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Biden Administration Will Fund Program to Keep Covid Vaccines Free for the Uninsured
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Noah Weiland On April 18, 2023 The program, which will include a partnership with pharmacy chains, will help cover the cost of vaccinating patients when the shots move to the commercial market later this year. WASHINGTON — The Biden administration plans to spend more than $1 billion on a new…
Read MoreStroke Mortality Among Black and White Adults Aged ≥35 Years Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, 2015–2021
By Quanhe Yang, PhD, Xin Tong, MPH, Linda Schieb, MSPH, Fátima Coronado, MD, Robert Merritt, MS On April 21, 2023 Summary What is already known about this topic? Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death and a leading cause of long-term disability in the United States. During 1999–2019, non-Hispanic Black or African American (Black)…
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“We Have 30 Extra Years”: A New Way of Thinking About Aging
By Alexander Gelfand On April 27, 2023 People around the world are living, working, and learning longer. Get ready to upgrade your old ideas about longevity. As one of three co-teachers of a Stanford Graduate School of Business course on the rapidly growing importance of older consumers and workers, Rob Chess likes to say that…
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Age discrimination persists among Australian workers despite legal protections, study shows
By Radhika Tamhane On May 4, 2023 Despite legal protections against age discrimination and record-high job vacancies, a significant number of Australian organizations are reluctant to recruit potential employees over the age of 50, a new survey revealed. Nearly one-fifth, or 18%, of Australian HR professionals expressed a complete reluctance or only a limited willingness…
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Over half of self-employed people are over 50 with some workers seeing it as only solution to ‘lack of flexible working opportunities and rampant age discrimination’, study suggests
By Daily Mail Reporter On April 9, 2023 The proportion of self-employed workers aged over 50 has grown year-on-year Almost half of self-employed workers across the UK are over the age of 50, new research suggests. The number of self-employed people aged 50 or more has increased by 18% in the last decade, according to…
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What employers should consider when managing an ageing workforce
By Kelly Evans On April 12, 2023 Kelly Evans outlines the legal considerations for employers in overseeing and retaining an ageing workforce According to the ONS, many over-50s have become economically inactive since the start of the pandemic. In addition, people are living longer and there is a significant skills shortage. As a means of tackling this…
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Breaking the age barrier: Public policy must change to combat age discrimination
By Michael Pessmen On April 12, 2023 To protect older individuals from age discrimination, there is a growing need for policies that promote age diversity in the workplace. It is unfortunate that ageist attitudes and stereotypes remain prevalent in many workplaces, making it difficult for older people to obtain and maintain employment. It is important…
Read MoreFool Me Once, Shame On Me. Fool Me Twice, The EEOC Sues You For Age Discrimination
By Eric B Meyer April 14, 2023 Proving age discrimination can be difficult because plaintiffs must ultimately establish that their age was a determinative factor in the defendant’s decision. In other words, if not for the plaintiff’s age, the [adverse employment action] would not have occurred. In failure-to-hire cases, the burden of proof is especially…
Read MoreFDA approves first nonprescription Naloxone nasal spray for over-the-counter use
By Ren Leija On April 13, 2023 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Narcan, a medication that reverses the effects of opioid overdoses, for over-the-counter sale and non-prescription use on March 29 in an effort to mitigate the persisting national drug overdose crisis. Narcan, a spray form of Naloxone now coined OTC 4 Narcan, quickly…
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