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KHN discovered that COVID victims have been commingled with uninfected patients in health care facilities in states including California, Florida, New Jersey, Iowa, Ohio, Maryland and New York.
📝: @By_CJewett khn.org/news/hospitals…
📝: @By_CJewett khn.org/news/hospitals…
The @CDCgov had advised hospitals to isolate COVID patients to limit staff exposure and help conserve high-level personal protective equipment that’s been in short supply.
Hundreds of US health care workers have died fighting Covid-19. KHN/@GuardianUS count them and investigate why. Read their stories on our #LostOnTheFrontline database. theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int…
NEW on #LostOnTheFrontline: As of 9 September, journalists from KHN & @GuardianUS have profiled 193 health workers and included them in our database. Read their stories below. theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int…
Jody Mares is the fourth healthcare worker from New Mexico that KHN/The Guardian have confirmed and added to our database. He kept residents in nursing homes laughing for decades. 
Dr. Reza Chowdhury was a trusted voice in New York's Bengali community. His virtual funeral surpassed 500 guests.
#NewOnKHN: More than 1,000 front-line health care workers reportedly have died of COVID-19, according to an ongoing investigation by KHN/@GuardianUS. #LostOnTheFrontline
đź“ť: @daniellerenwick/ @shoshanadubnow
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đź“ť: @daniellerenwick/ @shoshanadubnow
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Earlier this month, we published a major interactive database. It is the most comprehensive accounting of U.S. health care workers’ deaths in the country. theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int…
We need your help! If you know of a health care worker who died of COVID-19, please share their story with us. KHN/@GuardianUS #LostOnTheFrontline theguardian.com/us-news/2020/a…
With Congress in a stalemate over another round of #COVID19 relief, #PresidentTrump is trying to use his executive power to fill the void. Host @jrovner is joined by @leonardkl, @JoanneKenen, and @maryagnescarey for a new episode of "What the Health?"
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The rundown. 👇
Our #LostOnTheFrontline project with @GuardianUS, which places a spotlight on the deaths of health care workers from COVID-19, points to a longer-term issue: shortages of medical professionals in key care fields. Here's a quote from @maryagnescarey.
#NewOnKHN: More than 900 front-line health care workers have died of COVID-19, according to an interactive database unveiled Wednesday by The @GuardianUS and KHN. #LostOnTheFrontline
đź“ť: @daniellerenwick/@shoshanadubnow
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đź“ť: @daniellerenwick/@shoshanadubnow
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The tally includes doctors, nurses and paramedics, as well as crucial support staff such as hospital custodians, administrators and nursing home workers, who put their own lives at risk during the pandemic to care for others. #LostOnTheFrontline
The early data indicates that dozens have died who were unable to access adequate #PPE and at least 35 succumbed after federal work-safety officials received safety complaints about their workplaces. #LostOnTheFrontline
Nearly 600 front-line health care workers appear to have died of COVID-19, according to #LostOnTheFrontline, a project launched by The @guardian and KHN that aims to count, verify and memorialize every health care worker who dies during the pandemic.
Lost on the Frontline has now published the names and obituaries for more than 100 workers.
📝: @By_CJewett, @mmbaily, @daniellerenwick khn.org/news/exclusive…
📝: @By_CJewett, @mmbaily, @daniellerenwick khn.org/news/exclusive…
A majority of those documented were identified as people of color, mostly African American and Asian/Pacific Islander. Profiles of more victims, and an updated count, will be added to our news sites twice weekly going forward.
NEW from #LostOnTheFrontLine. Gary Sclar was a whip-smart neurologist who loved comic books, “Game of Thrones” and “Star Wars,” said his daughter.
“My dad was fascinated with the brain and with science.”
đź“ť: @daniellerenwick, @guardian
đź”—: bit.ly/2S3Er3B
“My dad was fascinated with the brain and with science.”
đź“ť: @daniellerenwick, @guardian
đź”—: bit.ly/2S3Er3B
Gary Sclar saw patients who were showing #COVID19 symptoms and knew his age and underlying health conditions ― he had #diabetes — put him at risk for developing complications from the illness.
In early April, he mentioned having lost his sense of smell, and on April 8 he collapsed in his home.
Date of Death: April 12, 2020
Date of Death: April 12, 2020
