Her shift is finally over.
Florence “SeeSee” Rigney, a 96-year-old former nurse in Tacoma, Wash. is finally enjoying retirement after nearly 75 years at MultiCare Tacoma General.
NBC’s KING 5 news reports that Rigner completed her last shift Friday. That report, which includes video of Rigner saying on her 92nd birthday she’d leave nursing someday, stated that she was believed to...
Researchers have developed an algorithm that predicts anemia with an accuracy higher than 70%.
Smartphone images of the inner eyelid make it possible to estimate blood hemoglobin concentration.
A smartphone app could serve as a way to screen for anemia in those living in remote locations.
Anemia affects more than 5%Trusted Source of people in the United States and about 25% of the global...
A coalition of medical organizations on Tuesday called on health care facilities to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for employees.
"Prior experience and current information suggest that a sufficient vaccination rate is unlikely to be achieved without making COVID-19 vaccination a condition of employment," the statement from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Infectious Diseases Society of America...
A novel SARS-CoV-2 variant, the delta plus variant, has been identified in over 10 countries. Health authorities are raising concerns that the variant may have an increased ability to transmit, but they also note that this variant’s transmissibility is likely similar to that of the preexisting delta variant.
As ever more SARS-CoV-2 variants emerge, governments and public health experts continue to consider the...
The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are out of step in their COVID-19 mask guidance, prompting confusion.
In light of sky-rocketing cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant around the globe, last week the WHO called for all vaccinated people to continue to wear masks.
The CDC, however, has not followed suit. The U.S. agency still sticks by its guidance -- announced in May -- for...
The U.S. needs another innovation dream team.
O n june 14, 1940, the day the German army invaded and occupied Paris, a small group of scientists marched to the White House with grave news for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. U.S. military technology, they said, was utterly unprepared to take on the Axis powers. They urged the president to create a new agency—a dream team of techies and scientists—to help win the war....
The next big plague is coming, and despite making progress on pandemic preparedness, the U.S. might still suffer mass casualties. Here’s why.
Ominous pathogens seem to arrive every few years: SARS in 2003, swine flu in 2009, Ebola in 2014 , Zika in 2016 , COVID-19 in 2019 . The World Health Organization calls these viral threats “ Disease X ,” both to encourage policy makers to think...
The fastest growing jobs in the fastest growing field — STEM, or science, tech, engineering and mathematics — are in health care.
“Health care is still booming,” said Marisa Streelman, the national director of the Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses, a professional association for nurses in the U.S.
“Cybersecurity in healthcare, physical security, system improvements, telehealth, and the need for...
Nursing is one of the most physically demanding but rewarding professions worldwide. In addition, it is one of the fastest-growing careers, especially in the United States. As the country’s largest profession in healthcare , this occupation is projected to grow at 15% for the next decade. Therefore, if you are interested in making the most out of this profession and, more importantly, for your career development, check...
From newly registered nurses to medical students, a strong pipeline of Black healthcare workers is needed more than ever
Wearing an N-95 mask, a full-body yellow gown, and latex gloves, Rebecca Hamilton, a newly registered nurse, was ready for her fourth shift on the medical surgery floor at a local South Florida hospital. Full of nerves and grateful for the opportunities afforded to her, Rebecca's career as a Black registered...
During a pandemic, no one’s health is fully in their own hands. No field should understand that more deeply than public health, a discipline distinct from medicine. Whereas doctors and nurses treat sick individuals in front of them, public-health practitioners work to prevent sickness in entire populations. They are expected to think big. They know that infectious diseases are always collective problems because they are...
These church leaders say they believe it’s their calling to help spread the word about the importance of getting vaccinated and working together in communities to beat COVID-19.
On May 22, parishioners and members of the greater All Saints Episcopal Church community in Lakewood, New Jersey, arrived at nearby La Casa De La Tia Restaurant for one of the 14 “Grateful for the Shot” COVID-19...