"Nursing assistant Kwesi Ablordeppey said the veterans were like family to him. âOne night I put five of them in body bags,â he said. âThat will never leave my mind.â
Here's the most troubling story I've investigated all year. I hope it has an impact. Lower wage health workers faced deadly conditions during covid outbreaks in 2020. Now they're struggling with PTSD & more. Employers & the government have left them hanging. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
A KFF Health News investigation reveals that employers and the government have offered nursing aides little assistance for PTSD and other ongoing maladies triggered by hazardous work during the pandem...
Here's the most troubling story I've investigated all year. I hope it has an impact. Lower wage health workers faced deadly conditions during covid outbreaks in 2020. Now they're struggling with PTSD & more. Employers & the government have left them hanging. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
A KFF Health News investigation reveals that employers and the government have offered nursing aides little assistance for PTSD and other ongoing maladies triggered by hazardous work during the pandem...
EXCLUSIVE: Farmers & vets recount the first months of bird flu H5N1 in Texas. Their words hold clues. âPeople tend to think that an outbreak starts at Monday at 9 a.m. with a sign saying, âOutbreak has started,ââ WHO's Jeremy Farrar said. âItâs rarely like that.â kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Dairy farmers and veterinarians in northern Texas furiously investigated a mysterious illness among cattle before the government got involved. Their observations are telling.
4 ways vaccine skeptics mislead you on measles & more www.cbsnews.com/news/measles...@amymaxmen.bsky.social@cbsnews.bsky.social The "no-big-deal" trope The "you never know" trope The "too-much-too-soon" trope "They don't want you to know" trope
Vaccine scare tactics haven't shifted, but more parents are falling for them. Here's what the rhetoric gets wrong and how it endangers children.
𧪠âClues From Bird Fluâs Ground Zero on Dairy Farms in the Texas Panhandleâ from @amymaxmen.bsky.social#HPAI#infuenzakffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Dairy farmers and veterinarians in northern Texas furiously investigated a mysterious illness among cattle before the government got involved. Their observations are telling.
On this anniversary of the pandemic's start, I revisited horrors of early 2020. My hope is fading bc I don't see *any* big changes to protect us. My latest piece on the CDC suggests the next pandemic will be worse. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
My latest story is on how anti-vaxxers have gained ground by fusing with the parents' rights movement. Doctors have had to turn away social workers and foster parents hoping to get their babies vaccinated for measles, etc. in Tennessee bc of a new "consent" law. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Our social media & smartphone age is deceptive. We are coaxed into believing that nearly everything is recorded & posted online. My story is a sad reminder of what gets lost when attention only focuses elsewhere. Aid often follows that attention. undark.org/2024/01/24/c...
The death rate found in the Central African Republic was 4 times higher than United Nations estimates. So high the UN finds it hard to believe. âWhy does it look like an invisible situation?â he asked. But humanitarian & human rights experts list reasons. undark.org/2024/01/24/c...
The 2022 death rate in the Central African Republic was higher than Ukraine & other countries, according to a survey finding that a 6th of the country died. Yet its met by silence. âTell me why they should not deserve attention?â the researcher asked. undark.org/2024/01/24/c...