‘Blue Monday’ may not be supported by hard evidence, but depression and other mental health issues are a real concern in the workplace.
Before 2005 no-one talked about Blue Monday.
The reason for this is because the idea that the third Monday in the month of January, later dubbed ‘Blue Monday’, was invented in a press release 15 years ago. The method used to develop the concept has since come under a lot of scrutiny, but despite this, a lot of people do suffer with their mental health during the winter.
According to research conducted by pollster YouGov, as many…
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To a Mouse – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
This year the birth of Robert Burns and the Lunar New Year fell on the same date, 25th january. A time for Scots and Asian heritage to be celebrated, a time for reflection and forward planning.
My favorite Robert Burns poem is ‘To a Mouse’, written in 1785 it tells the story of Burns disturbing a mouse nest whilst plowing a field, a panic stricken mouse, its ruined nest and with winter just around the corner, its world in disarray .
There is a line in the poem, ‘The best laid plans o’mice an’ men gang aft agley’ that resonates…
We’re off to Chennai – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
Only a few months into the year, 2020 is already proving to be more exciting than ever. This March, RoSPA will be launching our first ever Awards Excellence Forum in India. taking place on Tuesday, March 24at Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Campus in Chennai, India. This free event is a phenomenal example of just how far the RoSPA Health & Safety Awards scheme has reached across the globe.
Hosting this international event is International Awards Ambassador Stephen Storey. With over 27 years of experience in the health and safety industry, combined with his rich RoSPA Award winning history, Stephen will…
The News Journal archives, week of March 26
“Pages of history” features excerpts from The News Journal archives including the Wilmington Morning News and the Evening Journal.
March 27, 1953, Wilmington Morning News
New polio vaccine passes test, but will be delayed
The new polio vaccine has passed its first human test on 90 children and adults with flying colors. But “there will be no polio vaccine” for general use this summer.
This was announced last night by Dr. Jonas E. Salk, 38, young virus researcher of the University of Pittsburgh.
Front page of the Wilmington Morning News from March 27, 1953.
The creamy vaccine, homogenized in mineral…
Superbug fungus cases rose dramatically during pandemic | HealthNews
The fungus, Candida auris, can be a fatal risk to fragile hospital and nursing home patients.
Cases of a dangerous fungus tripled in the United States over just three years and more than half of the states have now reported it, according to a new study.
The COVID-19 pandemic likely drove part of the increase, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wrote in a paper published on Monday by Annals of Internal Medicine. Hospital workers were strained by coronavirus patients, and that likely shifted their focus away from disinfecting some other kinds of germs, they said.…
Barchester Healthcare Health & Safety Team response to Covid-19 – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
Continuity Planning?
Thinking back to Monday 16th March 2020 I remember getting up early. I was due to visit one of our homes in Tewkesbury. I was just about to leave the house when an email landed from a senior Director telling us all to ‘Hold’ all visits and be ready for a conference call that morning. Yes, this was the start of the ‘Lock Down’. With the benefit of insight, how ready were we for what was about to happen next?
Our management team had already undertaken various strategic planning exercises. On the 16thth March, a ”strategic executive team”…
Veterinarian Karen Fine says we can learn a lot from pets: Shots
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Veterinarian Karen Fine continues to be amazed by her patients, despite the fact that she’s been in practice for 30 years. Take, for example, the feral cat she had to capture in a net, who was suffering from an overgrown claw that had been punctured and infected his paw pad.
“I knew that I could give him antibiotics for the infection, but it wasn’t going to stop until I trimmed that claw,” Fine said.
Just as Fine was contemplating how to best access the infected paw, her feline patient stretched it out to her…
Former Australian Medical Association President Says COVID Vaccines Are Much More Dangerous Than Thought
December 21, 2022 · 6:52 AM
The various available vaccines, possibly even different batches from the same manufacturer, have different adverse effect profiles
From News.com.au:
Former federal MP [Member of Parliament?] Dr Kerryn Phelps has revealed he and his wife both suffered serious and ongoing injuries from Covid vaccines, while suggesting the true rate of adverse events is far higher than acknowledged due to underreporting and “threats” from medical regulators.
In an explosive submission to Parliament’s Long Covid inquiry, the former Australian Medical Association (AMA) president has broken her silence about the “devastating” experience — emerging as the most prominent…