Animation of a man with lungs affected by silicosis, revealing dark silicotic nodules. This represents respiratory health issues due to silica exposure.

<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>Friday</p>\n<p>Gaza</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>October 27, 2023 </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Dr. Ashraf Al-Qidra</p>\n<p>Spokesperson for Gaza Ministry of Health</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SOT</b>--</p>\n<p>Dr. Ashraf Al-Qidra, Spokesperson for Gaza Ministry of Health: Hospitals aren’t just for patients or the injured. They have became the place for hundreds of thousands of displaced people who were forced by the Israeli occupation to flee towards hospitals and schools. That led to a difficult health situation that will have dangerous health consequences. The lack of water is leading to problems with personal hygiene which affects all patients and injuries in hospitals. Some patients have open wounds and third and fourth degree burns. Infants who are in the ER, under surgery and kidney patients, all of those are going to be exposed to health issues due to the spread of disease among displaced people.</p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p>ISRAEL GAZA CONFLICT WAR HEALTH HOSPITAL</p>\n<p></p>

WV doctor Leonidas Ryan Harless discusses causes and symptoms of silicosis

Continued from same story (records A & B) <br/> <br/>"Bee keeping is also taught..." L/S of three men tending to beehives. Dissolve into a C/U of the hive with top section taken off. "Some months later, Jim is transferred to the poultry farming section." L/S of Jim throwing seed to chickens behind chicken wire. C/U of chicken coop. Some chicks bob around. "...and still later to the pig farm." L/S of muddy fields with pigs in. Man seen working in the distance. C/Us of large pig lying on the ground with baby pigs fighting to get their feed. M/S of man pouring slops into a trough for the pigs. <br/> <br/>"Another course at Burrow Hill Colony is rural carpentry." Panning shot of the woodwork shop. Men at work both inside and outside in the sun. Interior of the shed showing a supervisor watching a man working at a lathe. Supervisor checks the work of men outside. <br/> <br/>"Attached to the Colony is the farm which supplies all the milk required." Panning shot of cows in a field. "Tubercle-free dairy shorthorns." C/U of Jim and another man petting one of the cows. "Wending homeward through a shady Surrey lane." L/S of cows walking towards the camera down a country road. "Arrival in the cow shed." Cows follow one another into the milking shed. C/U of some of the cows in the milking shed. <br/> <br/>End appeal title: "And that is a part of the work of the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis - a work that is never-ending, and which calls forth for redoubled efforts. WILL YOU HELP US?" <br/> <br/>Note: remarkable film - nicely shot - of early occupational therapy techniques for Tuberculosis sufferers.

COLOR PRINT 100 OPT. V.S. LOS ANGELES FIREMAN UNDER GOING VARIOUS HEART TEST IN LAB AT U.C.L.A. WALKING ON TREAD MILL IN FULL FIRE GEAR, WHILE EKG MACHINES, VARIOUS MONITORING DEVICES MEASURE HIS HEART BEATS. CUS OF GRAPHS, DETAILS OF MACHINES. CI: HEALTH: EQUIPMENT EKG. HEALTH: DISEASE HEART DISEASE. OCCUPATION: FIREMAN. GEOGRAPHIC: CALIF, LOS ANGELES

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Mature Latin American man suffering from dementia doing occupational therapy exercises - healthcare and medicine concepts

Forty Years of Human Service

Animation of a man with lungs affected by silicosis, revealing dark silicotic nodules. This represents respiratory health issues due to silica exposure.

Mature Latin American woman suffering from dementia doing occupational therapy exercises with a cheerful therapist - healthcare and medicine concepts - Incidental people at background

&lt;p>&lt;b>--TEASE--&lt;/b>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>#NEWS: Working in the sun creates large skin cancer risk, UN agencies report&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>(From CNN Health’s Giri Viswanathan)&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Working under the sun could be a major cause of skin cancer worldwide, according to new data from the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>The two United Nations agencies jointly announced new estimates Wednesday that link working outdoors in the sunlight to non-melanoma skin cancer. Their report, published in the research journal Environment International, says that nearly 1 in 3 deaths from non-melanoma skin cancer is caused by ultraviolet radiation from outdoor work.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>The new data would rank occupational ultraviolet radiation exposure — performing work duties outdoors, in the sun — as the third largest occupational carcinogen, behind only asbestos and silica dust.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>“It’s actually a really big deal, because it’s the first estimates of work-related skin cancer that we have globally,” said Frank Pega, an epidemiologist at WHO and the study’s lead author. “[Solar radiation] is a well-known occupational carcinogen.”&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>“Non-melanoma skin cancer” refers to a group of cancers that develop in the upper layers of the skin, beyond the melanocyte cells that produce skin pigment. It includes cancers like basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Ultraviolet radiation from sunlight is a known risk factor for skin cancers: According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, solar radiation can damage skin cells and, over time, cause skin cancer.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>As a result, WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer recognizes solar radiation as a Group 1 carcinogen, something that is known to cause cancer in humans.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>According to Pega, it has taken seven years to put together enough comprehensive data to issue the new estimates.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>The researchers examined cases of workplace exposure to solar radiation and instances of non-melanoma skin cancer across nearly 200 countries. The report pooled 763 labor force surveys to parse 166 million observations in 2000, 2010 and 2019, making this one of the largest studies of sunlight and cancer in the workplace, Pega said.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>“To produce these estimates, the bar is very high for the evidence,” he added. “The evidence needs to be very strong for us to consider proceeding.”&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>The report found that, in 2019, 1.6 billion workers were occupationally exposed to ultraviolet radiation: nearly 30% of all working-age people, often in industries like agriculture, construction and fishing. Males and young adults were most exposed, but the overall number of people exposed to ultraviolet radiation at work dropped 32% from 2000 to 2019.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Despite that decline, the number of skin cancer deaths linked to occupational UV radiation climbed about 90% over the same period, the researchers found. Workplace UV radiation exposure caused 18,960 deaths from non-melanoma skin cancer in 2019, the majority of whom were men.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>“Occupational exposure to [UV radiation] is common and causes substantial, inequitable and growing attributable burden of [non-melanoma skin cancer],” the study says.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Many of the workers exposed to solar radiation, Pega added, also work in the informal economy, without an employer, earning income from collecting recycling materials or working in outdoor markets. People who work around reflective surfaces, like fishers surrounded by water, are also at an increased risk of skin cancer because they experience more intense radiation.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Previous WHO estimates have found that occupational exposure to UV radiation increases the odds of developing non-melanoma skin cancer by 60%. According to Pega, though, the research team didn’t have enough high-quality data to make similar determinations about melanomas.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Globally, Pega said, skin cancer is typically concentrated in areas like Europe, North America and Australia. But in the new data, occupational skin cancer was more likely than he expected to be found in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in parts of Africa.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>“Skin cancer is normally concentrated in high-income countries in the global north,” he explained. “It’s surprising, because we would have never been able to expect this.”&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>The workplace hazards of sun exposure, however, are not unavoidable, Pega said. Employers and policymakers can take steps to reduce workers’ risk of getting exposed to UV radiation. For example, employers might shift hours for outdoor workers away from peak sunlight around noon.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Employers could also take steps to provide shade to outdoor workers, and labor laws could include requirements for protective clothing like broad-brimmed hats and long-sleeve shirts. Sunscreen doesn’t hurt either, Pega said.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>At a medical level, Pega urged improved access to early screening for skin cancer, so the disease can be detected and treated quickly. Medical interventions are particularly important for workers in informal economies, he said, since informal outdoor workers often operate without an employer and outside the reach of labor laws.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>And as a last step, countries could begin including skin cancer from occupational sunlight exposure to national lists of workplace diseases, which could open the door for affected employees to receive workers’ compensation, Pega added.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>“It’s a real shift in thinking,” he said. “Occupational health systems will really have to adapt.”&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--SUPERS&lt;/b>--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--VIDEO SHOWS&lt;/b>--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--LEAD IN&lt;/b>--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--VO SCRIPT&lt;/b>--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--SOT&lt;/b>--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--TAG&lt;/b>--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS&lt;/b>--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----&lt;/b>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--KEYWORD TAGS--&lt;/b>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--MUSIC INFO---&lt;/b>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>

WV man talks about hazard of working in tunnel and characteristics of his silicosis

First title reads: "This Film is Presented by The National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis - 20 Hanover Square, London, W1." <br/> <br/>"Foreword - The scourge of Tuberculosis is a fact too well known to emphasise here. This film is concerned solely with that part of the curative treatment offered by the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis at their Colony at Burrow Hill, Surrey." <br/> <br/>"Our story deals with one Jim Davidson, an ex-soldier, who developed Tuberculosis. Sanatorium treatment made a great but not complete improvement. So the dispensary doctor advised longer treatment, with training in open-air work, and arranged for him to go to Burrow Hill Colony." <br/> <br/>"The main entrance to Burrow Hill Colony." L/S of an open gate with trees all around it - a path stretches into the distance. "Jim arrives in a taxi and is met by an orderly and taken to his cubicle." Taxi is driven past the camera and through the gate. <br/> <br/>Taxi pulls up and Jim climbs out. A man takes his case and leads Jim to a little cabin which is presumably his living accommodation. "A medical examination is, of course, the first essential." M/S of Jim taking off his shirt and sitting down. He looks a little nervous as the doctor asks him questions and checks his medical records. The doctor uses his fingers to tap Jim's chest. <br/> <br/>"Now back to his cubicle, having, on his way, been given some strong boots for garden work." L/S of Jim emerging from a wooden building. He walks through the gardens. A man in a white coat helps him to put on his boots. Continued.

JOE DEAR, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF LABOR FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH, HOLDS A BRIEFING ON OSHA'S PROPOSED REGULATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE AND OTHER WORKPLACE AIR QUALITY ISSUES.

A Better Massachussets

BG MATERIAL FOR A CS ABOUT GROUPS WITHIN THE US REBELLING AGAINST TRADITIONAL METHODS OF DRUG RESEARCH AND TESTING. 00:00:22 FTG OF A DOCTOR INTERVIEWING AND EXAMINING AN AIDS (ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME) PATIENT. FTG OF A NURSE CHECKING THE VEINS IN THE PATIENT'S ARM. CI: HEALTH: DISEASES, AIDS. HEALTH: EXAMINATION. OCCUPATIONS: DOCTOR. OCCUPATIONS: NURSE.

&lt;p>#NEWS: Health workers face “mental health crisis,” CDC says&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>(From CNN Health’s Giri Viswanathan)&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are sounding the alarm on a “mental health crisis” for health workers around the country.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Using nationwide survey data between 2018 and 2022, a new report from the agency found that nearly half of health workers reported feeling burned out in 2022, up from under a third four years prior. Health workers’ reports of being harassed at work more than doubled, as well.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Released on Tuesday, the report also shows that health workers face worse mental health outcomes than employees in other industries. The findings come on the heels of the largest health care worker strike in US history, in which 75,000 unionized employees of Kaiser Permanente cited feelings of burnout and chronic staffing shortages during a walkout in five states and the District of Columbia.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>“While usually health workers care diligently for others in their time of need, it is now our nation’s health workers who are suffering, and we must act,” said Debra Houry, the CDC’s chief medical officer.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Even before the pandemic, Houry added, health workers’ jobs were demanding: providers face long hours and unpredictable schedules, exposure to infectious diseases, and often-challenging interactions with patients and their families.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Previous research has found that health care workers—especially nurses, health support workers and health technicians—face an increased risk of suicide compared to people who don’t work in the medical field.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>“Caring for people who are sick can also be intensely stressful and emotional,” Houry said. “Although you do everything you can to save a life, I still remember some of the tough patient cases I had, where I gave the bad news about an advanced cancer diagnosis to a working spouse or the time I was unable to resuscitate the young toddler after a car crash.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>“After a shift like this, I would have to put on a good front and take care of my own family. And in doing this, I didn’t always pay enough attention to my own wellness needs,” she added.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>According to Houry, the Covid-19 pandemic made workplace challenges worse, with health care providers facing a wave of patients, long hours and supply shortages. Those stresses fueled a rise in mental health complications, suicidal ideation, and like large parts of the US adult population, substance abuse challenges.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>The study found that health care workers reported an increase in poor mental health days between 2018 and 2022. 44% of health workers reported wanting to look for a new job, up from 33% in 2018.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>In contrast, the number of other essential workers who intended to look for a new job dropped over the same period.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Meanwhile, the number of healthcare workers who experienced harassment—including violent threats, bullying and verbal abuse from patients and coworkers—shot up from 6% to 13% during the study period.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>According to the CDC report, harassment had major impacts on health workers’ mental health: Health workers who reported being harassed were 5 times as likely to report anxiety compared to those who were not. Those who faced harassment were over three times as likely to report depression and nearly six times as likely to report burnout, as well.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>For instance, 85% of health workers who experienced harassment reported feeling anxiety, compared to 53% of those who did not. 60% of harassment victims reported experiencing depression, nearly double the number of health workers who had not suffered harassment.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Those consequences, however, could be preventable with improved workplace policies and practices, the report says.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>The study found that health workers who trusted their management, had enough time to complete their work and received support from supervisors were less likely to report burnout.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>“We’re calling on employers to take this information to heart and take immediate preventive actions,” said Casey Chosewood, director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s Office for Total Worker Health. “Supportive work environments had a positive impact on health workers.”&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>The report also recommended that employers encourage “cross-level employee participation” in decision-making: health workers who helped with decision-making had about half the likelihood of reporting depression symptoms. Chosewood recommended that supervisors support their employees by monitoring staffing needs and seriously addressing harassment reports.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>The CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health also plans to launch a national campaign this fall to help hospital leaders address challenges to health workers’ well-being—part of an ongoing initiative by the agency to raise awareness about health workers’ mental health challenges.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>“The bottom line is this: we must take the research we have and act,” Chosewood said. “To label our current and long-standing challenge a ‘crisis’ is an understatement. Patients in our communities, really all of us, will fare better when our health workers are thriving.”&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--TEASE--&lt;/b>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--SUPERS&lt;/b>--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>File&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--VIDEO SHOWS&lt;/b>--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--LEAD IN&lt;/b>--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--VO SCRIPT&lt;/b>--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--SOT&lt;/b>--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--TAG&lt;/b>--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS&lt;/b>--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----&lt;/b>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--KEYWORD TAGS--&lt;/b>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--MUSIC INFO---&lt;/b>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>

Deadly silica dust, which can cause silicosis after prolonged exposure and inhalation

Continued from PM3305.02 <br/> <br/>Men follow each other in to the wooden building - a refectory or canteen. Interior shot of all the men sitting at tables being served their breakfast by nurses and men in white coats. <br/> <br/>"Then to work out in the open air. He is first taught the rudiments of market gardening." L/S of three men in a vegetable plot. One man uses a hoe, the other two watch his technique. <br/> <br/>"Jim tells the Medical Superintendent he feels well and likes the work." M/S of the three men standing in the vegetable plot chatting. "He learns to cultivate parsnips..." L/S of two men at work with hoes. Panning shot of the vegetable field. "...and works in one of the outdoor tomato beds." L/Ss of the men working in the fields. "He works for a short time in a greenhouse erected by the rural carpenters." Nice shot of several men tending plants in a greenhouse. "He learns to bunch radishes for the market." C/U of two men holding bunches of radishes. <br/> <br/>"And while Jim is at the Colony his future is not forgotten. The Dispensary Care Committee discuss his prospects, and a member undertakes to visit him at the Colony and report progress to his mother." M/S of a group of people sitting at a table in the sunshine. A woman reads from a report, a nurse and the others listen. "The Care Committee visitor comes to see him in the garden..." <br/> <br/>L/S of Jim working in the gardens. A man and woman walk up to speak to him. He doffs his cap. L/S of the three standing under a wooden bower talking. Jim again doffs his cap and they walk off. This sequence could be used to illustrate a rich couple talking to their gardener. There is a short sequence here of men in uniform loading cannons - seems rather incongruous. Continued.

Some trouble at Charleston, South Carolina's Ralph H. Johnson V-A Medical Center. A federal agency has cited the Hospital with failing to protect patients and employees from the tuberculosis bacteria.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration office in Columbia, S.C., says the ventilation in an examining room used for tuberculosis patients is not adequate. A study done in May revealed the airborne bacteria that cause the lung disease are not being filtered out as they should.V-A Doctor Bruce Ribner says the risk does not mean patients or employees have contracted the disease, since the hospital monitors their employees and none have T-B.Officials plan to install a portable unit to filter the air in the examining room later this week.The hospital has about one-thousand employees.

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