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Massachusetts Nurses Warn of Rapidly Deteriorating Patient Care Quality and Widespread Unsafe Conditions as they Call for Improvements to Staffing, Pay and Benefits in Latest 'State of Nursing' Survey Released for National Nurses Week

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Thursday, May 5, 2022
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CANTON, Mass., May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 8 in 10 registered nurses in Massachusetts say in a newly published survey that the quality of patient care in hospitals has gotten significantly worse over the last two years as the COVID-19 pandemic careened into a fragile healthcare system already burdened by profit-driven staffing shortages and high-risk conditions for patients and nurses.

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  • "Nurses across Massachusetts are calling on hospital executives to improve staffing, pay and benefits to address the nursing profession's intense stress and help recruit and retain the nurses necessary to provide safe patient care.
  • Survey results related to nurse staffing and time with patients:
    55% of nurses said understaffing is the biggest obstacle to providing quality care.
  • Survey results related to inadequate pay and benefits, other serious problems:
    Almost two-thirds (64%) of nurses said inadequate pay or benefits is a major challenge.
  • Founded in 1903, the Massachusetts Nurses Association is the largest union of registered nurses in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Evidence of Manipulated Lyme Disease Diagnostics Presented to Suffolk County, NY Health Commissioner

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Friday, March 11, 2022
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GREAT RIVER, N.Y., March 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nonprofit grassroots organization TruthCures, Inc. held a virtual meeting with Suffolk County, NY Health Commissioner Gregson Pigott, MD, MPH, and multiple other Suffolk County officials Wednesday, March 9, 2022 to discuss notoriously inaccurate Lyme disease diagnostic tests.

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  • GREAT RIVER, N.Y., March 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nonprofit grassroots organization TruthCures, Inc. held a virtual meeting with Suffolk County, NY Health Commissioner Gregson Pigott, MD, MPH, and multiple other Suffolk County officials Wednesday, March 9, 2022 to discuss notoriously inaccurate Lyme disease diagnostic tests.
  • "Health officials at all levels should be very concerned that patients were left out of the equation when changes to the diagnostic method were implemented in 1995," said Tillman.
  • Lyme disease is a bacterial illness caused by the bite of an infected tick.
  • TruthCures claims the diagnostics are wholly inadequate because they detect only a small minority of cases predisposed to developing "Lyme arthritis," a less-severe manifestation of the disease.

Gale to Host Impact Live 2021: Free Virtual Event Exclusively for Public Libraries

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Thursday, August 26, 2021
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FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Aug. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Gale , part of Cengage Group, will host its first Impact Live 2021 virtual event September 29-30, 2021.

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  • FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Aug. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Gale , part of Cengage Group, will host its first Impact Live 2021 virtual event September 29-30, 2021.
  • With Impact Live, we want to connect conversations and learnings in a big way and help libraries and communities thrive.
  • Impact Live is an opportunity for public libraries to get back on track by connecting, inspiring, and evolving alongside peers and experts in their field.
  • Impact Live Virtual Event Details:
    NOTE TO REPORTERS: If you are interested in attending Impact Live and/or speaking with any of presenters, please reach out to Kayla Siefker .