The 2019 Novel Coronavirus is a virus that has emerged in Wuhan City (Hubei Province), China and has caused respiratory illness. It appears to have first started from exposure to animals at a seafood and animal market. There is now evidence of human-to-human spread, though ease of transmission is not yet known. The incubation period (time from exposure to development of symptoms) can be up to 14 days.

What it means to be emotionally healthy and how to nurture that part of ourselves.

Social media and news coverage of shootings, bombings, protests, sexual assaults, and other events has been graphic and intense. In general, experiencing violence can result in serious psychological distress, including depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). While people may not develop a psychological disorder after hearing first-hand accounts or viewing graphic, real-time images of these events, people do experience strong emotions, such as fear, sadness, grief, and anger.

For the convenience and productivity of Vanderbilt faculty and staff, the Occupational Health Clinic (OHC), which includes OHC's Faculty/Staff Express Care, now offers employees the ability to go online to schedule same-day and next-day sick visit appointments.

​Based on new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, employees no longer need annual TB testing.  The CDC's new guidelines no longer recommend routine annual TB testing for health care workers, and the "Tuberculin (TB) Skin Testing: for Health Care Personnel" policy has been updated to reflect the CDC's recommendations.  The CDC made this new recommendation as a result of efforts that showed that the U.S.

This issue (University Edition) includes: May is Mental Health Month; Going There with Mark Wallace, PhD; Care Gap Alerts with Erin Neal, PharmD, MMHC ; Are You Really Allergic to Penicillin?; Fuel Your Fitness; Check in On You

​This issue (Medical Center Edition) includes: May is Mental Health Month Passion at Work with Lori Harris, BSN, RN-BC Care Gap Alerts with Erin Neal, PharmD, MMHC  Are You Really Allergic to Penicillin? Fuel Your Fitness Your Care.com Benefit Issue 392, 2019 April/May (Medical Center Edition)


 ​This issue (Medical Center Edition) includes:
 
  

This issue (University Edition) includes:
  
 
 Care Gap Alerts with Dan Patel, MD
 Blood Pressure – Make Control Your Goal!
 Going There with Pamela Brown
 Heart Health – Loving Your Heart
 A Valentine’s Resolution: Listening Whole-Heartedly
 Eat to Beat Stress
  

Lisa Connor, MS, RN shares how to make your New Year's goals S.M.A.R.T. for better success.