Public Health
Labor Department Issues Emergency Rules to Protect Health Care Workers from COVID
The new rules would require employers to notify workers of possible exposure to the disease and to report deaths or hospitalizations to the government
Stories by Christina Jewett
Public Health
CDC’s ‘Huge Mistake’: Did Misguided Mask Advice Drive Up COVID Death Toll for Health Workers?
Until a month ago, the agency advised that a surgical mask was sufficient unless workers were performing “aerosol-generating procedures”
Public Health
Widely Used Surgical Masks Are Putting Health Care Workers at Serious Risk
Because high-end N95 masks are scarce, hospitals and other medical centers are using less protective surgical masks
Policy & Ethics
Trump's HHS Pick Well-Placed to Protect Doctors' Interests
Surgeon Tom Price, tapped to head Health and Human Services, has fought regulations and tried to cap malpractice suits
