Thanksgiving 2020 Right now, in many areas of the country, COVID-19 rates are starting to surge again," says Dr. Tina Tan, pediatric infectious disease specialist at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and professor of pediatrics at...

Antibiotic Awareness Week U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week is an annual observance that raises awareness about appropriate antibiotic use and the problems antibiotic resistance presents to human health. It also highlights the steps everyone can take to...

Wearing a Mask Wearing masks is an essential step we all need to take to prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, while masks improve safety, they also make communication and authentic connection more challenging. Masks prevent lip reading, can muffle our...

What is the Great American Smokeout®? For more than 40 years, the American Cancer Society has hosted the Great American Smokeout® on the third Thursday of November. This year, the event will be held on November 19, 2020. This is an excellent opportunity...

Unwritten Rules Every workplace has “unwritten rules.” These are the unstated cultural and emotional norms that exist within your team or company. While you may think everyone on your team knows the unwritten rules, new hires may not, or they may have...

National Diabetes Month November is National Diabetes Month! This is an important time for communities across the country to team up and bring attention to diabetes. This year's focus is taking care of youth who have diabetes. As stated by the National...

The Impact of COVID-19 According to a Gallup Survey released earlier this month, the COVID-19 pandemic has had an extraordinarily negative impact on wellbeing among U.S. adults. Research is showing that employees overall life evaluation, daily stress and...

What is Burnout? Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. As explained by Harvard Business Review, there are three dimensions to burnout: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced...

Health Literacy Month Every single day, people find themselves in situations that require them to make decisions about their health. Many of these situations are not made when they are face-to-face with their healthcare provider. In fact, a majority of...