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Seniors and those who are immunocompromised have new guidance regarding the pneumococcal vaccine in the 2022 adult immunization schedule, according to the Annals of Internal Medicine. These changes, recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, pertain to the zoster, pneumococcal and hepatitis B vaccines. The new guidelines also state that COVID-19 vaccines can be co-administered with other vaccines.  Among the other recommendations, for those 65 and over who have not gotten a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine or who have unknown vaccination histories, it is recommended that they receive 1 PCV15 dose –– or 1 dose of PCV20. Furthermore, if PCV15 is the dose administered, the second dose should be PPSV23. This guidance is...

Your Body Uncovered with Kate Garraway on BBC2 shows us a minor medical miracle. Just imagine that we could better understand our health conditions simply by looking inside our own bodies. Now, this groundbreaking new BBC2 series allows patients to do just that, thanks to some incredible state-of-the-art 3D technology. Each week, presenter Kate Garraway meets patients with everyday medical conditions and, together with consultant Dr Guddi Singh from Trust Me, I'm A Doctor fame, guides them through an immersive journey inside their own bodies to help better understand their illnesses. "Having a serious health condition is terrifying," says Kate, 54. "When my husband Derek was diagnosed with Covid-19 that fear was made even harder to bear because I didn't understand what was going on inside his body. Making this series has been an absolutely fascinating process. The incredible augmented reality technology has allowed our contributors to get the most mind-blowing me...

A worker sits next to empty chicken cages at a wholesale market in New Delhi, India January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register PARIS, Feb 16 (Reuters) - India reported an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N1 bird flu virus on a poultry research farm in the northeastern state of Bihar, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Wednesday. The virus killed 787 out of 3,859 birds on the farm in Patna and all of the remaining birds were slaughtered, the Paris-based OIE said, citing a report from India's authorities. The outbreak started on Jan. 18 and was reported on Feb. 16, according to the report. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Reporting by Sybille de La Hamaide, editing by Gus Trompiz Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Adblock test (Why?)

Friday, February 18, 2022 A look back For employers, 2021 was a challenging year. The post-election landscape, evolving federal and state law, and the effects of a seemingly endless global pandemic created a difficult business climate. Efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 were met with stiff resistance — legal and otherwise; still, employers persist in earnest to maintain their operations safely and efficiently. However, 2021 brought other important, non-COVID-19 developments. This issue of the Class Action Trends Report offers a snapshot of the most significant employment-related class action activity from the tumultuous year. Vaccine mandates spark litigation surge The COVID-19 pandemic continued to pose enormous challenges in 2021. The Delta and Omicron variants, the volatile politics of vaccines and masks and testing, serious worker shortages, and the patchwork of ...

As the omicron variant continues to rear its head locally and across the country, federal initiatives aim to make home-testing kits and N95 masks available to the public, free of charge.   At the same time, talk of a vaccinate-or-test mandate at businesses with more than 100 employees has all but ceased, the result of a Jan. 13 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that declared the federal edict a "blunt instrument" that failed to account for particularized risks in different industries.   At mid-January, tri-county area residents began placing orders for free, rapid at-home COVID tests through COVIDTests.gov, to be delivered to home addresses via USPS.   In addition, New Hanover County had received 43,000 N95 masks from a government stockpile and began distributing them in historically marginalized communities and to county employees, said Carla Turner, the county's assistant health director. As of Jan. 21, a tota...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Mercy names Dr. Ray Weick as president of its Mercy Clinic St. Louis, Mercy Clinic South physician group regioins    St. Louis Business Journal

John Grinvalds Daily Sun Staff Beatrice Community Hospital faced a number of new and old challenges in 2021. Hospital staff remained at the front lines of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which surged in cases all across the country in 2021. BCH handled admitted 106 patients with COVID-19 in 2021, slightly more than the 98 in 2020, though its hospitalization peak was less severe. Senior Executive for Clinic Services Eric Trusty said the hospital has learned how to best combat the pandemic over its two-year run. "We learned so much," Trusty said. "We've done a lot better of job of going down the decision tree as it relates to COVID, especially when it comes to staffing surgical cases. We've been able to flex and be nimble when needed to take care of patients." Hospital CEO Rick Haraldson said COVID-19 also created need for new ways of accessing health. "COVID accelerated how we had to change and meet some care needs," Haraldson...