by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Health today is reporting 424 cases of COVID-19 for Tuesday (327 Monday, 179 Sunday). There were 251 on Saturday and 372 last Friday, as cases have edged up in recent weeks and 8.5 percent in the last week. There were no additional […]
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Protect workers when lightning strikes
Key points Certain industries – such as construction, telecommunications and utility field repair, and agriculture – carry some of the highest risk. An important tool for employers to have is an emergency action plan, as discussed in OSHA’s standard on employee emergency action plans (1926.35). Training and situational awareness can […]
State recommends approval of Montgomery County’s health officer pick
This story was updated at 9:30 a.m. April 29, 2022, to clarify and correct details of the health officer confirmation process. Maryland’s secretary of health has recommended approval of the county’s selection for a new health officer — setting the stage for the County Council to decide whether to confirm […]
Thrive Wellness Expands Specialized Mental Health Treatment Centers
Thrive Wellness, a patient-centered-weight neutral healthcare clinic handling patients’ physical, mental, and behavioral health needs, is opening a new full-service primary care clinic in Reno, Nevada for patients of all ages. Official logo for Thrive Wellness Reno. Logo courtesy of Thrive Wellness. “We at Thrive are continuously performing community needs […]
A safe walk | 2022-04-28
The rate of pedestrian deaths jumped more than 20% in the first half of 2020. That’s a big increase. What led to it? According to the Governors Highway Safety Association, speeding, distracted driving and impaired driving during the COVID-19 pandemic all played a role. The GHSA says that if the […]
The Benefits of Eating a Plant-Based Diet
Forest fires, hurricanes, floods, droughts, species extinction — the news can be pretty bleak. Instead of throwing up our hands and feeling helpless, we each have the power to help the health of the planet and ourselves simultaneously, says registered dietician Dana Ellis Hunnes in her new book, Recipe for Survival, […]
Emergency Room Doctors Are Organizing Against Profit-Driven Health Care
In January, when Jeff Chien told Allan Kamara that he thought he was going to be fired from the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center emergency department, where they worked, Kamara thought his colleague was being paranoid. After all, as the ER’s medical director, Chien was a legend, someone about whom […]
Which Tea is the Best for Your Health?
The art of making tea has been around for thousands of years—used in traditional and ceremonial practices as well as promoting social interactions between people. Just in time for National Tea Day, we spoke with Michael Duranko, tea expert and manager of Local Tea Company in Sarasota, to […]
Baylor Scott & White Health Names First Chief Growth Officer
Baylor University Medical Center is losing its president, and Baylor Scott & White Health is adding to its C-suite. BUMC President Steven R. Newton will assume his role as the system’s chief growth officer on April 25. He will be responsible for driving enterprise growth and partnerships that improve the […]
OSHA proposes to revoke Arizona’s State Plan status | 2022-04-21
Washington — Citing Arizona’s “pattern of failures to adopt and enforce standards and enforcement policies at least as effective” as those used by OSHA, the agency is proposing to “reconsider and revoke” the final approval of the state’s State Plan for oversight of worker safety and health. Published in the […]