirus vaccine should go to health care workers, long term care facilities first, CDC panel recommends

CDC to vote on who will get coronavirus vaccine first Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel weighs in on ‘America’s Newsroom.’ A panel of independent experts advising the Centers for Disease...

Nearly 74 Million Essential Workers at High Risk for COVID in U.S.

MONDAY, Nov. 9, 2020 — In a graphic illustration of the danger the new coronavirus poses to essential workers in America, a new study shows that as many as 74 million of these workers and their families...