The job future for some Easton (Pa.) Hospital workers remains uncertain as Dallas-based Steward Health Care prepares to transfer hospital ownership to St. Luke's University Health Network, according to The Express-Times.
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As the U.S. aims to reduce the spread of COVID-19, the national number of contact tracers has risen from 11,142 to 37,110 in the past six weeks, according to an NPR survey of state health departments.
A high number of Americans continue to seek jobless benefits, but the number of those claims dipped slightly from last week as states have started to reopen their economies, according to The Wall Street Journal.
A lack of testing and personal protective equipment are the two greatest challenges nurse practitioners face, according to a new national survey from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
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.
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.