Podcast: Act now to prevent sickness later
Respiratory illness season is here, and a federal program is encouraging prevention. Dr. Donald Dumford of the Cleveland Clinic explains. Also, our countdown of the top trucking stories from 2024 continues with a look at an issue that runs deep – freight rates and, by extension, broker transparency.
0:00 – Freight rates, broker transparency make big headlines in 2024
10:06 – Act now to prevent sickness later
Links, email addresses, phone numbers and more information
- You can read the announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services regarding its “Risk Less, Do More” campaign.
- If you want to take part and need information or help, you can go to that program’s resource page.
- You can find locations that offer vaccinations for flu and other illnesses on the government’s vaccine website.
- Discounted flu vaccinations can be obtained if you have a GoodRX card. You can order that card for free online.
- Free vaccinations are also available through local health departments. You can look up your local department at The National Association of County and City Health Officials website.
- It’s now even easier to contact your elected officials and stay up to date on current trucking issues. Visit OOIDA’s Fighting For Truckers website. Right now, you can use that website to make comments on the FMCSA’s proposed broker transparency regulation.
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Freight rates, broker transparency make big headlines in 2024
Land Line Now’s countdown of the top trucking stories from 2024 continues with a look at an issue that runs deep – freight rates and, by extension, broker transparency. Jami Jones of Land Line Magazine joins the show to recap both.
Act now to prevent sickness later
It’s often easier – and less expensive, painful and time-consuming – to do some very simple things to prevent an illness, as opposed to treating it once you have it. That’s a very timely thought right now, as the incidence of respiratory illnesses is on the rise. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has started a prevention awareness campaign called “Risk Less, Do More.” Dr. Donald Dumford, the medical director of infection prevention at the Cleveland Clinic in Akron, Ohio, discusses the program and the problems its designed to prevent.