Security guards patrol areas that used to feel universally safe. This shift reflects a hard truth about modern healthcare - the environments designed for healing have become unexpectedly dangerous places to work. Behind every access control system, every badge scan, every visitor check-in, there are real people trying to do their jobs while feeling safe. And right now, too many of them don't.
A letter signed by hundreds of current and former HHS employees, addressed to Kennedy and members of Congress, says Kennedy is "complicit in dismantling America's public health infrastructure and endangering the nation's health" by questioning the integrity of the CDC's workforce, making false claims that COVID vaccines are not safe or effective, changing vaccine policy based on ideology rather than science, and contributing to "harassment and violence experienced by the CDC staff."
The latest draft of Cal/OSHA's Workplace Violence Prevention regulation proposes significant changes, including allowing employees to confront suspected criminals, addressing stakeholder concerns.