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Adding to COVID Stress, Families of Health Workers Fight for Denied Workers’ Comp Benefits

By Melissa Bailey and Christina Jewett July 13, 2020

Attorneys say some state workers’ compensation laws leave workers and families struggling for benefits after a COVID illness or death.

Federal Help Falters As Nursing Homes Run Short Of Protective Equipment

By Jordan Rau June 11, 2020

More than 3,000 nursing homes reported less than a week’s worth of supplies, and 653 said they had run out entirely at some point. Stopgap FEMA equipment has not reached many facilities, and packages that have arrived have fallen short of promises.

White House Left States On Their Own To Buy Ventilators. Inside Their Mad Scramble.

By Rachana Pradhan June 15, 2020

Although laws prohibit price gouging on precious resources in times of emergency, states have been forced to compete for a share of the nation’s stockpile of ventilators — used to treat the sickest COVID patients — or pay top dollar on sideline deals. With quality and quantity control lacking, what happens when the pandemic’s second wave hits?

Widely Used Surgical Masks Are Putting Health Care Workers At Serious Risk

By Shefali Luthra and Christina Jewett April 28, 2020

Because high-end N95 masks are scarce, medical centers are using surgical masks that have been linked to considerably higher infection rates.

OSHA Probing Health Worker Deaths But Urges Inspectors To Spare The Penalties

By Christina Jewett and Shefali Luthra April 22, 2020

Former officials from the federal agency criticize OSHA for a slow and timid response to a “worker safety crisis of monstrous proportions” unfolding in hospitals, nursing homes.

Reports Of Patients’ Deaths Linked To Heart Devices Lurk Below Radar

By Christina Jewett December 24, 2019

Because of a little-known federal exemption program, death data about heart devices sits in inaccessible FDA files that can take up to two years for the public to see under open-records laws.

True Toll Of COVID-19 On U.S. Health Care Workers Unknown

By Christina Jewett and Liz Szabo April 15, 2020

Infection-report forms rarely indicate who is a health worker or whether they survived. States and hospitals tend to keep quiet, citing patient privacy.

‘Red Dawn Breaking Bad’: Officials Warned About Safety Gear Shortfall Early On, Emails Show

By Rachana Pradhan and Christina Jewett March 28, 2020

As President Donald Trump called the nation “in good shape” to handle COVID-19, a cache of emails released by officials in Washington state show that top public health authorities feared gear shortages and doctor safety in the early epicenter of sickness and deaths.

Trump Administration Uses Wartime Powers To Be First In Line On Medical Supplies

By Christina Jewett and Lauren Weber April 3, 2020

As states scour the world for masks and other protective medical equipment, the federal government has repeatedly invoked a little-known clause in the Defense Production Act to step to the front of the line for sought-after health supplies.

Workers Filed More Than 4,100 Complaints About Protective Gear. Some Still Died.

By Christina Jewett and Shefali Luthra and Melissa Bailey June 30, 2020

As health workers in California and other states were dying of COVID-19, federal work-safety officials filed just one citation against an employer and rapidly closed complaints about protective gear.

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