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Carlos Sainz raises driver health concerns over racing current F1 cars
BARCELONA, Spain — Carlos Sainz is concerned about the long-term health impact of racing the latest generation of Formula One cars after experiencing intense stiffness in his neck and back after races this year. New technical regulations for 2022 have opened up the possibility of generating immense amounts of downforce from the car’s underfloor aerodynamics, …
Errors in DoD’s new electronic health care records system raise concerns among providers
Information about patients’ health care isn’t always accurate or complete in the Defense Department’s new electronic records system, according to a survey of defense health care providers conducted by the Inspector General’s Office. These digital records allow providers to share a patient’s information with other providers — both within and outside the military health care …
US officials land in Solomons to discuss China pact concerns | WJHL
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A senior U.S. delegation arrived Friday in the Solomon Islands to express its concern that China could send military forces to the South Pacific nation and destabilize the region. The visit comes days after China and the Solomon Islands confirmed they had signed a security pact, a developmentwhich has alarmed …
How daylight saving time poses a host of health concerns, according to a neurologist
As people in the U.S. prepare to turn their clocks ahead one hour in mid-March, I find myself bracing for the annual ritual of media stories about the disruptions to daily routines caused by switching from standard time to daylight saving time. About a third of Americans say they don’t look forward to these twice-yearly …
Home health industry facing staffing concerns | Local News
Home health care providers are seeing an increase in business at the same time they are struggling with staffing shortages. According to the Global Coalition on Aging, the worldwide population aged 65 and older is projected to more than double from 703 million to 1.5 billion by 2050, and the demand for caregivers is increasing …
Workers to picket Tenet hospitals over alleged understaffing, health insurance concerns – Orange County Register
Workers plan to picket three Tenet Healthcare hospitals Wednesday, June 16, alleging the facilities are understaffed and have left some employees without health insurance while the company has received billions in federal COVID-19 relief funds and spent $1.1 billion to buy 45 surgery centers. The employees, including respiratory therapists, housekeepers, nursing assistants and medical technicians, …
Health worries, isolation, economic concerns drive increase in mental health care requests | Local News
Many of Anesis’ clients are people of color, many of whom were deeply affected by the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the protests that followed and further police shootings of Black people last year, McNair said. The high-profile nature of those events and the heated debate around police accountability could …
Google employees shared concerns over location tracking, Arizona lawsuit reveals
Google Workspace VP and general manager Javier Soltero discusses the impact of Google’s technology on the future of remote work. An ongoing lawsuit against Google by the Arizona attorney general’s office, which alleges that the tech behemoth has continued to collect location information even when users had turned tracking off, has revealed that some of …
Denmark excavates mink from mass graves over health concerns
Denmark this week began digging up millions of culled mink buried six months ago because of concerns that the mass graves could contaminate drinking water and a nearby bathing lake. The Danish government ordered the country’s entire mink herd – one of the world’s biggest at some 17 million – to be culled in early …
Target will temporarily stop selling Pokémon and sports trading cards in stores due to safety concerns
Last week, a Target in Wisconsin was locked down after a man was physically assaulted by four others over sports trading cards. “The safety of our guests and our team is our top priority,” Target said in a statement to CNN. “Out of an abundance of caution, we’ve decided to temporarily suspend the sale of …
