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Need medical care? Let them sign this.

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Hospitals and other healthcare institutions and practices should not be places where you get infected. This document makes them aware you are taking precautions to not get infected before your care in the institution. You can fill out/modify this document for your needs and ask them to sign it, thereby making them aware you are … Continued

Response to CDC Update on the Draft 2024 Guideline to Prevent Transmission of Pathogens in Healthcare Settings

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TO: Daniel Jernigan, Director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases CDC, and John Howard, Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), CDC SUBJECT: Respiratory Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities. FROM: The World Health Network We are writing on behalf of the World Health Network (WHN) and its … Continued

WHN Boardroom Briefing – Jan 24

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The human, health, economic costs and consequences of “living with covid”: HIGH Despite low-level testing and data, Covid-19 remained in the top 4 leading causes of death in the US in 2022 and was the most used ICD-10 code for underlying or contributing cause of death (76%). Covid-19 infections are also driving heart disease: A … Continued

The Shift Toward Safer Hospitals

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As we face the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic together, reduced government and press reporting are not reflecting the current high levels of infection, hospitalization, death and long COVID organ damage and disability. In the United States, there are an estimated 2 million new infections every day, a big increase in hospitalizations, and 2,000 deaths every week. … Continued

Psychosocial Team — Call for Expressions of Interest

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We are organizing a group that is interested in the psychological and social aspects (“psychosocial” aspects) of the pandemic. Please let us know if you are interested. Tell us about any expertise you have in these areas (personal experience, scholarship, professional training, work in the field). Indicate the skills you currently have or would like … Continued

Handwashing, Gloves, and Masks: Oh My!

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By Naomi Bar-Yam In 1847, Hungarian obstetrician Ignaz Semmelweis saw that obstetric patients died of childbed fever at a much higher rate than those treated by midwives. Based on observation and research, he suggested to his colleagues that they wash their hands with chlorinated lime solution before examining their new mother patients. His idea was … Continued