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Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and its unions have agreed on an expanded set of temporary benefits to help staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the unions and Kaiser.

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals will hire 500 nonclinical staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, the city mayor's office announced April 12.

A pathbreaking 2019 study by the National Academy of Medicine found that clinicians are dealing with chronic job stresses and face mounting system pressures with virtually unattainable demands. As a result, 35 to 54 percent of U.S. nurses and physicians…

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians and nurses are on the front lines providing care to patients, while worrying about becoming sick and potentially infecting their loved ones. Their concerns are shared by nonclinical healthcare workers, according to the Los Angeles…

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health is transforming its hospital cafeterias into makeshift grocery stores for physicians and other front-line employees.

With the rapid spread of COVID-19 in our communities and across the United States, it's clear these are unprecedented times.

Futuro Health is offering a pandemic-readiness training course to licensed vocational nurses and licensed practical nurses. 

More than 15,000 hotels have signed up to provide temporary housing for emergency and healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Hotel and Lodging Association announced.

About 1,500 employees of Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health are staying home due to their symptoms consistent with COVID-19, the health system confirmed to Becker's April 7.

Hospitals on Long Island in New York are adjusting staff in preparation for the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Newsday.