CDC Tries to Solve Emerging Crisis: Mental Health Issues Among Doctors and Nurses

CDC Tries to Solve Emerging Crisis: Mental Health Issues Among Doctors and Nurses

Top line The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seeks to combat the mental health crisis among health care workers by introducing a new initiative to help doctors and nurses deal with burnout, which has affected nearly half of the workforce in 2022. A stressed healthcare worker sitting on the floor with her head down. …

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CDC Newsroom

CDC Newsroom

Washington, DC (October 31, 2023) – The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced the launch of Impact well-being. This new campaign provides hospital leaders with evidence-based resources to improve workplace policies and practices that reduce burnout, normalize help-seeking, and strengthen professional well-being. …

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People with HIV are at increased risk of COVID reinfection: CDC

People with HIV are at increased risk of COVID reinfection: CDC

People living with HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, are at increased risk of reinfection with COVID-19, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Looking at COVID-19 and HIV infections in Chicago, CDC researchers determined that reinfection rates were consistently higher among people who were HIV-positive than among those …

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