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and your brand with
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A healthy workforce boosts productivity, lowers absenteeism, fosters a positive work environment, and most importantly, lowers the risk to your company's brand and reputation.

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Health Crisis Prevention + Management
For Modern Businesses

Whether you have a growing hospitality group or a major nationwide concept, it’s imperative that you protect your reputation and brand loyalty from illness, outbreaks, and other health crises.

Zero Hour Health’s team of advisors will help you prevent and manage your risk so your team can focus on growing the business.

Advisory from the most knowledgeable industry experts, 24/7/365.

Whether it’s navigating a foodborne illness outbreak, receiving guidance on best practices with your local health department, or general questions about your employees’ health, we’re here to keep you, your staff, and your business safe.
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Detecting and preventing illnesses, before they go public.

The best way to stop a crisis is to prevent it from becoming one in the first place. We’ll help you create a culture of safe working, detect problematic illnesses before they spread, and, most importantly, keep your business out of the news.
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Protecting the most important asset in your businesses: your brand.

An outbreak is one of the few crises that can permanently damage a brand. From local news, to the nightly news, to the trading floors, your reputation is the foundation of your business and its value. Protecting that asset is a top priority.
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Screening and assisting the hiring process for at-risk positions.

Whether you need to do physical examinations to ensure a prospective employee can do the job, or your industry regulations call for a battery of exams, we streamline this process and handle it for every step of the way. Save time, hire quicker, and protect yourself against workers' comp claims.
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A suite of services to support every aspect of your operations.

This is just a core breakdown of the main services we provide to our clients. We build highly customized solutions to support any need you have.

ZHH Pro

ZHH Pro is our industry-best advisory service. We tailor our support to solve your most pressing needs, whether you've got 6 locations or 600 locations. We can provide 24/7/365, high-level clinical support to keep your business running.
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Wellness Checks

The single best way to prevent illness in the workplace is to prevent sick employees from showing up in the first place. ZHH Wellness Checks are the best solution to identify and assess potentially sick employees.
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Vaccination Programs

From Flu to Hep A, vaccinations are a vital part of keeping your workforce healthy. We help businesses identify employee immunization history, track their records, and facilitate vaccinations both on-site and off.
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Exams & Regulatory Testing

Ensure that potential employees are fit to perform their roles safely and effectively using our industry-best pre-employment programs. We help employers maintain compliance with stringent industry standards and regulations without adding friction to the hiring process.
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April 1, 2025
No fooling - it looks like the end of flu season

Bird Flu News:

  • Testing confirmed H5N1 virus in Savage brand raw cat food after cats became sick in New York and other states. (CIDRAP)
  • As egg prices and availability ease, a shortage of baby chicks is still complicating supply. (KAKE)
  • A new biosensor being developed by Washington University researchers could detect bird flu in the air in under 5 minutes, though more testing is required. (Chemical & Engineering News)

Measles News:

  • Texas measles cases jumped by nearly 30% in just a week, with 95 new cases for a total of 422 in TX alone. (TX DSHS)
  • The panhandle outbreak has over 500 U.S. cases now, and has spread from Texas to New Mexico, Kansas, and Oklahoma. There are also nearly 100 cases in nearby Chihuahua state in Mexico. (YLE)
  • Montana is the only state that doesn’t collect vaccine reports from schools and child care centers, but they may start amid the measles outbreak. (KFF Health News)
  • The CDC chose not to release a report that said the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks that have low vaccination rates, instead shifting messaging to vaccination as a personal choice. (CNN)
  • Colorado has its first measles case of the year in Pueblo. (Denver 7)

Health News:

  • Flu season will likely end in the next couple of weeks, though it’s still relatively high in the Northeast, Louisiana, and Oregon. Flu B may pick up over the next few weeks, but overall flu numbers are lower and dropping. (Outbreak Outlook)
  • Cargill Kitchen Solutions recalled 20,000 lbs of liquid egg products after potential contamination with a cleaning solution. (USDA)
  • Experts predict severe honeybee losses in the U.S. this year, which could impact food supply since over a third of food relies on pollinators. (NBC)
  • Major layoffs have begun this week at HHS, with up to 10,000 more workers expected to be terminated, most from the FDA and CDC. (AP)
  • Norovirus does seem to finally be dropping very slightly across the country, but rates are still astonishingly high in the Midwest, with an over 20% test positivity rate. (Outbreak Outlook)

Mental Health & Substance Use News:

  • The “Say Something” tip line, started by the parents of victims at Sandy Hook Elementary, has prevented 18 school shootings. (Washington Post)
  • March Madness is a season for betting, but help for gambling addiction can be hard to find. (NPR)

If you or someone you know may be considering suicide or need help, call or text 988.

Best Questions:

Are there any hand sanitizers that are approved for norovirus? 

Unfortunately, most hand sanitizers are alcohol-based and, at their current alcohol concentration, don’t generally work against norovirus. Other viruses have a fat-based outer envelope that’s more easily broken down by alcohol-based hand sanitizers, but norovirus is different. It has a thick, protein-based shell called a capsid, which most alcohol can’t penetrate. Unlike alcohol, soap and water (plus the more vigorous handwashing motions) actually dissolve and break apart the capsid. Hand sanitizers aren’t totally ineffective - some alcohol-based hand sanitizers work to a degree against certain strains of noro, but soap and water is the gold standard. In fact, one study found that long-term care facilities that had widespread use of hand sanitizer actually had a higher risk for noro because they weren’t washing their hands with soap and water as often. While there is some research into alternative hand sanitizers that could kill noro, there’s not likely to be a commercially available one in the U.S. any time soon since they’d have to be submitted as a brand new product for FDA review and approval. That process can cost millions of dollars, and manufacturers aren’t lining up to spend that kind of money right now. 

Sources: NIH, PLOSOne, NBC

Can young kids get an early dose of the MMR vaccine if they’re in TX or traveling internationally?

Generally, kids get their first dose of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine between 12 to 15 months old, and the second between 4-6 years. But there are exceptions for children living near an outbreak area, or kids who are traveling internationally to an area where measles is common. In those cases, babies as young as 6 months can get their first dose, and kids under 4 can get their second dose as long as it’s at least a month after the first. If a child is vaccinated early, they’ll need a third dose later on - that’s because their immune systems aren’t fully developed, so they won’t build the long-term immunity to measles from that first dose that they would if they got it at a year old. But it does drastically reduce their risk in the short-term. That’s crucial since young babies are at higher risk for severe complications from measles. If you live near a measles outbreak area, are traveling to the South Plains/Panhandle region of Texas, or have an international flight planned with a child who isn’t fully vaccinated, talk to your child’s pediatrician about when to get the MMR vaccine. 

Sources: NBC, YLE, CDC

Best Watch:

In his new book, John Green explores the devastating effects that TB is still having every day as the most deadly infectious disease in the world. 

Author John Green explains why "Everything Is Tuberculosis" - CBS

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