Category: COVID-19 for Employers

COVID-19 has hospitalized almost twice as many Americans as at any point in the pandemic, leaving medical providers on the brink of crisis with vaccine doses months away for most people.

Compared with patients with seasonal flu, hospitalized COVID-19 patients face an increased need for ventilation and intensive care, longer hospital stays, more complications, and nearly five times the risk of death.

Only 42% of RNs in hospitals say they have ever been tested for COVID.

The mass distribution of the first vaccine comes as COVID-19 continues to surge in the U.S.

Even for those who are able to stay home, the lack of PPE complicates day-to-day life for people with rare diseases.

Sandra Lindsay, director of patient care service for critical care at the Northwell Health facility in Queens, received the first shot of the two-dose vaccine during a live morning broadcast with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Northwell Health President and CEO Michael Dowling and Dr. Michelle Chester.

The COVID-19 pandemic has further intensified the need for health care professionals, and one strategy to meet rising health care needs is to hire foreign nurses to fill the gaps.

As hospitals across the country develop their plans to vaccinate their healthcare employees against COVID-19, several key questions arise.

Although no one tracks medical closures, recent research suggests around 16,000 practices have closed under the stress of the pandemic.

The Frontline Families Fund is designed to support the families of nearly 1,400 US frontline healthcare workers who have lost their lives to COVID-19.