In this opinion piece, Tania Diggory — mental health trainer, business neurolinguistic programming practitioner, and founder and director of Calmer, a mental health and well-being training organization — explains what we still get wrong about mental health and how to improve well-being in the workplace.
Today is World Mental Health DayTrusted Source , and this year, it certainly comes at a unique time in our history...
Many questions persist about immunity against SARS-CoV-2, especially the Delta variant.
Researchers in Israel have compared the natural immunity acquired from infection and vaccination-acquired immunity.
Natural immunity plus one dose of vaccine may be the most effective combination to prevent reinfection.
Questions about the long-term protection provided by COVID-19 vaccines abound. How long does the protection last? Are...
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WHO official Maria Van Kerkhove said Tuesday that misinformation about Covid and vaccines appears to have gotten worse and is keeping people from getting the shots, driving an increase in cases.
In July, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared Covid misinformation a “serious public threat.”
Most unvaccinated Americans think the Covid vaccines are more of a threat to their health than...
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected industries across the board when it comes to their bottom lines and managing employees. While the former is likely a top priority , an updated business strategy without enough engaged and motivated employees to carry it out seems pretty pointless.
In particular, business and organisation leaders need to ensure that employees’ needs are met and determine how to reduce turnover. One report...
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The American Psychological Association’s Stress in America survey has revealed that Americans were under greater stress in 2020 than in previous years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This stress could have an impact for years to come.
No one is immune to stress, but certain groups, like Gen Z teens and young adults, have been particularly affected.
Connectedness and self-care are important ways we can become more...
ATLANTA - Lawrenceville resident Mylyn Ho is focused on her new career as an ophthalmic assistant and already has a full-time job lined up with an optometrist after she graduates in April from Ocuprep --an Allied Health training program that combines virtual and socially distant in-person instruction.
"It's very exciting for me to enter a new field. I just wanted to get out and try something new after years of working in...
COMMENT | Judith Hope Kiconco | It’s already March, the last month of the first quarter of 2021 and we are still in challenging times full of uncertainty due to COVID-19. There is little to cling on as the world keeps moving and waits for no man. Unplanned eventualities such as pandemics, political tension, financial hardships are worsening the already worrying circumstances. Like everyone else, nurses and midwives are...
On Feb. 26, Kean’s Nancy Thompson Library Learning Commons (NTLC) held an Allied Health Digital Library Resources Webinar. Kean students were exposed to the many databases on the NTLC website that can help them find health and medical information. The goal of this workshop was to guide students into access to evidence-based healthcare information.
The Nancy Thompson Learning Commons is a great...
A Loma Linda University School of Nursing student chats with a community member about what to expect from the COVID-19 vaccine.
Loma Linda University health professions students are playing a crucial role in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in San Bernardino County by administering tens of thousands of vaccines to patients from throughout the Inland Empire.
Several hundred students from School of Allied Health...
Vice Dean of External Relations Linda Garrelts MacLean started seeing a growing demand for pharmacy students in April 2020, just two months after the COVID-19 pandemic officially kicked off in the US.
First came the requests by public health officials for students to help at COVID-19 testing sites. Soon, the need for student pharmacists and their skills in being able to communicate with patients and knowledge in administering vaccines...
The Missouri United Methodist Church’s multipurpose room was turned into a makeshift clinic Saturday as a local pharmacy took charge of vaccinating Columbia residents.
D&H Drugstore sponsored the COVID-19 vaccination clinic after receiving 600 Moderna vaccine doses from the state last week.
Tanya Alberty, a pharmacist for D&H, said the priority was vaccinating people included in Phase 1A and Phase 1B, Tier...