Health
More than 900 healthcare workers have died of Covid-19 – and the toll is rising – The Guardian
The Guardian and KHN (Kaiser Health News) unveil an interactive database charting frontline health worker deaths. Most are people of color – and nurses face the highest toll
More than 900 frontline healthcare workers have died of Covid-19, according to an interactive database unveiled today by the Guardian and KHN. Lost on the Frontline is a partnership between the two newsrooms that aims to count, verify and memorialize every US healthcare worker who dies during the pandemic.
It is the most comprehensive accounting of US healthcare workers deaths in the country.
As coronavirus cases surge and dire shortages of lifesaving protective gear such as N-95 masks, gowns …
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