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Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Some counties requiring health workers to get flu vaccine

December 12, 2012, 4:01 PM
In an effort to prevent health care workers from spreading the flu to patients this winter, county health officials are mandating that medical staff around the Bay Area receive vaccinations or wear a surgical mask on the job. Health officials say flu vaccination rates among health care workers... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Seniors at risk of hiring caregivers with criminal pasts

April 22, 2011, 12:05 AM
California seniors can unknowingly be put in the hands of caregivers with criminal histories due to shoddy screening and a hole in the state's regulations, according to a report released yesterday by the state Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes. The report, titled “... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Nearly all nursing homes employ convicted criminals

March 7, 2011, 12:06 AM
More than 90 percent of nursing homes employ at least one person with at least one criminal conviction, and nearly half of facilities have five people on staff with a criminal conviction, according to a report by the federal Health and Human Services Inspector General. Among those convicted,... + read more
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