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Traveling nurse treats COVID-19 patients
N ew York is calling on health care workers from all over to come help with the flood of coronavirus patients. We hear from one registered nurse who’s traveling there to help in the ICU.
By Madeleine Brand • • 50m ListenNew York is calling on health care workers from all over to come help with the flood of coronavirus patients. We hear from one registered nurse who’s traveling there to help in the ICU. She says she’ll come to California too, and anywhere else she’s needed.
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6 storiesInto the 'unknown’: Nurse travels to NYC to treat coronavirus ICU patients
“It's a little bit surreal because obviously I've never lived through anything like this personally or professionally. So what I'm walking into when I do get to New York – it is a lot of unknown. The shortage of health care workers is not a new issue. … Governor Cuomo is correct – we need people to come help,” says registered nurse Sharlene Jenkins.
Read the story7 minCalifornia Health Corps to recruit med students, retired doctors and nurses to handle COVID-19
An estimated 37,000 medical professionals are needed to treat COVID-19 in hospitals across California. In response, Governor Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order to expand the state’s health care workforce.
Read the story7 minHow COVID-19 is affecting California’s prison system after inmates, employees test positive
In an announcement on Monday, the Sheriff’s Department said an inmate at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility tested positive for COVID-19, and that inmate was removed from his housing facility.
Read the story8 minVirus films like ‘Outbreak’ and ‘The Hot Zone’ offer serious lessons
Virus, pandemic, and public health movies have rocketed to the top of streaming platforms’ algorithms as people are cooped up at home, social distancing and self-isolating. Politico contributing editor Adam Wren recently spent a weekend binge-watching them.
Read the story10 minHBO’s ‘Watchmen’ gets political, divides comic book fans
Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Damon Lindelof (of “Lost” fame) created HBO’s “Watchmen,” which puts a modern spin on the 1987 graphic novel. In the show, cops are fighting a white supremacist ring. Most TV reviewers love the series.
Read the story14 minDuring isolation, Santa Clarita boy keeps in touch with grandparents through Ring
Social distancing has put a strain on people who used to see each other often, like Cade Costic and his grandparents. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, he would take his grandparents to appointments and museums.
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