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NPR’s Elissa Nadworny speaks to Morgan Eutermoser, an emergency room physician, about her experience working through Christmas Day during a COVID-19 surge in Colorado.

The number of new COVID cases in New York doubled in just three days. State officials say the impact of the winter omicron surge on the workforce is already being felt.

Here’s how their hospitals are doing nearly two years into the pandemic, what they are seeing in new omicron patients, and their thoughts on the wave of burnout affecting the industry.

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) goes far beyond the NFL. Everyday men and women worry they have the fatal disease, and they’ve turned to questionable brain products for help.

President Biden has rolled out a plan to help hospitals deal with omicron and the expected surge of patients. Experts say the support is welcome, but still doesn’t go far enough.

After baby Dorian Bennett arrived 2 months early and spent more than 50 days in the neonatal ICU, his parents received a bill of more than $550,000 — despite having health insurance.

U.S. hospitals have a heads-up on omicron, but that doesn’t mean they feel ready to deal with what could be a huge wave of patients infected by the new variant of COVID-19.

U.S. hospitals have a heads-up on omicron, but that doesn’t mean they feel ready to deal with what could be a huge wave of patients infected by the new variant of COVID-19.

Is it possible to have calm, in-depth discussions about a fraught issue like abortion? Maine’s Planned Parenthood thinks so, and is using “deep canvassing” to garner support without confrontation.

As unvaccinated COVID-19 patients fill ICU and acute care beds in Colorado, patients with other ailments are being turned away, and health care workers are reaching a new breaking point.