health care workers

Three major Massachusetts hospital systems say they will require all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, even those who do not have direct contact with patients.

Even after coronavirus cases subsided in New York City, health care workers who battled the worst of the pandemic are still struggling with the mental health consequences. The New York Times interviewed NYC health care workers about their long-term emotional struggles.

Some health care workers who spoke with NBC10 Boston at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic say how things have changed after 365 days of loss.

A new report by the Geneva-based Insecurity Insight and the University of California, Berkeley’s Human Rights Center has identified more than 1,100 threats or acts of violence against health care workers and facilities last year

A free program called Caring Connections invites first responders to spend an uninterrupted hour with the horses at UpReach Therapeutic Equestrian Center in Goffstown. “I hope that they leave here with a sense of peace and relaxation and remember what that feels like,” program director Karen McGraw said. It’s a priceless gift these horses are giving to those on...

In New Hampshire, people on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic are being given the chance to unwind with therapy horses.

The Patriots thanked health care workers from across New England Sunday morning at an airport sendoff for 76 frontline employees who boarded the team’s plane and flew to watch Tom Brady play in Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida. Patriots President Jonathan Kraft was joined by team captain Matthew Slater and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker at Logan International Airport in…

Seventy-six healthcare workers were flown to Super Bowl LV in Tampa on the Patriots’ team plane.

New England Patriots’ captain Matthew Slater was at Logan Airport on Sunday to see 76 health care workers depart for the Super Bowl. Slater thanked them for their sacrifice and said he was inspired by what they’ve done over the course of the pandemic.

Patriots’ President Jonathan Kraft thanked health care workers across New England for their bravery and selflessness while holding a send off event for the workers selected to travel on the team’s plane to Florida for Super Bowl LV.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker was on hand Sunday morning as the Patriots held a sendoff for the 76 New England health care workers flying on the team’s plane to Super Bowl LV in Florida.

Along with the flight to Tampa Bay and Super Bowl tickets, the 76 health care workers from New England will get a police escort from Gillette Stadium to the airport, a two-night hotel stay, a gift bag, spending money and more.

Instead of enjoying hot chocolate and sledding with his friends amid Monday’s storm, 10-year-old Christian Stone bundled up in his winter gear and headed to Westerly Hospital to clear snow off of essential employees’ cars, WJAR reported.  Abbey Meeker of Westerly, a friend of Stone’s mother, joined him in his efforts to help the hospital staff return home during...

Meet some of the 76 health care workers from around New England who Patriots owner Bob Kraft has invited to attend the big game with him, recognition for their dedication during the coronavirus pandemic.

Dozens of “health care heroes” are getting an all-expense-paid trip to the Super Bowl from New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. We talked to a few.

An occupational therapist who has been treating COVID-19 patients during the pandemic says the suffering and death she and her colleagues have witnessed over the past year have taken a a steep emotional toll. Lizzy Pesch joined LX News to share a powerful poem she wrote about the experience and the moment that inspired her put her feelings on paper.

Small town hospitals and health systems already faced grave challenges before COVID-19 swept the country. Today, they are cracking under the strain of this relentless pandemic. Hospitals are depleting their resources, bleeding money and still facing a losing battle to cope with the incoming wave of COVID-19 patients. The toll on frontline workers in these hospitals is even greater.

The choice for TIME’s Person of the Year for 2020 is down to four candidates. The magazine has revealed its shortlist ahead of its first ever televised special, airing Thursday at 10 p.m. ET on NBC, in which TIME will reveal the recipient its editors felt most influenced the world during a tragic and turbulent year across the globe.

As major hospitals across the country struggle with a rising flood of COVID-19 patients, small-town hospitals with limited staff, equipment and resources are increasingly forced to cope without the help of those larger facilities. Dr. Shane Wilson, who works in a small Missouri hospital, joined LX News to describe their day-to-day reality.

Massachusetts has long been one of the major coronavirus hot spots in the U.S., and on Friday its death toll reached 8,000, third most in the country behind New York and New Jersey. But all three states have seen their daily numbers decrease substantially since the peaks of their surges, and the attention has now shifted from the United States’...