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American Health Care Is Sick–and Its Workers Are, Too – Scientific American

American medical students, physicians and nurses: There’s good news and bad news. The bad news is that our health care system and many of its workers are sick. The good news is that we can heal them. We should waste no time in starting. Health care is a big business, and our system reimburses hospitals… Read More: American Health Care Is Sick–and Its Workers Are, Too –… »

CDC finds suicide rates increasing among American workers

Suicide rates have jumped by more than a third since 2000 among working Americans. A report published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the suicide rate increased 34 percent during 2000 to 2016, based on a sample size of 22,053 people between the ages of 16-64 years old who died… Read More: CDC finds suicide rates increasing among American workers »