We were spread across three continents, at the mercy of vaccine geopolitics. Which of us would be inoculated last? SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Fauci 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 as he acknowledged that PPE shortages had contributed to the deaths of more than 3,600 of them. ... [Continue Reading]
Calls 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 care workers to honor the thousands of nurses, doctors and support staffers who have died and ensure that future ... [Continue Reading]
Events of 2020 Moved Medical Students to Political Activism
Inam Sakinah and her classmates will forever be known as the students who started medical school during the 2020 covid-19 pandemic. Use Our Content ... [Continue Reading]
Italy Pushes Back as Health Care Workers Shun Covid Vaccines
Prime Minister Mario Draghi issued a decree requiring that workers in health care facilities be vaccinated, a move that will test the legal limits of his government’s efforts to stem coronavirus outbreaks. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire ... [Continue Reading]
Doctors Accuse UnitedHealthcare of Stifling Competition
A multistate group of anesthesiologists filed cases in Texas and Colorado, accusing the insurance giant of squeezing them like a “boa constrictor.” SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Lost on the Frontline: Explore the Database
Journalists from KHN and The Guardian have identified 3,585 workers who reportedly died of complications from covid-19 after they contracted it on the job. Reporters are working to confirm the cause of death and workplace conditions in each case. ... [Continue Reading]