How to wear an N95 mask
With the rise of the highly contagious omicron coronavirus variant, N95 respirators have become the preferred mask to protect yourself and others against infection. Here’s what you need to know. Read more: https://wapo.st/3umcc3Q. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube:…
Health-care workers battle burnout as omicron surges
Inside the Luminis Health Doctors Community Hospital in Lanham, Md., there are more covid-19 patients than at any other point in the pandemic. Doctors, nurses and hospital administrators are all being pushed to the brink. Read more: https://wapo.st/3nMuQhb. Subscribe to…
Travel nurses who left staff jobs reflect on newfound freedom
Staff nurses around the United States are leaving full-time positions to become contract or travel nurses with short-term assignments. Many cite pandemic conditions, such as staffing and equipment shortages, as their reason for leaving their local hospitals and health-care facilities.…
Parents fear omicron could mean another lost school year
Now entering a third academic year disrupted by the pandemic, and in the midst of another covid-19 wave, parents, students and teachers are near a breaking point. Read more: https://wapo.st/3nDo3Xb. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK Follow us:…
Omicron broke through our vaccines. How can we adapt?
The highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus has taken over as the dominant strain in the United States resulting in breakthrough infections among the vaccinated. Omicron has sparked alarm both internationally and in the United States, where it accounted…