As the United States faces the possibility of another presidential transition, the recent announcement of Donald Trump's health agency nominees has sent ripples of concern through the medical and public health communities. With a potential new administration on the horizon, the critical question emerges: Are we prepared for the next infectious disease challenge in the workplace?
Showing posts with label H5N1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label H5N1. Show all posts
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Saturday, September 28, 2024
Bird Flu: Is Human-to-Human Spread Taking Flight?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] alert from September 27, 2024, raises concerns about human-to-human transmission of bird flu among workers. If this occurs, it will create a major occupational disease outbreak in the workplace that may severely impact workers’ compensation claims.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Contagion in The Workplace: Ready or Not
Whether the release is because of an unintentional act, or a terrorist attack, the workers' compensation system has not established a protocol for responding with urgent medical care and an elaborate and expedited medical delivery and benefit system.
Read more: Debate Persists on Deadly Flu Made Airborne (NY Times)
“This research should not have been done,” said Richard H. Ebright, a chemistry professor and bioweapons expert at Rutgers University who has long opposed such research. He warned that germs that could be used as bioweapons had already been unintentionally released hundreds of times from labs in the United States and predicted that the same thing would happen with the new virus.
“It will inevitably escape, and within a decade,” he said.
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