Tell Us Exemptions for medical, religious, and personal reasons would still be available to health care workers under the proposed amendments. A nurse prepares a syringe of a COVID-19 vaccine at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) Newly proposed amendments to several public health regulations could require … Read more
By Isabel Lewis When COVID-19 cases put immense pressure on North Carolina health care systems, the state turned to community health workers to strengthen public health initiatives to slow the spread of the virus. Health leaders in the state say community health workers played a crucial role in facilitating the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, offered guidance … Read more
Damon Leivestad, a 50-year-old mechanical engineer with spinal muscular atrophy, has struggled to find personal care assistants for years. Leivestad uses a wheelchair and needs help moving between his bed and wheelchair, getting dressed, and doing everyday tasks like shopping and food preparation. His condition is deteriorating while his parents age, and hiring people to … Read more
Using the mental health system in England as a case study, a recently published book chapter argues that social workers have both remained complicit in psychiatric oppression and actively resisted by forming alliances to support radical, service-user-led social movements. Although social work is not typically thought of as a critical profession in the management of … Read more