For 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 rest in his favorite Dodgers jersey. His family and friends, including his 3-year-old son,...
View ArticlePara este enfermero de cuidados paliativos, la vacuna de covid llegó...
Antonio Espinoza amaba a los Dodgers de Los Angeles. Los quería tanto que para su velatorio lo vistieron con su camiseta del equipo. Su familia y amigos, incluido su hijo de 3 años, también usaron...
View ArticleDoctor Survived Cambodia’s Killing Fields, but Not Covid
Dr. Linath Lim’s life was shaped by starvation. She was not yet 13 when the Khmer Rouge seized power in Cambodia and ripped her family apart. The totalitarian regime sent her and four siblings to work...
View ArticleLost on the Frontline: Explore the Database
Journalists from KHN and The Guardian have identified 3,607 workers who reportedly died of complications from covid-19 after they contracted it on the job. Reporters are working to confirm the cause...
View Article12 Months of Trauma: More Than 3,600 US Health Workers Died in Covid’s First...
More than 3,600 U.S. health care workers perished in the first year of the pandemic, according to “Lost on the Frontline,” a 12-month investigation by The Guardian and KHN to track such deaths. Lost...
View ArticleCalls 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...
View ArticleFauci Thanks US Health Workers for Sacrifices but Admits PPE Shortages Drove...
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...
View Article‘My Children Were Priceless Jewels’: Three Families Reflect on the Health...
The daughter of an internist in the Bronx, the father of a nurse practitioner in Southern California and the son of a nurse in McAllen, Texas, share how grief over their loved ones’ deaths from...
View ArticleJournalists 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, “Lost on the Frontline,” in which KHN and The Guardian counted...
View ArticleLabor Department Issues Emergency Rules to Protect Health Care Workers From...
Labor Department officials on Thursday announced a temporary emergency standard to protect health care workers, saying they face “grave danger” in the workplace from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic....
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