Healthcare Workers

A new study put flu guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to the test to see how well it worked. It turns out, sticking to the clinical recommendations was most effective...

A new report highlights the reasons why frontline healthcare workers and health officials left the field during the COVID-19 pandemic. Spoiler alert: Harassment from others — and even hate mail — helped...

Healthcare workers were more apt to get the flu shot than the COVID-19 vaccine this year. Hospital workers specifically, meanwhile, were less likely to get the flu shot after the pandemic rather than before...

Paxlovid didn’t help older adults with long COVID, study shows … What geriatricians should know about monoclonal anti-amyloid antibodies for Alzheimer’s … High salt linked to type 2 diabetes...

Artificial intelligence (AI) was able to detect depression and anxiety in healthcare workers at the height of the pandemic, a new study found. The technology could be used to support them going forward.

Registered nurses could see the highest increase in pay over the next 10 years compared to other healthcare workers, according to new research.

A coalition of organizations led by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (APIC) sent a letter Friday encouraging state leaders to require healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19....

Healthcare workers have a higher risk for suicide compared to those who don’t work in the field, according to a new study published Tuesday in JAMA. Registered nurses, healthcare support workers and...

Healthcare organizations should focus on what worked — not just what went wrong — when giving feedback to staff, according to a new study. Centering feedback on positives could help organizations including...

Leadership support may be just what healthcare workers — and particularly infection preventionists — at long-term care communities need to avoid burnout.