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ATLANTA – In a large study of U.S. health care workers in three states, researchers found that community exposure to COVID-19 was associated with COVID-19 infection in health care workers, but specific occupational activities in a hospital or health care setting were not. The findings were published in the
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open by researchers from Emory University in Atlanta, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, University of Maryland in Baltimore, Rush University in Chicago and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
More than 24,000 health care workers took part in the study between April and August 2020 across four large health care systems which collaborate in the CDC’s Prevention Epicenter Program and conduct innovative infection prevention research. Each site conducted voluntary COVID-19 antibody testing on its health care workers, as well as offered a questionnaire/survey on the employees’ occupational
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Caption Georgia is expecting to get more than 80,000 doses of the J&J vaccine this week, Gov. Brian Kemp said Saturday. Credit: Georgia Health News
Now that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is heading to Georgia and other states, will it reduce the number of people who are hesitant about getting a COVID-19 shot?
A recent Kaiser Family Foundation survey suggests that J&J’s new single-dose vaccine will make a difference in public attitudes. The two vaccines that have been in use in this country up to now are administered in two shots, spaced weeks apart.
In the survey, about a quarter of respondents in the “wait and see’’ category (waiting to see how vaccines work on others) said they would be more likely to get immunized if only one dose was required.
ATLANTA – Jonathan S. Lewin, MD, CEO and chairman of the board of Emory Healthcare, has been named a 2020 “Most Admired CEO” in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
The designation recognizes 40 top executives from 21 industry categories who have demonstrated strong leadership, integrity, forward-thinking vision and commitment to innovation in their fields. Lewin was one of two CEO honorees recognized by the Atlanta Business Chronicle in the Healthcare Category.
“Atlanta’s landscape features so many extraordinary CEOs and I am humbled and honored to receive this recognition,” says Lewin. “Making the transition from a physician-scientist to administrative roles has led me from focusing on patient care and research in my lab to equipping, enabling and encouraging others to achieve larger team successes as a CEO. This change in roles has helped me to contribute to health and healing on a much broader scale, and for this I am grateful.