Stony Brook (N.Y.) University Hospital emergency department employees are seeking safety upgrades after a bomb scare earlier this month, according to Newsday.
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In March, New York City hospitals found themselves flooded with patients before anybody could fully grasp what was happening. Within roughly 10 days of confirming its first COVID-19 patient, Mount Sinai Medical Center South was treating more than 200, according…
From February through April, more than 1.5 million healthcare jobs were lost as the COVID-19 pandemic spread, affecting more women than men, a new study of federal data by the Kaiser Family Foundation revealed.
Healthcare workers across the U.S. are protesting systemic racism and racial injustice.
Lansing, Mich.-based Sparrow Health System is immediately hiring for more than 115 positions, according to WSYM-TV.
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Many U.S. hospitals and health systems have furloughed staff to help offset revenue losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, some are starting to bring furloughed workers back as they resume nonemergency procedures.
Nearly a quarter of U.S. workers are considered at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19 due to underlying health conditions or age, a consideration for employers as they reopen and try to protect these workers, according to a new…
Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health, parent company of insurer Highmark and Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, said it will begin bringing about 1,200 nonclinical employees back to their offices July 6.
Healthcare workers in the Chicago area are seeing their benefits and pay reduced as hospitals grapple with the financial challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS 2 reports.
The Federal Reserve is predicting a slow economic recovery from the recession spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, The New York Times reported.