Alcohol and marijuana polysubstance use: comparison of PTSD symptom endorsement and severity patterns - Kearns NT, Cloutier RM, Carey C, Contractor AA, Blumenthal H.
A growing body of work links posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and substance use. Unfortunately, much of the literature has examined associations in isolation (e.g., alcohol only). Failure to account for simultaneous or concurrent substance use...
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Contractor that ruined 15M doses of J & J vaccine hiked price of another by 800%
FDA releases damning inspection report as lawmakers question ties to Trump admin.
Source: Reuters: Health - April 22, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Elon Musk's SpaceX wins $2.9bn NASA contract to send humans to the moon
The tech billionaire's firm was chosen ahead of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and defence contractor Dynetics Inc.
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

South Africa: Proposed Covid-19 Vaccination Site in Nelson Mandela Bay Still 'Under Construction' After Contractor Not Paid
[Daily Maverick] Large parts of one of the proposed vaccination sites in Nelson Mandela Bay are still 'under construction' after the contractor left more than a year ago when the Eastern Cape Department of Health failed to pay the company.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 7, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Covid US: 15m doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine ruined by ingredient mix-up by its contractor
Some 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's one-shot coronavirus vaccine have been ruined after employees at a Baltimore manufacturing plant of Emergent BioSolutons swapped two ingredients.
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 1, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Us2 launched as next stage of One Team campaign
UNISON has today launched its One Team – Us2 campaign, for contractor staff to be paid the same rates and benefits as their colleagues who are directly employed by the NHS. The union has written to NHS private contractors calling for all members working on NHS contracts to be paid Agenda for Change rates. The previous three-year Agenda for Change pay deal came to an end on 31 March and the union is campaigning for a £2,000 pay rise that is now overdue for all NHS staff. UNISON members working for a private contractor have played their part alongside colleagues employed by the health service, and the union says that gett...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - April 1, 2021 Category: Food Science Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article News NHS One Team2K private contractors Source Type: news

Pentagon confirms 10 rockets struck Iraqi base housing U.S. troops
Pentagon confirms 10 rockets hit al-Asad airbase which hosts U.S. troops, kills one U.S. civilian contractor
Source: Reuters: Health - March 3, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Pentagon: US contractor dies in rocket attack at Iraq base
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. contractor died Wednesday when at least 10 rockets slammed into an air base housing U.S. and other coalition...
Source: Reuters: Health - March 3, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Erik Prince, the former head of the security contractor Blackwater Worldwide and a prominent supporter of Donald Trump, violated a...
Mr. Prince offered to supply weapons, drones and mercenaries to a Libyan militia commander seeking to overthrow the government,...
Source: Reuters: Health - February 19, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

HHS: Sixth Amendment to Declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19
Notice of amendment from the Department of Health and Human Services extending limited liability protections to any Federal government employee, contractor, or volunteer who prescribes, administers, delivers, distributes, or dispenses COVID-19 vaccines or other COVID-19 medical countermeasures. This amendment is effective February 16, 2021.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - February 16, 2021 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Iraq rocket attack kills contractor, wounds US service member
Antony Blinken said he's "outraged" by the attack that killed a contractor and wounded a U.S. service member and others.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Public Inspection: HHS: Sixth Amendment to Declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19
Pre-publication notice of amendment from the Department of Health and Human Services extending limited liability protections to any Federal government employee, contractor, or volunteer who prescribes, administers, delivers, distributes, or dispenses COVID-19 vaccines or other COVID-19 medical countermeasures. This amendment is effective upon publication of this notice, which is scheduled for February 16, 2021.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - February 12, 2021 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

The role of positive emotion dysregulation in the relationship between childhood abuse and PTSD in a community sample of veterans - Goncharenko S, Forkus SR, Contractor AA, Kiefer R, Weiss NH.
BACKGROUND: The co-occurrence of childhood abuse and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among United States military veterans is highly prevalent and clinically significant. Emotion dysregulation is one factor that has been found to underlie the associat...
Source: SafetyLit - February 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Collin County leaders hold tense emergency meeting after hundreds turned away for vaccinations in Plano
A third party vaccination distribution contractor in charge of getting shots into arms at John Clark Stadium said it is correcting a scheduling software issue.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 8, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Matt Howerton (WFAA) Source Type: news

Effect of trauma-related stress after alcohol consumption on perceived likelihood of negative consequences and willingness to drive - Kearns NT, Blumenthal H, Contractor AA, Aston ER, Metrik J.
BACKGROUND: Alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes are a major preventable cause of death in the United States. One potential factor that may modulate the influence of alcohol on driving-related cognitions and decision-making is trauma-related stress. Indee...
Source: SafetyLit - February 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

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