Nursing care
Massachusetts hospital makes new offer to striking nurses
Jun. 28, 2021 09:34 AM EDT
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Management at a Massachusetts hospital where nurses have been on strike for nearly four months made a new offer over the weekend in an...

AP PHOTOS: For Calif. COVID nurses, past and present collide
By Peter Prengaman Jun. 21, 2021 10:59 AM EDT
National Guard asked to help staff Oregon State Hospital
May. 28, 2021 01:34 PM EDT
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Significant staffing shortages at the Oregon State Hospital prompted health officials to call for the National Guard’s assistance at the...

Japan opens mass vaccine centers 2 months before Olympics
By Mari Yamaguchi May. 23, 2021 11:10 PM EDT

School nurses, health service corps part of $7.4B virus plan
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar And Zeke Miller May. 13, 2021 10:30 AM EDT
Hospital to hire permanent replacements for striking nurses
May. 13, 2021 08:58 AM EDT
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts hospital where nurses have been on strike for more than two months has started the process of hiring permanent...

US lifts barriers to prescribing addiction treatment drug
By Carla K. Johnson Apr. 27, 2021 09:34 AM EDT
Striking nurses, management to resume negotiations
Apr. 26, 2021 09:23 AM EDT
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Nurses and management at a Massachusetts hospital are scheduled to head back to the negotiating table on Monday in an effort to end a...

FDA: N95 masks, now plentiful, should no longer be reused
By Martha Mendoza And Juliet Linderman Apr. 23, 2021 10:31 AM EDT
Hawaii to allow some nurses to perform abortions
By Audrey Mcavoy Apr. 12, 2021 08:44 PM EDT
HONOLULU (AP) — Gov. David Ige on Monday signed legislation that would make Hawaii the latest state to allow some nurses to perform abortions.
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New Orleans health care workers' heralded in 'Dear Nurses'
By Kevin Mcgill Mar. 20, 2021 10:32 AM EDT

Amazon jumps into health care with telemedicine initiative
By Matthew Barakat Mar. 17, 2021 09:04 AM EDT

Nurses fight conspiracy theories along with coronavirus
By Ali Swenson And David Klepper Mar. 13, 2021 02:51 PM EST
Nurses at Massachusetts hospital set strike date
Feb. 24, 2021 12:38 PM EST
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Nurses at a Massachusetts hospital have given notice that they plan to strike early next month unless management agrees to boost...

Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks as stockpiles swell
By Jason Dearen, Juliet Linderman And Martha Mendoza Feb. 16, 2021 11:34 AM EST