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Health Care HR Aims to Improve Patient Outcomes by Addressing Staff Burnout

Three HR executives in health care shared their strategic priorities for the next year and thoughts on developing future leaders.

2024-10-15 16:53

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 20-26

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Oct. 20-26 include country singer Keith Urban, rapper-actor Drake and director-actor Sam Raimi

2024-10-15 12:46

Racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 hospital cost of care

Introduction Although studies have evaluated the hospital cost of care associated with treating patients with COVID-19, there are no studies that compare the hospital cost of care among racial and ethnic groups based on detailed cost accounting data. The aims…

2024-10-14 14:00

Tokyo Market snags bigger space in Carytown

The shelves of Tokyo Market are neatly stocked with a variety of merchandise, including Japanese groceries, spices, noodles, rice, snacks, and sweets, as well as gifts like ceramics and textiles imported directly from Japan.

2024-10-14 10:30

Africa fights rising hunger by looking to foods of the past

The first time the rains failed, the farmers of Kanaani were prepared for it. It was April of 2021, and as climate change had made the weather increasingly erratic, families in the eastern Kenyan village had grown used to saving food from previous harvests. B…

2024-10-14 08:00

RVA 100: Richmond's cobblestones were originally ballast in sailing ships

About this seriesThis story is the latest installment of RVA100, our series that highlights the people, places and objects that define the Richmond region. We’re exploring hidden histories and colorful backstories. Some will be familiar. Others you may learn …

2024-10-13 11:30

Show HN: A dataset of all HN submission texts (2006-2024) in Markdown

We're at nixiesearch.ai building a yet another search over HN, but we found no public datasets of the actual submission texts available - so we scraped one!TLDR: 2.1M texts, around 55% of all stories still available online. Comments URL: https://news.ycombin…

2024-10-13 10:39

Association of self-reported periodontal disease and inequities with long haul COVID-19

In 2000, the Surgeon General’s report highlighted that the mouth is a mirror for overall health of an individual and that disparities in oral health are directly proportionate to general health inequities. Among patients hospitalized due to COVID-19, diabetes…

2024-10-10 14:00

Universal Security Instruments Resolves Listing Standards Issue and Holds Successful Annual Meeting

Universal Security Instruments, Inc. (NYSE: UUU) recently made a filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission detailing its resolution of a compliance issue with the NYSE American LLC listing standards. The company had previously been noti…

2024-10-10 06:06

Chiesi USA Releases 2023 Sustainability Report and Highlights US Community Engagement Strategy Focus Areas

CARY, N.C., Oct. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chiesi (key-A-zee), an international research-focused biopharmaceutical group, announced the release of its 2023 Sustainability Report, available here, which showed the company in 2023 has maintained its aggressiv…

2024-10-09 11:30