They will be even more staffing shortages as vaccine deadline looms
Healthcare facilities and nursing homes in the US and especially in Minnesota are bracing for worsening staff shortages as state deadlines arrive for healthcare workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Wisconsin sets record for COVID-19 deaths
On Tuesday, Wisconsin's health officials announced that the state recorded the most deaths on a single-day since the pandemic started. The record of 104 new deaths related to COVID-19, moved the state's total to 3,115 deaths since the pandemic began.
Fairview Health Services to close Bethestha Hospital in Saint Paul, getting rid of 900 jobs.
Fairview Health has announced it will be closing Bethesda Hospital, reducing services at St. Joseph's Hospital eliminating 900 jobs in the process.
More than 50% of Nurses say they feel depressed due to Covid-19
"I say I'm fine, but I feel scared to death every time I go to work." These are the remarks of a nurse in a recently study conducted by the American Nurses Foundation as reported by Modern Healthcare.
'Unfathomable': U.S. death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000
The number of dead in the U.S. is equivalent to a 9/11 attack every day for 67 days. It is roughly equal to the population of Salt Lake City or Huntsville, Alabama.
Nearly 70% of N95 masks from China fail U.S. filtration standards
Up to 70% of KN95 masks do not meet the U.S. standards for effectiveness, according to a new study by ECRI, a Pennsylvania-based patient safety organization.