health care workers

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’...

David Supple, CEO of New England Design and Construction, realized he wanted to do something to help others during the coronavirus pandemic, so he offered to build temporary shower stations…free of charge.

At hospitals around the country, health care workers are reckoning with the psychological toll of the fight against the coronavirus, and fears that the disease could flare anew later this year

A Massachusetts artist is paying tribute to health care workers through his painting, part of a movement to honor the people risking their lives to save people with COVID-19 that started overseas. “I have been sitting at home during this shutdown and I saw what’s going on and I thought, this is a great way to give back to...

A local artist is using his talent to honor those working on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.

A Portsmouth-based company donated several Walk-Up Docs, a booth that enhances safety while administering a coronavirus tests, to low-income areas. Trigger House, a New Hampshire marketing agency, switched gears trying to help in the fight against coronavirus and started making the Walk-Up Doc, which is designed so that the medical workers administering coronavirus tests don’t have to continuously change...

A Portsmouth-based company has donated several coronavirus testing booths to low-income areas to help protect medical staff administering tests.

A Portsmouth-based company donated several Walk-Up Docs, which enhance safety for health care professionals administering coronavirus tests, to the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers.

Health care workers and other essential employees were honored Tuesday by the Maine Air National Guard with a military flyover.

Every evening people across the country gather on porches and balconies and at their windows to clap in appreciation for healthcare workers. These employees work long hours in areas where they are directly exposed to the novel coronavirus.

Officials in Russia say two doctors have died and another was seriously hurt in falls from hospital windows after they reportedly came under pressure over working conditions in the coronavirus pandemic

Wednesday is National Nurses Day — and Dunkin’ is offering all health care workers a sweet deal!

A Hartford quilter with work that’s been showcased around the world is using her talents to make something we all need right now – masks. She has a focus on getting them to frontline workers in our state as long as there’s a need. Sewing together quilts has been a passion for Ed Johnetta Miller for 25 years, and she…

A viral video shows a health care worker standing in front of a protester’s truck in Denver, Colorado. Protesters demanded an end to state stay-at-home orders meant to help slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Health care workers across the country have been separating from their loved ones to lower their risk of coronavirus infection, but finding a place to stay can be tough. A popular Facebook group “RVs for MDs” is gaining national attention for matching health care workers with RV owners. Through the group, workers can find a free temporary place to stay…

Hospital patients who are unable to see their families in person due to coronavirus visitation restrictions now have a new way to connect at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Massachusetts. For people who don’t have their own phones or tablets, the hospital is now providing them to patients. Mary Duross, 91, was hospitalized for two weeks with heart problems and…

South Shore Hospital workers are helping patients connect with their families during coronavirus visitation restrictions, bringing in tablets so they can video chat with their loved ones.

More than 150 medical professionals in Boston have tested positive for the new coronavirus.

Health care workers on the front lines of the coronvirus pandemic in Massachusetts will begin receiving hazard pay after their union reached a deal with the state Sunday night.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has announced that parking tickets for all health care workers will be waived, excluding public safety violations.