Will Stone

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Local Public Health Workers Report Hostile Threats And Fears About Contact Tracing

Wednesday, June 03, 2020

Online misinformation is fueling a backlash in some places against coronavirus containment strategies such as contact tracing and isolation. Some health officials have even received violent threats.

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An ER Doctor Lost His Job After Criticizing His Hospital On COVID-19. Now He's Suing

Friday, May 29, 2020

Dr. Ming Lin was let go in March from a hospital in Bellingham, Wash., after posting criticisms and suggestions on social media. The ACLU is helping him sue for damages and job reinstatement.

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COVID-19 Has Killed Close To 300 U.S. Health Care Workers, New Data From CDC Shows

Thursday, May 28, 2020

More than 60,000 health care workers have contracted the coronavirus, up from 9,000 in April. Workers say they face unnecessary risks because of ongoing shortages of protective gear like masks.

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CDC Reports A Spike In COVID-19 Deaths Among Health Care Workers

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a big jump in coronavirus cases and deaths among U.S. health care workers since mid-April.

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Politics Around Hydroxychloroquine Hamper Science

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Some scientists think this drug has promise for COVID-19. But controversy around the drug is complicating the job of scientists who just want to find answers.

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Hydroxychloroquine Debate Interferes With Recruiting Research Volunteers

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

President Trump's enthusiasm about hydroxychloroquine has made it harder to study if the drug could help treat or prevent COVID-19. Some clinical trials have had trouble recruiting volunteers.

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Doctors In Training Learn Hard Lessons During The Pandemic

Monday, May 18, 2020

There are some 130,000 medical residents in the U.S., and many are pulling long shifts in emergency departments and ICUs treating patients infected with the coronavirus.

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Mystifying Virus Shapes Next Generation Of Doctors

Saturday, May 16, 2020

The coronavirus is shaping a generation of incoming doctors, as their residency training inside U.S. hospitals brings them face to face with a mystifying disease and frequent death.

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U.S. Industries Are Taking A Massive Toll During The Coronavirus Pandemic

Friday, May 08, 2020

The pandemic has devastated the job markets across the U.S. The April jobs report reveals the massive toll the crisis took on industries — from restaurants and retail to health care and automotive.

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As Hospitals Lose Revenue, More Than A Million Health Care Workers Lose Jobs

Friday, May 08, 2020

Faced with lost revenue from canceled elective procedures, hospitals laid off 1.4 million health care workers in April, including nearly 135,000 from hospitals.

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Eerie Emptiness Of ERs Worries Doctors: Where Are The Heart Attacks And Strokes?

Wednesday, May 06, 2020

Is fear of the coronavirus causing ER avoidance? Doctors are seeing an alarming drop in cardiovascular emergency cases. They warn that delayed care can lead to brain damage or even death.

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COVID-19 Fears May Be Causing People To Ignore Medical Emergencies

Wednesday, May 06, 2020

Is fear of the coronavirus causing ER avoidance? Data indicates an alarming drop in cardiovascular emergency cases, and doctors say some patients waited too long and had brain damage or even died.

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Patients Dying Fast, And Far From Family, Challenge Practice Of Palliative Care

Monday, May 04, 2020

For one family who lost both their mother and their father to the coronavirus, palliative care clinicians helped them face "the awful, awful truth."

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Coronavirus Disrupts Hard Decisions About End-Of-Life Treatment

Thursday, April 30, 2020

The coronavirus means more people are dying alone in ICUs. Families are having to make abrupt decisions at a distance about terminal care. Palliative care specialists try to adapt.

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Nurses Struggle For COVID-19 Protection, Survey Shows

Friday, April 24, 2020

A Service Employees International Union survey of over 1,000 front line nurses shows that more than 80% say they still don't have enough protective gear like masks, or adequate access to testing.

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Coronavirus Nurses Ask An Ebola Veteran: Is It OK To Be Afraid?

Monday, April 13, 2020

Nothing could have prepared Martha Phillips for her work with Ebola patients in West Africa. Now she is sharing advice with nurses in the U.S. as they tend to those stricken with COVID-19.

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What An ER Nurse Learned From Ebola Outbreak And Now COVID-19

Monday, April 13, 2020

An American nurse who worked during Africa's Ebola outbreak compares that experience to treating coronavirus patients in a U.S. ER. One difference: she had better protective gear in the Ebola clinic.

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'It's Like Walking Into Chernobyl,' One Doctor Says Of Her Emergency Room

Thursday, April 09, 2020

Some health care workers say they're exhausted and burning out from the stress of treating a stream of critically ill patients in an increasingly overstretched health care system.

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Health Care Workers Confront Equipment Shortages, Infection Threat, Emotional Stress

Tuesday, April 07, 2020

Nurses and residents are confronting shortages of personal protective equipment and are being told to return to work soon after falling ill themselves. They worry they could make their patients sick.

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As Coronavirus Strains Hospitals, Cancer Patients Face Treatment Delays, Uncertainty

Thursday, April 02, 2020

As hospitals are forced to delay or cancel certain medical procedures so they can focus resources on treatment of COVID-19, it's disrupting ongoing care for people with other serious illnesses.

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