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and your brand with
‍Zero Hour Health

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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June 16, 2026
Employee with a reportable illness (or 3)?

Note: We’re off on Friday for Juneteenth but will be back next Tuesday! 

Health News:

  • There are now over 800 confirmed Ebola cases, meaning this outbreak is growing exponentially faster than the two biggest prior outbreaks. (YLE)

  • There are 12 cases of New World screwworm across TX and NM, up 5 from last week. New cases are in 3 cows, 1 goat, and 1 sheep. (Genomic Epi)

  • Wastewater monitoring has detected measles in Chester City, PA, just 15 miles from the Philadelphia World Cup stadium. Meanwhile, a travel-related case was reported in Santa Clara, CA with possible airport exposure near the stadium there. (HSOC)

  • With measles roaring back, biotech companies are hunting for a treatment. (NY Times)

  • 3-lb bags of alfredo sauce from the Coffee Connexion Co. were recalled due to potential Salmonella contamination linked with dry milk powder. (PBS)

  • The leading OB-GYN association (ACOG) published its vaccine recommendations, which differ from the CDC because they still include the COVID and flu vaccines, along with RSV and Tdap. (STAT)

  • There's been a second infant formula recall, this time of the Nara Organics brand, for infant botulism. When ByHeart formula was recalled last fall for the same thing, they encouraged customers to switch to Nara. (Healthbeat)

  • Florida is reporting an early uptick in flesh-eating Vibrio infections this year, 8 so far this year compared to just 4 by this time last year. (CIDRAP)

  • A new CDC report described two Legionnaires’ cases tied to a vacation rental’s hot tub. (MMWR)

  • Some good news: the COVID vaccine is linked to broad protection against heart conditions, with nearly 40% lower risk of heart attack and stroke. (Washington Post)

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Best Question:

An employee tested positive for norovirus, E. coli, AND shigella. What the heck is going on? 

It’s never a good feeling when a manager calls your team to report an employee that tested positive for a nationally notifiable (A.K.A. reportable) disease – let alone three of them. While this does all but guarantee a call from the health department, it doesn’t mean that you need to panic. 

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First, after we verify that the results are truly for this employee and are confirmed positive, we usually have one key question in cases like this: have you recently traveled abroad? Often when we see an employee testing positive for multiple viruses and bacteria that can be food- or water-borne, our mind goes to international travel. Eating street food, or drinking one glass of water (or a frozen cocktail made with local ice) could singlehandedly account for all three illnesses. 

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The good news? Often if employees get sick while traveling, they haven’t actually worked since returning, which limits the spread (and your liability) significantly. If they did work while sick, or in the time between travel and symptom onset, you’ll want to do a thorough cleaning, focus on handwashing, and double down on making sure your employees stay home from work if they have any GI symptoms at all. 


Either way, you should prep for a visit from the health department, and give ZHH a call for support. We’re here to help! 

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Sources: ZHH, JHU

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Best Read:

Ticks aren’t just an issue on your next hike. All along the East Coast, experts are seeing more tick bites in metropolitan areas. 

It’s Time to Worry About Ticks in the City - The New York Times (Gift Article)

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"Partnering with ZHH was a game changer. The transparency, visibility, technology, consistency, and time spent on supporting our business, it's as if all the stars aligned and it just made sense. We are big fans."
Natalya Harvey, Director of Risk Management, Cooper's Hawk Winery
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"When any potential health crisis arises, we turn to Zero Hour Health to help coordinate the clinical resources necessary- testing, confirming diagnoses and vaccinating employees.  Their relationships with health departments have proven critical to Texas Roadhouse.  ZHH is an invaluable partner to our brand and we can't imagine operating without them."
Patrick Sterling, Vice President of Legendary People, Texas Roadhouse

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Every organization has factors that make their health crisis prevention team different, but Zero Hour Health works with your team to tailor a program that solves all of your pain points.

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