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The NFL plans to reward about 7,500 health care workers who have received a coronavirus vaccine with free tickets to Super Bowl LV.

Many front-line health workers who have faced a perpetual lack of PPE and inconsistent safety measures believe the government and their employers have failed to protect them from COVID-19.

Florida Hospital Association President Mary Mayhew and Florida Medical Association CEO Tim Stapleton encouraged health workers to share their experience receiving the coronavirus vaccine with others.

The statement came after a report that physicians were unsure when they would receive the vaccine.

A majority of hospital nurses said they had never been tested for the coronavirus, according to a recent survey. Hospitals say they are simply following the CDC's guidance.

Last spring, nurses and doctors traveled to New York and other COVID hot spots to help overwhelmed hospitals. But with the virus spreading everywhere, hospitals now have nowhere to turn for help.

Referrals have become so prevalent that the American Academy of Pediatrics came out with interim guidance for doctors "to provide care for the same variety of visits" practiced prior to the pandemic.

"It was difficult, especially when patients didn't make it. It was very difficult personally, because of my survival."

Dr. Katherine Pannel was initially thrilled to see President Donald Trump’s physician is a doctor of osteopathic medicine. A practicing D.O. herself, she…

Increased use of telehealth has been described as a silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing patients who have been staying home to see their…