Workforce

With women holding 76 percent of U.S. healthcare jobs, experts are concerned they could be disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic, CNBC reports.

National nursing groups met with President Donald Trump and White House officials this week amid their concerns about protecting healthcare workers during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Ohio hospitals are appealing to service industry workers who have lost jobs in restaurants, bars and retail because of the coronavirus pandemic to come work for them, Columbus Business First reported. 

U.S. nurses lack the personal protective equipment they need for front-line battle against the coronavirus pandemic, a union representing 150,000 nurses told ABC News.

Hospital employees sidelined by COVID-19 or at risk of contracting it represent "one of the great vulnerabilities of our healthcare system in an epidemic like this," an ER physician told The Washington Post. 

Ten states and Washington, D.C., have policies on paid sick leave, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis. 

While companies across the U.S. implement work-from-home policies to help combat the spread of COVID-19, UnitedHealth Group has instructed its employees who aren't sick, high-risk or facing other obstacles to go to work, according to The Washington Post.

Hospitals have canceled or suspended hiring efforts due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, states have stepped in to increase staffing as needed at healthcare facilities. 

Hospital employees are among the confirmed cases of COVID-19. Here are U.S. hospitals or other US healthcare sites where employees have tested positive during the pandemic.