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In high-income areas like Europe and the United States, 10% of the population has been identified as having one or more autoimmune illnesses.

In high-income areas like Europe and the United States, 10% of the population has been identified as having one or more autoimmune illnesses.

01/20/21 WorkersCompensation.com Lansing, MI (WorkersCompensation.com) - A new study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found that healthcare employment is associated with the greatest risk of developing COVID-19 infections and relatedly, submission of a workers' compensation claim. The study, titled "What Industrial Categories Are Workers at Excess Risk of Filing a COVID-19 Workers' Compensation Claim? A Study Conducted in 11 Midwestern States," was lead-authored by Dan Hunt, D.O., corporate medical director at AF Group, and Edward Bernacki M.D., MPH, emerit...

Share this article LANSING, Mich., Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found that healthcare employment is associated with the greatest risk of developing COVID-19 infections and relatedly, submission of a workers' compensation claim. The study, titled "What Industrial Categories Are Workers at Excess Risk of Filing a COVID-19 Workers' Compensation Claim? A Study Conducted in 11 Midwestern States," was lead-authored by Dan Hunt, D.O., corporate medical director at AF Group, and Edward Bernacki M.D., MPH, emeritus pro...

recep aktas / iStock Two new US studies identify risk factors for COVID-19 death, one pointing to the use of certain medications and the other describing development of a risk calculator that showed elevated risk in non-white populations and in people with underlying conditions and social deprivation. Hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin combo The first study, published yesterday in JAMA Network Open, found that use of a combination of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin was linked to increased risk of death in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, while cholestero...