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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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December 5, 2025
Hep B guidance is another blow to vaccine confidence

Health News:

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  • A new outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul with 44 cases is being investigated by the FDA with no known source yet. (FDA)
     
  • 1.5 million bags of shredded cheese sold at Walmart, Target, and Aldi were recalled due to potential metal contamination. (ABC)

  • The ACIP voted Friday to recommend delaying the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. (CBS)

  • U.S. measles cases have topped 1800, with 30 new cases this week and hotspots in Utah, Arizona, and South Carolina. (CIDRAP)
  • Flu is on the rise, with a hotspot in Louisiana. (FluView)

  • Just 13% of adults cited the CDC as the most trusted source for vaccine information in a recent National Foundation for Infectious Diseases survey, tied with social media for those ages 18-34. (NFID)

  • Researchers have discovered there are eight different patterns for long COVID, which costs $1 trillion in U.S. GDP annually. (Axios, Nature)

  • The shingles vaccine is showing real promise in slowing progression of dementia. (Fox)

  • An organ donor was scratched by a skunk, died, and unknowingly passed rabies to the kidney transplant recipient. (MMWR)

  • France reported two MERS cases in travelers from the Middle East. (CIDRAP)

  • A cow in California has avian flu, the first livestock detection in weeks. (CIDRAP)

  • The American Cancer Society released new guidelines this week for at-home self-screening for HPV as an alternative to pap smears to detect cervical cancer. (NBC)

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Best Question:

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What do we need to know about the ACIP vote on hepatitis B vaccines at birth? 

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This is the health news story today, and it’s not a fun one. This morning, the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel (ACIP) voted to stop a universal recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine at birth. 

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For the past 34 years, the CDC has recommended that newborns get a dose of the hep B vaccine within their first 24 hours. This has effectively eliminated Hep B in kids born in the U.S. since 1991, where pediatric cases are (or were…) down 99%. Over that time, there have been randomized trials, national safety monitoring programs, and follow-up studies that show that the hep B vaccine is safe, regardless of timing. 

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There is no cure for hepatitis B. It’s a viral infection that can lead to liver disease, cancer, and death. It is often passed from a mother to child during birth, and can be hard to identify until later in life, when liver problems may be severe. 


The ACIP, after delaying this vote twice due to general confusion, has now confirmed some big changes.Specifically, they recommend that most parents discuss with their doctors whether to give the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, or at all, and that those who choose to do so wait until their baby is at least 2 months old.

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They still recommend the vaccine for any mothers that test positive for hepatitis B during pregnancy, but a review of over 400 studies by the Vaccine Integrity Project showed that 18% of pregnant women aren’t ever tested for Hep B before they give birth. Of those who test positive, only 35% receive all recommended follow-up care. 

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What it means for employers...

For employers, this won’t have much impact for now. Hepatitis B is primarily spread from mother to child, through sex, and through blood. For most workplaces, your only Hep B exposure risks could come through bloodborne pathogen exposure after an injury, or an accidental needlestick. It will likely be years until we start to really see and feel the impacts of this policy change, but as infectious diseases like hep B start to rise and fewer members of the workforce are protected, employers will need to start beefing up their post-incident emergency response and clean-up. 

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In the meantime, this is just another blow to vaccine confidence, and we think it will continue to play out in workplaces through lower vaccination rates for all vaccine-preventable diseases, not just hepatitis B. 

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Sources: CBS, CIDRAP, STAT, Vaccine Integrity Project, OSHA

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Best Read:

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In the past, the CDC is one of seven labs worldwide that sequence hundreds of flu samples and work with the WHO to help determine the best matches for the next flu season. But with the U.S. withdrawing from the WHO and trust in the CDC around vaccines diminishing, there’s been a 60% drop off in flu samples sent from around the world. As a result, next year’s flu shot may be a worse match because of that missing data. 

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Why next year's flu shot might not be as good as it should be - NPR

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