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Filipinos make up 4% of nurses in the US, but 31.5% of nurse deaths from COVID-19
The data on Filipino nurses from a major nurses union sheds light on one of the ways that Asian Ame…
Allana Akhtar
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'A lot of nurses don't have a work ethic': An Atlanta drug rehab clinic is accused of firing its nursing staff during the pandemic
The clinic's director described the staff as lazy and questioned why nurses were being hailed as he…
Michael Sainato
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A majority of nurses in a survey say they are still reusing protective gear like masks and gowns a year into the pandemic
In a National Nurses United survey, 57% reported feeling more anxious than before the pandemic, and…
Allana Akhtar
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The pandemic made travel nurses the frontline heroes fighting the virus, but the work has taken a heavy toll
"People aren't seeing what we're seeing in the hospital ... I hope nobody has to see it because it …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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A majority of US nurses have never had a COVID-19 test, and have had to re-use PPE like face masks, according to a survey of 23,000
National Nurses United surveyed nurses about the PPE shortage, and concluded "dangerous health care…
Sinéad Baker
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Nurses around the world tell us how their lives have changed during the pandemic, and how they cope on the front lines
Nurses around the world tell us how their lives have changed during the coronavirus pandemic, and h…
Mia de Graaf
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Nurse who was the first person in the US to get vaccinated says healthcare workers are 'tired' and 'concerned' as the pandemic drags on
New York nurse Sandra Lindsay said it was her civic duty to get the jab last winter, calling on Ame…
Jake Epstein
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Florence Nightingale wanted much more than applause. So do the nurses working during the coronavirus pandemic.
2020 was always going to be a big year for nursing: on May 12, it was the 200th anniversary of the …
Mia de Graaf
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Union finds that at least 213 registered nurses have died of COVID-19, more than half of them nurses of color
National Nurses United found that 213 registered nurses have died of the coronavirus out of 1,718 h…
Allana Akhtar
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Stop calling nurses heroes — protect our lives instead, says the leader of America's largest nurses union
"Platitudes are meaningless — and even insulting — without protections," writes Bonnie Castillo, ex…
Bonnie Castillo
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'You got me emotional': Joe Biden started tearing up after talking to a nurse about treating COVID-19 patients in ICU
President-elect Joe Biden has been making the rounds in ahead of his administration's transition to…
Allana Akhtar
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800 nurses in Pennsylvania staged a walkout today to protest dangerous working conditions that they say are caused by understaffing
About 42% of nurses nationwide said staffing has gotten "slightly or much worse recently," per a re…
Allana Akhtar
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Inside Google's secretive healthcare business
These are Business Insider's biggest healthcare stories for September 29.
Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
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Katy Perry posed in a nursing bra and postpartum underwear for her at-home VMAs look days after giving birth
Katy Perry recently welcomed her first child, Daisy Dove Bloom, with her fiancé Orlando Bloom on Au…
Amanda Krause
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The US PPE shortage is so bad that nurses are reusing N95 masks for weeks at a time
With coronavirus cases surging across the US, healthcare workers on the frontlines can't get enough…
Inyoung Choi
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Many in the UK face a grim choice this winter between eating and heating as a cost of living crisis grips the nation
Insider speaks to people obliged to use UK food banks to feed their families as soaring energy and …
Bethany Dawson
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3 nurses share what it's like working in states that have reopened as they brace for a surge in coronavirus cases
Coronavirus cases have been surging across the US after states started easing lockdowns that were p…
Julie Compton
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ICU workers in the UK are experiencing probable PTSD rates during the pandemic comparable to Afghanistan war veterans, a new survey finds
Authors of the new research out of the UK warned that worsened mental health among frontline medica…
Reed Alexander
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Nurses who have the coronavirus are fighting their employers to get paid time off: 'Nobody really cares about my safety'
Nurses across America have been hailed as heroes. But they've struggled to get paid time off, and h…
Allana Akhtar
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Meet the 'fairy godfather' of nurses, a 40-year-old fashion wholesaler who's using his connections to gift designer clothes, handbags, and sunglasses to US healthcare workers to brighten their spirits
Peter Russell, who is based in LA, also spent $25,000 of his own money on items like face masks and…