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FILE PHOTO: Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center Moses Division in Bronx hold protest demanding more PPE during outbreak of...

Politics Feb 10

WATCH: Senate committee holds hearing on health care industry labor shortages

By News Desk

World Jan 05

FILE PHOTO: Coronavirus tests before New Year's celebrations in Paris
Under strain, France allows some health care workers to keep working while positive for COVID-19

France is allowing health care workers who are infected with the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms to keep treating patients rather than self-isolate.

By John Leicester, Associated Press

Health Jul 26

The sign of the Department of Veteran Affairs is seen in front of the headquarters building in Washington
VA requires COVID-19 vaccination for health care workers

The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines.

By Associated Press

Health May 20

WATCH: Health care leaders testify on workforce shortage

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing Thursday on addressing workforce shortages in the health care industry.

By News Desk

Nation Apr 08

Watch 7:07
Frontline casualties: The health care workers that lost their lives saving COVID patients

While a lot has been reported on the struggles of health workers during the pandemic, there's been far less news on the deaths of doctors, nurses and other support staff. A major reporting project has been gathering this crucial information…

By William Brangham, Claire Mufson

Dec 29

More than 2,900 health care workers died this year — and the government barely kept track

By Christina Jewett, Robert Lewis, Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News

Fatalities from the coronavirus have skewed young, with the majority of victims under age 60 in the cases for which there is age data.

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Dec 02

As hospitals fill with COVID patients, medical reinforcements are hard to find

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, Carrie Feibel, Houston Public Media

More than 93,000 COVID patients are hospitalized across the country. But beds and space aren’t the main concern for hospital administrators — it’s the health care workforce.

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May 09

Watch 5:23
COVID-19 takes heavy toll on Filipino health care workers

By PBS NewsHour

The coronavirus continues to take a toll on the first responders and health care workers who remain on the front lines across the U.S. Among those affected are Filipino-Americans, who in states like California and New York make up at…

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May 01

Most enlistees not eligible to join California Health Corps

By Don Thompson, Associated Press

Two-thirds of the 93,000 people who volunteered for Gov. Gavin Newsom's California Health Corps lacked valid medical licenses, the most basic requirement.

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Apr 23

Watch 2:26
Appreciative neighbors howl for health care workers in Missoula

By Breanna McCabe, Montana PBS

Despite the grief and horror of the novel coronavirus pandemic, people around the world have shown signs of solidarity, from window arias in Italy to skyscrapers lit up in New York City. Across the U.S., Americans have coordinated group cheers…

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