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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.

Pennsylvania's state health secretary issued an order June 9 requiring all hospitals to better protect staff from COVID-19. 

U.S. job openings hit a record low in April while turnovers decreased to 9.9 million, according to the latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

The need to respond to medical emergencies at protest sites is creating unprecedented working conditions for emergency medical services teams already burdened by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Kaiser Health News.

Physicians, nurses and emergency medical technicians are now dealing with the physical, mental and emotional effects from their experiences on the front lines of the pandemic.  

At least 586 U.S. front-line healthcare workers have died of COVID-19, according to a new count published June 6 by The Guardian and Kaiser Health News.