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Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System has quarantined 78 employees amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including 66 employees quarantined after a possible "exposure incident," the News-Press reported.

Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health is offering to test employees' blood as part of a study of COVID-19 antibodies.

The number of confirmed employee COVID-19 cases at Boston's major teaching hospitals had reached nearly 1,000 as of April 13, according to TV station WCVB.  

The number of Henry Ford Health System employees testing positive for COVID-19 has grown by more than 200 since March 12, the health system reported.

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.