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OSHA standard compliance date arrives amid confusion, industry pushback

Dive Brief: Healthcare facilities must be in full compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Emergency Temporary Standard as of Wednesday, including requirements around ventilation, physical barriers and training. The American Hospital Association, Association of American Medical Colleges and other groups had pushed the agency to delay compliance dates, contending providers needed more time… Read More »

Two new virus cases in Qld amid lockdown

Queensland has recorded two new local cases of COVID-19 with a lockdown still set to end on Friday night. Millions of people in southeast Queensland, Townsville, Magnetic Island and Palm Island are in lockdown on Thursday amid five separate virus outbreaks, including three involving the more contagious Delta strain. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says one of… Read More »

NNU tees up fight amid HCA, Sutter, CommonSpirit contract talks: ‘Put patients before profits’

The biggest nurses union in the country is teeing up a fight with hospitals run by HCA Healthcare, Sutter Health and CommonSpirit Health as it heads into negotiations for some 65,000 nurses this year. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed problems faced by nurses ranging from inadequate personal protective equipment to unsafe staffing levels, members of National Nurses… Read More »

Michigan to expand access to promising COVID antibody treatment amid surge

Michigan intends to expand access to promising yet underutilized antibody treatments as hospitalizations and test positivity rates in the state soar. “Monoclonal antibodies are an incredible treatment … that we want to deploy in Michigan,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said earlier this week. “A monoclonal antibody … can be a lifesaver, and it can keep you… Read More »

Byron festival cancelled amid outbreak

A festival due to draw thousands of revellers to Byron Bay amid growing fears of a COVID-19 outbreak in the area has been cancelled. The move comes after NSW diagnosed its first case linked to clusters in southeast Queensland, resulting in restrictions for four local councils near the border. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard signed… Read More »

Poland delays implementing abortion ruling amid protests

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Poland’s right-wing government is delaying the publication and implementation of a court ruling that tightens the abortion law ABC News: Health

Coronavirus hospitalizations grow in the Midwest amid climbing cases — ‘It’s clearly a forest fire’

Growing coronavirus outbreaks across the American West and Midwest have started to take an alarming turn as some states report growing Covid-19 hospitalizations and a shrinking supply of beds for patients. Six states reached record high Covid-19 hospitalizations, based on a weekly average to smooth out the reporting, as of Friday, according to a CNBC… Read More »