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Federal Officials Design New Mask Guidelines to Better Protect More Workers

Christina Jewett

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Changes would allow N95 sales for industries other than health care and signal an end to the hospital practice of reusing the masks considered essential for worker safety.

Rosa Felípe tested positive for COVID-19 in March 2020, and would later spend nine months at the same hospital she worked at, Jackson Memorial.

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COVID-19 Survivor: 'Corona Is Real. It's Not A Myth'

Verónica Zaragovia

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Rosa Felípe worked at Jackson for 15 years, until March of last year, the last time that Felípe would see the outside world for a long time due to COVID-19.

Tampa resident Carlos Perez has managed to stay safe during the pandemic thus far by strictly following public health guidelines but knows others in his community haven't followed suit.

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Tampa Resident With Lupus Urges Floridians To 'Do Their Part' In Coronavirus Fight

Stephanie Colombini

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From job loss, to balancing work from home, to the isolation of social distancing, coronavirus has changed our everyday lives. WUSF is giving you a...

Dr. Ian Smith, a cardiologist in South Carolina, buys hand sanitizer from Faber Distilling Co. and reuses the bottles for hand sanitizer he has mixed himself, too.

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Health Workers Resort To Etsy, Learning Chinese, Shady Deals To Find Safety Gear

A nursing home worker in New Jersey rendezvoused with “the parking lot guy” to cut a deal for gowns. A director of safety-net clinics in Florida learned…

As part of a demonstration across from the White House on May 7, National Nurses United set out empty shoes for nurses who have died from COVID-19. The union is asking employers and the government to provide safe workplaces, including adequate staffing. Hospitals have been laying off and furloughing nurses due to lost revenue.

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As Hospitals Lose Revenue, More Than A Million Health Care Workers Lose Jobs

Leila Fadel

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Faced with lost revenue from canceled elective procedures, hospitals laid off 1.4 million health care workers in April, including nearly 135,000 from hospitals.