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Registered nurses who work at Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals around the country are holding a national week of action.
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on Sep 6
Increased RSV infections are not due to “immunity debt,” but failure to protect public health
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The increases in pediatric respiratory syncytial virus infections and related hospitalizations are not due to an “immunity debt” created by masking and stay-at-home orders issued during the Covid-19 pandemic. So-called immunity debt is a flawed conjecture that is not based on science.
on Oct 26
Update: NNU invited to join CDC’s HICPAC workgroup on infection prevention
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In May 2024, CDC invited NNU’s lead industrial hygienist to join the workgroup and NYSNA’s lead health and safety representative to join HICPAC — a major victory for frontline nurses, other health care workers, and patients!New workgroup meeting summaries were added for May 1, 2024 – July 8, 2024.
on Aug 15
National Nurses United endorses Kamala Harris for president
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NNU’s Executive Council, elected by national nurse membership, voted to endorse Harris on the heels of President Biden’s announcement that he would no longer be seeking reelection.
on Aug 10
Avian Influenza: What nurses need to know
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Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, is caused by influenza Type A viruses that occur naturally among different bird species. Like human influenza viruses, avian influenza contains two glycoprotein surface antigens, hemagglutinin (H) and neuraminidase (N), responsible for viral entry and...
on Jun 5
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CDC’s Work Group adds few new members with expertise in occupational medicine and respiratory protection, remains dominated by infection prevention managers and industryThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiated work to update foundational infection control guidance for...
on May 21
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Nurses represented by National Nurses United stand in solidarity with student and faculty protesters at campuses across the United States facing a violent crackdown for speaking out against the mass killings and public health catastrophe in Gaza.
on Apr 29
AI’s impact on nursing and health care
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly expanding in all workplaces, and hospitals are no exception. Without our collective action, AI’s expansion will accelerate the hospital industry’s race to the bottom and drastically limit nurses’ ability to provide quality care.
on Apr 22
NNU condemns CDC’s decision to shorten the five-day isolation guidance for Covid-19
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Slashing the Covid isolation guidance from five days to potentially just 24 hours based on the presence of fever ignores the available scientific evidence that people with Covid infections often remain infectious well beyond five days.
on Mar 7
Assemblymember Ash Kalra, California Nurses Association introduce CalCare legislation
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AB 2200 would enact a comprehensive framework of governance, benefits, program standards, and health care cost controls for a single-payer health care coverage system in California, guaranteeing comprehensive, high-quality health care for all Californians as a human right.
on Feb 10
Updates on the CDC Advisory Committee’s efforts to weaken infection control guidance for health care
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently initiated work to update foundational infection control guidance for health care settings. CDC has tasked its advisory committee on health care infection control (known as HICPAC) with making these updates. HICPAC voted...
on Feb 8
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NNU delivered a petition signed by nearly 11,000 individuals and organizations to the CDC and its Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, urging them to fully recognize aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens and to strengthen the CDC’s Isolation...
on Feb 8
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As Covid and other respiratory viruses are surging once again, NNU's latest nationwide survey of more than 2,600 RNs reveals continued failure by health care employers to protect staff and patients from Covid-19, other significant safety issues, and the ongoing deleterious effects of the...
on Feb 2
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National Nurses United calls out the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for planning to vote today to approve the draft Isolation Precautions Guideline without getting input from frontline health care workers, patients,...
on Nov 2, 2023