Nearly a quarter of health workers threatened or harassed, CDC says

By the numbers: Out of 26,174 public health workers surveyed across the U.S., 23.4% said they'd been threatened or harassed and 11.8% said they'd received a job-related threat.

• More than half of respondents reported symptoms of at least one mental health condition in the past 2 weeks. That included about 37% reporting symptoms in the past two weeks coinciding with PTSD, 32% reported symptoms of depression, 30% reported anxiety and 8% reported suicide ideation.
• The results of the screenings were worse among those who said they felt unable to take time off and among those who worked more than 41 hours a week.
• Nearly 75% of respondents having experienced traumatic stress said they were overwhelmed by work.

The highest prevalence of symptoms of a mental health condition was among respondents those ages 29 and younger, as well as transgender or nonbinary people of all ages.