8 h. ago Suspect who fired 180 shots at CDC and motivated by ‘vaccine misinformation’ is pictured

Gunman Patrick Joseph White expressed discontent with the COVID-19 vaccinations in writings he made before the shooting, authorities said.

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9 h. ago CDC shooting marks latest in a string of hostility directed at health workers. Many aren't surprised

Gunfire aimed at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by a man authorities say was angry over COVID-19 vaccines is the latest in a string of violence and harassment directed at health care workers amid hostility lingering from the pandemic

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32 h. ago How a bowel cancer examination revealed AI’s negative impact on doctors

Academics said that the finding is concerning given the rapid uptake of artificial intelligence (AI) across healthcare

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68 h. ago US veterans agency lost thousands of ‘core’ medical staff under Trump, records show

Departures are exacerbating existing shortages and creating ‘very unsafe’ conditions for patients, veterans and health workers sayThe Department of Veterans Affairs has lost thousands of healthcare professionals deemed “core” to the system’s ability to function and “without which mission-critical work cannot be completed”, agency records show.The number of medical staff on hand to treat veterans has fallen every month since Donald Trump took office. The VA has experienced a net loss of 2,000 registered nurses since the start of this fiscal year, the data show, along with approximately 1,300 medical assistants, 1,100 nursing assistants and licensed practical nurses, 800 doctors, 500 social workers and 150 psychologists. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago CDC union says vaccine misinformation put staff at risk after Atlanta shooting

Deadly violence not random as staff have endured ‘months of mistreatment, neglect and vilification’, says unionA union representing US Centers for Disease Control employees has demanded that the federal government condemn vaccine misinformation after a man who evidently blamed the Covid-19 vaccination for making him depressed and suicidal aimed gunfire Friday at the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta.The 30-year-old shooting suspect, who killed a police officer and died during the attack, had also tried to get into the CDC’s headquarters – but he was stopped by guards before driving to a pharmacy across the street and opening fire, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press on Saturday. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Emory shooting confirmed as ‘a targeted attack on CDC related to Covid’ as new details emerge on gunman’s mental state: Latest

Patrick Joseph White’s father said his son was fixated on the Covid-19 vaccine

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3 d. ago CDC shooter blamed COVID vaccine for depression; union demands statement against misinformation

A Georgia man who had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal has been identified as the shooter who opened fire late Friday on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, killing a police officer

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3 d. ago Georgia gunman who killed a police officer and targeted the CDC was fixated on the Covid

DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose, a father and husband, was killed in the shooting

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4 d. ago Police identify Georgia gunman who killed a police officer and may have been targeting the CDC near Emory University

DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose, a father and husband, was killed in the shooting

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4 d. ago Georgia authorities identify suspect in CDC shooting as a 30

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified the man who opened fire at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White of Kennesaw, Georgia

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5 d. ago Emory University shooting updates: Cop killed by CDC gunman identified as father with third child on the way

Police are reportedly working on the theory that the CDC was the suspect’s target, who ‘blamed his illness on the Covid-19 vaccine,’ according to an unconfirmed report

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5 d. ago Suspect in Emory University shooting dead after opening fire at CDC building, killing one police officer

Students were told to ‘run, hide, fight’ as police swarmed the area Friday afternoon

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5 d. ago At least two dead in shooting at CDC HQ in Atlanta as cops say suspect thought Covid vaccine had made him sick

College students at Emory in Atlanta, Georgia, were told to run, hide, or fight following the active shooter alert.

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5 d. ago Emory University shooting updates: Suspect dead after ‘active shooter’ leaves at least one cop injured near CDC

There is no ongoing threat to the Emory campus or the surrounding area, police said

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7 d. ago Hospital worker tears up as she recalls death of girl, 14, left alone on ward

Ruth Szymankiewicz died after she was left unsupervised at a children’s mental health hospital by an inexperienced agency worker.

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7 d. ago Girl, 14, died at hospital when ‘left alone by mental health worker with fake ID’

Ruth Szymankiewicz, 14, was being treated for an eating disorder at Huntercombe Hospital in Berkshire, and should have been kept within eyesight at all times when she died, an inquest heard

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3 w. ago In Gaza I saw the suffering of children and the heroism of health workers trying to save them | Thienminh Dinh

If our leaders allow this massacre to pass without consequence or condemnation, it will reveal a disturbing truth about what the world is willing to acceptGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHeroism is no longer an abstract concept to me – it looks like Ali, who once spotted a quadcopter circling Al-Aqsa hospital in central Gaza, where he’d dropped me off less than an hour earlier. When the first airstrike slammed into the building, Ali ran: not away from danger but towards it, risking his own safety for mine. That morning, as subsequent strikes rattled the walls around us and as I phoned my sister (“Tell Mum and Dad I love them heaps – just in case”), Ali remained by my side.Seldom in history have healthcare workers been called upon to risk their lives simply by reporting for duty. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Shock report shows care home workers are more likely to live in poverty

The new report by the Health Foundation shows one in five care home workers and their families live in poverty while one in ten have to go without food

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