The demand for travel nurses has soared since the pandemic collided with a general shortage of RNs across the country.
Retired healthcare workers, most of whom were 65 years and older, had a variety of motivations for risking their lives during the pandemic.
Hospitals in at least 25 states are critically short of nurses, doctors, and other staff as coronavirus cases surge across the United States.
From 2009 to 2017, the density of primary care clinicians increased overall, but urban communities saw a larger primary care workforce increase compared to rural communities.
Hospitals are seeing job growth for the fourth month since March.
As the United States adds a new coronavirus case every second, hospitals across the country are overwhelmed with the soaring number of critically ill Americans.
The next generation of physicians is learning much differently from how established doctors once did.
Some of the healthcare sectors initially hit hardest by the pandemic have posted gains every month since April, and appear to be inching closer to their pre-pandemic levels.
As longtime practicing physicians and specialists are closing their offices, experts say this will probably lead to major shortages of doctors and nurses in the future.
Experts predict the pandemic will result in increased competition for spots at U.S. medical schools.