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Federal records show a steep decline in staff covid cases since December, when health care workers at thousands of nursing homes began getting their shots. Still, many are reluctant to get vaccinat… → Read More
Inaccurate and incomplete death certificates hurt those seeking relief, recourse and closure after a loved one dies. → Read More
A new analysis shows a far higher number of health care worker deaths than those reported by the government. → Read More
The National Academy of Sciences cites journalists’ “Lost on the Frontline” project in a push to expand federal tracking of worker fatalities. → Read More
Democrats want to bind employers to follow a safety plan, while Republicans seek to shield employers and doctors from lawsuits. → Read More
Attorneys say some state workers’ compensation laws leave workers and families struggling for benefits after a COVID illness or death. → Read More
Attorneys say some state workers’ compensation laws leave workers and families struggling for benefits after a COVID illness or death. → Read More
As health workers were dying of COVID-19, federal work-safety officials filed just one citation against an employer and rapidly closed complaints about protective gear. → Read More
The Guardian and KHN release new figures Saturday showing the harsh toll that the pandemic is taking on the front-line health workers. → Read More
One family took up the challenge of taking their mother, who had serious medical problems and the coronavirus, from the hospital to die at home. But because of the risk of infection, home hospice c… → Read More
Health care providers are seeing the effects of climate change in hospitals across the U.S. ― and urging their peers to take action. → Read More
Nurse Divina “Debbie” Accad had cared for veterans for over 25 years and was set to retire in April. But after contracting the novel coronavirus, she spent her final 11 days on a ventilator — and didn’t survive past March. → Read More
“Lost on the Frontline” is a collaboration between The Guardian and Kaiser Health News that aims to document the lives of health care workers in the U.S. who die from COVID-19, and to understand why so many are falling victim to the pandemic. → Read More
Nurse Vianna Thompson, 52, spent two night shifts caring for a fellow Veterans Affairs health care worker who was dying from COVID-19. Two weeks later, she too was lying in a hospital intensive care unit, with a co-worker holding her hand as she died. → Read More
A look at how journalists can address mistrust and misinformation related to the coronavirus—and how they can help curb the pandemic. → Read More
Doctors and other clinicians say they’re enduring moral injury because the business of health care interferes with patient care. → Read More
As alarms proliferate, hospitals are working to sort through the cacophony that can overwhelm staff and cause them to overlook real signs of harm. → Read More
In what experts call an “epidemic of immobility,” older hospital patients remain stuck in bed, their movements tracked by loud and ineffective bed alarms, losing muscle mass that’… → Read More
Capitalizing on the growing popularity of genetic testing — and fears of terminal illness — scammers are persuading seniors to hand over cheek swabs with their DNA, not knowing it may lead to ident… → Read More
Capitalizing on the growing popularity of genetic testing — and fears of terminal illness — scammers are persuading seniors to hand over cheek swabs with their DNA, not knowing it may lead to ident… → Read More