Labor Department Issues Emergency Rules to Protect Health Care Workers From Covid
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Journalists Document True Toll of Covid on Health Care’s Front-Line Force
Senior KHN correspondent Christina Jewett spoke on Thursday with NPR’s “Morning Edition” and the PBS NewsHour about the yearlong project,
Read MoreFauci Thanks US Health Workers for Sacrifices but Admits PPE Shortages Drove Up Death Toll
Dr. Anthony Fauci thanked America’s health care workers, who “every single day put themselves at risk” during the pandemic, even
Read More‘My Children Were Priceless Jewels’: Three Families Reflect on the Health Workers They Lost
This story also ran on The Guardian. It can be republished for free. The daughter of an internist in the
Read MoreCalls Mount for Biden to Track US Health Care Worker Deaths from Covid
Calls are mounting for the Biden administration to set up a national tracking system of covid-19 deaths among front-line health
Read More12 Months of Trauma: More Than 3,600 US Health Workers Died in Covid’s First Year
More than 3,600 U.S. health care workers perished in the first year of the pandemic, according to “Lost on the
Read MoreDoctor Survived Cambodia’s Killing Fields, but Not Covid
Linath Lim’s life was shaped by starvation. She was not yet 13 when the Khmer Rouge seized power in Cambodia
Read MorePara este enfermero de cuidados paliativos, la vacuna de covid llegó demasiado tarde
Antonio Espinoza amaba a los Dodgers de Los Angeles. Los quería tanto que para su velatorio lo vistieron con su
Read MoreFor This Hospice Nurse, the Covid Shot Came Too Late
CORONA, Calif. — Antonio Espinoza loved the Los Angeles Dodgers. He loved them so much that he was laid to
Read MoreCovid Cases Plummet 83% Among Nursing Home Staffers Despite Vaccine Hesitancy
Joan Phillips, a certified nursing assistant in a Florida nursing home, loved her job but dreaded the danger of going
Read MoreDid CDC Delays in Up-To-Date Masking Advice Cost Health Workers’ Lives?
Since the start of the pandemic, the most terrifying task in health care was thought to be when a doctor
Read MoreCDC’s ‘Huge Mistake’: Did Misguided Mask Advice Drive Up Covid Death Toll for Health Workers?
Since the start of the pandemic, the most terrifying task in health care was thought to be when a doctor
Read MoreDid CDC’s Misguided Mask Advice Drive Up Covid Death Toll for Health Workers?
Since the start of the pandemic, the most terrifying task in health care was thought to be when a doctor
Read MoreIn a Year of Zoom Memorials, Art Exhibit Makes Space for Grief
Tami Roncskevitz has attended two Zoom memorials for her daughter, Sarah, a 32-year-old emergency room social worker who died of
Read MoreCounterfeit N95 Scam Widens as Senator Demands FTC Investigation
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. A key U.S. senator is calling on the Federal Trade Commission
Read MoreWhen Covid Deaths Aren’t Counted, Families Pay the Price
On Sundays, Bishop Bruce Davis preached love. Through his Pentecostal ministry, he organized youth parades and gave computers, bicycles and
Read MoreLa pandemia de covid-19 está devastando a los profesionales de salud de color
SOBRE NOTICIAS EN ESPAÑOL Noticias en español es una sección de Kaiser Health News que contiene traducciones de artículos de
Read MoreCovid ‘Decimated Our Staff’ as the Pandemic Ravages Health Workers of Color
Last spring, New Jersey emergency room nurse Maritza Beniquez saw “wave after wave” of sick patients, each wearing a look
Read MoreVideo: The Healthy Nurse Who Died at 40 on the COVID Frontline: ‘She Was the Best Mom I Ever Had’
[embedded content] Yolanda Coar was 40 when she died of COVID-19 in August 2020 in Augusta, Georgia. She was also
Read MoreVideo: The Healthy Nurse Who Died at 40 on the Covid Front Lines: ‘She Was the Best Mom I Ever Had’
[embedded content] Yolanda Coar was 40 when she died of Covid-19 in August 2020 in Augusta, Georgia. She was also
Read MoreMore Than 2,900 Health Care Workers Died This Year — And the Government Barely Kept Track
More than 2,900 U.S. health care workers have died in the COVID-19 pandemic since March, a far higher number than
Read MoreAs the Terror of COVID Struck, Health Care Workers Struggled to Survive. Thousands Lost the Fight.
Workers at Garfield Medical Center in suburban Los Angeles were on edge as the pandemic ramped up in March and
Read MoreIn COVID Hot Zones, Firefighters Now ‘Pump More Oxygen Than Water’
Firefighters are often the first on the scene following a 911 call. In mid-March, paramedic Robert Weber told his wife
Read MoreOSHA Let Employers Decide Whether to Report Health Care Worker Deaths. Many Didn’t.
As Walter Veal cared for residents at the Ludeman Developmental Center in suburban Chicago, he saw the potential future of
Read MoreThese Front-Line Workers Could Have Retired. They Risked Their Lives Instead.
Sonia Brown’s husband died on June 10. Two weeks later, the 65-year-old registered nurse was back at work. Her husband’s
Read MoreAnger After North Dakota Governor Asks COVID-Positive Health Staff to Stay on Job
Nurse Leslie McKamey has gotten used to the 16-hour shifts, to skipping lunch, to the nightly ritual of throwing all
Read MoreEnfermeros itinerantes en alto riesgo frente a condiciones de atención de COVID-19
SOBRE NOTICIAS EN ESPAÑOL Noticias en español es una sección de Kaiser Health News que contiene traducciones de artículos de
Read More‘Is This Worth My Life?’: Traveling Health Workers Decry COVID Care Conditions
David Joel Perea called from Maine, Vermont, Minnesota and, ultimately, Nevada, always with the same request: “Mom, can you send
Read More‘His Lies are Killing my Neighbors’: Swing-state Health Workers Try to Defeat Trump
Dr. Chris Kapsner intubated his first COVID-19 patient — a 47-year-old man who arrived short of breath at an emergency
Read MoreMost Home Health Aides ‘Can’t Afford Not to Work’ — Even When Lacking PPE
In March, Sue Williams-Ward took a new job, with a $1-an-hour raise. The employer, a home health care agency called
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