Workplace deaths highlight need for job safety (Scoop.co.nz) Too many New Zealand businesses have experienced workplace fatalities, the Department of Labour said today. "Nobody should die from doing their job," the department's head of workplace health and safety Craig Armitage said. |
Narrowing World Health Disparities (Time Magazine) A sweeping new report by the World Health Organization challenges governments to improve world health through smart social policy |
Survey: US workers' confidence in job market sags (AP via Yahoo! News) American workers' confidence in the job market is as low as it was during the 2001 recession, according to a survey released Thursday. |
Healthy Difference on 'Today's THV at 5': Losing Your Health Insurance (KTHV Little Rock) New census data shows that more than 17 percent of Arkansans don't have health insurance. A new report shows that a lot of people might be just a job loss away from losing their coverage and a major illness away from financial disaster. |
Workers Not Confident In U.S. Job Market (CBS News) American workers' confidence in the job market is as low as it was during the 2001 recession, according to a survey released. |
New health official set to build from ground up (Baltimore Sun) Healthy Howard Inc. recently announced the hiring of Erin Reiney to coordinate community resources for the county's health access plan, scheduled to be launched Sept. 24. |
Survey: US workers' confidence in job market sags (San Francisco Chronicle) American workers' confidence in the job market is as low as it was during the 2001 recession, according to a survey released Thursday. When asked whether this is a bad time to find a quality job, 65 percent said it was, matching the level of the 2001... |
Negotiating health plans; Insurers deny claims to control costs but often leave patients with few options (The Bulletin) Skiing at Mammoth Mountain in California as a young man, Dennis Fox broke his right ankle. It became increasingly painful as the Bend man grew older.Fox, now 68, said the ankle hurts almost all of the time, making it difficult for him to exercise, walk or do his job as a school bus driver. The former national champion bodybuilder now gets regular steroid injections that buy him some time, though ... |
Northeast picks new director for high school health center (Gloucester Daily Times) A Northeast Health System vice president has been named the new medical director of the Gloucester High School Health Center, filling a post that had been empty since the previous medical director resigned in protest of the clinic's policy on providing birth control for students. |
Job jitters afflict many (Pioneer Press) If you're feeling anxious about your job and economic future, you've got company. |