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‘This Is How You Treat Heroes?' 7,000 Nurses Strike at 2 of NYC's Biggest Hospitals
Nurses at two of New York City’s largest hospitals went on strike Monday, potentially leading to disruptions in care around emergency room visits and childbirth, after lengthy weekend negotiations over a new contract stalled. Frustrated nurses chanted and waved signs outside Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan demanding higher wages. The walkout involves...
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Nursing Homes Struggle to Find Qualified Workers, Particularly Nurses
Senior living facilities need workers, specifically nurses. The need is greater than it has ever been. The health care industry continues to struggle with the effects of COVID-19. “We’d love to have more folks join the cause,” explained Tom Grape, head of Benchmark Senior Living. He, like many in his industry, need workers. “It’s a challenge to recruit folks...
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Fire Scorches Vehicles at Worcester's Saint Vincent Hospital Garage
Several vehicles were destroyed in a fire at a Worcester hospital garage Thursday. Three vehicles side-by-side appear to be totaled at the Saint Vincent Hospital garage. Investigators said the fire started with one car and spread to the other, but they weren’t immediately sure what started the fire in the first place. Rachel Armah was in the middle of...
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Strained US Hospitals Seek Foreign Nurses Amid Visa Windfall
Many American hospitals are looking abroad for health care workers, saying they’re facing a dire shortage of nurses amid the slogging pandemic
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Medicare Shares Key Nursing Home Staffing Info for Consumers
Medicare says it’s shining a light on key markers for nursing home quality.
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Nurses Demand Accurate Pay One Month After Ransomware Attack
A ransomware attack in December crippled payroll-related systems at UMass Memorial Health. Some nurses say a month later they still haven’t been paid right.
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Nursing Staffing Levels at ‘Crisis' Point, Leaders in Vermont Say
Leaders from across the political spectrum in Vermont are calling for action amid a shortage of nurses.
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Vermont Leaders Call for Focus on ‘Crisis' of Nursing Staffing Levels
Leaders from across the political spectrum in Vermont are calling for greater attention on what they have labeled a crisis: the urgent need to attract more nurses to the profession.
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What To Know About Supply Chain Shortages Ahead of Christmas
This story was updated on Dec. 9, 2021, at 2:11 p.m. ET. Coping with the supply chain shortage, seen at grocery stores, car dealerships and more, has become a part of life in the pandemic. And even though we’re approaching our third calendar year with COVID, the 2021 shortages are showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, this Christmas…
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Nursing Schools See Applications Rise, Despite COVID Burnout
Nurses around the U.S. are getting burned out by the COVID-19 crisis and quitting, yet applications to nursing schools are rising, driven by what educators say are young people who see the global emergency as an opportunity and a challenge
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Health Workers Once Saluted as Heroes Now Get Threats
Health care workers who were once saluted for saving lives in the COVID-19 outbreak are now being issued panic buttons and ditching their scrubs before going out in public to avoid harassment.
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Unions Split on Vaccine Mandates, Complicating Biden Push
The labor movement is torn over vaccine requirements — much like the country as a whole — wanting to both support its political ally in Biden and protect its members against infection but also not wanting to trample their workers’ rights.
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Choir of Nurses Returns to ‘AGT' for a Performance That'll Move You to Tears
The health care heroes took the “America’s Got Talent” stage to follow up their Golden Buzzer moment with another unforgettable performance.
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Hospitals Run Low on Nurses as They Get Swamped With COVID
The surge in COVID-19 infections across the U.S. has caused a shortage of nurses and other front-line staff in virus hot spots that can no longer keep up with the flood of unvaccinated patients
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100 Replacement Nurses Hired at Saint Vincent Hospital
Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, has hired more than 100 permanent replacement nurses amid an ongoing strike.
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A Nurse Describes Her Harrowing Battle with PTSD After the First COVID-19 Wave
Cassandra Alexander, a certified nurse in the Bay Area of California, spent months watching patients die from COVID-19 before the “slow accretion of sorrow” left her deep in her own crisis with PTSD. Alexander, who wrote about her trauma in a recent op-ed in HuffPost, shares her story on LX News. If you, or someone you know, is in need...