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COVID-19 Health Workers Face Death Threats, Intimidation At Gunpoint : Goats and Soda – NPR

Enlarge this image A health worker in personal protective equipment stands in a COVID-19 intensive care unit in Taiz, Yemen. Ahmad Al-Basha /AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ahmad Al-Basha /AFP via Getty Images “I will kill you.” That’s what a family member of a COVID-19 patient told a general practitioner at a… Read More: COVID-19 Health Workers Face Death Threats, Intimidation At Gunpoint :… »

3 keys to protecting patient data from common threats

In the spring of 2018, cybercriminals attacked a multi-specialty practice, a lab-testing company and an electronic health records developer in just a few weeks. In the most alarming example, they infected a Missouri clinic with multiple types of malware. Then, as the hackers made their exit, they also infected the clinic with ransomware to cover… Read More: 3 keys to protecting patient data from common threats »

Measles Outbreaks Show Why Anti Vaxxers Made WHO's 10 Global Health Threats

One of the people affected by the Clark County, Washington, measles outbreak attended a Portland Trailblazers game at the Moda Center on January 11. Pictured here is the arena on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer) Look at what made the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) just-released list of “10 threats to global health in 2019.” Right… Read More: Measles Outbreaks Show Why Anti Vaxxers Made WHO's 10 Global… »

Many employee work habits seem innocent but invite security threats

Many employees engage in behaviors that open their organizations to security threats, even though they believe they are risk averse. A new report from Spanning Cloud Apps, a provider of cloud-based data protection, is based on a survey of more than 400 full-time U.S. employees. It found that more than half (55 percent) admitted to… Read More: Many employee work habits seem innocent but invite security threats »