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UW Medicine to temporarily furlough thousands, close psychiatric unit

University of Washington Medicine is temporarily furloughing roughly 5,500 workers. The institution is citing financial losses of roughly $500 million due to the pandemic. The move will lead to the temporary closure of a small psychiatric unit at the UW Medicine Montlake campus.
Kate Walters
National

Community Health Centers Struggling As Fewer People Seek Care During Pandemic

Many immigrants and people with low incomes already saw preventive care as a luxury. Now, the coronavirus pandemic has created another barrier to their seeking and receiving health care.
Marisa Peñaloza
Health

Covid-19, tuberculosis, meningitis — it's all business as usual for this nurse of 50 years

Voices of the Pandemic features people in the Seattle area who are on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak.
Kristin Leong
Health

Frustrated WA nursing homes welcome news of Covid beds, PPE

In King County, more than 60 percent of all Covid-19 deaths have been among residents, staff and visitors to long-term care facilities. State officials now plan designated facilities and PPE distribution to reduce virus transmission there.
Amy Radil
National

Internal ICE Reviews Of Two Immigrant Deaths Stoke Fears About COVID-19 Care

As COVID-19 spreads in detention, ICE documents shared with NPR reveal new details about the health care provided to two immigrants who died in 2017. Those facilities now face coronavirus outbreaks.
Joel Rose
Health

Commuting In A Pandemic: These Health Workers Are Trekking And Canoeing

And a canoe is not the best option when the paddler can't swim. Here's how doctors and nurses are getting to work in Uganda after the government clampdown on traffic to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Keren Landman

Caleb Okereke
Health

Who will heal the healers when coronavirus is over?

Hospitals are working very hard to make sure that healthcare workers stay physically healthy during this crisis. But what about their psychological health? What’s being done to support healthcare workers through this incredibly challenging time?
Deborah Wang
Health

The curious case of Latinos and Covid-19

Across the country COVID-19 cases are showing up among Latinos and people of color at higher rates. Initial data from the Washington Department of Health shows Latinos account for nearly 30% of the cases even though they make up a much smaller share of the population. Here's what experts think is happening.
Esmy Jimenez
Government

Sen. Patty Murray on what's gotten us out of crises before, and will again

Kim Malcolm gets a Covid-19 response update from Senator Patty Murray
Kim Malcolm

Andy Hurst
Health

Researchers Look To Behavior To Explore Why The Coronavirus May Hit Men Harder

Men appear to be dying of the coronavirus at higher rates than women. Sarah Hawkes, a professor of public health at University College London, says gendered behavior may help explain why.
Heidi Glenn

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