/tags/medical-workers medical workers en-US WLRN Mon, 11 Jul 2022 21:47:42 GMT /2022-07-11/tps-extended-for-venezuelans-some-doctors-worries-about-abortion-access-goin-solar Venezuelans are asking for more protections in the U.S. as many continue to flee human rights violations in their home country. Plus, some South Florida doctors argue lawmakers without medical expertise shouldn't be making laws around abortion. And Sundial’s Solar Series continues. Mon, 11 Jul 2022 21:47:42 GMT /2022-07-11/tps-extended-for-venezuelans-some-doctors-worries-about-abortion-access-goin-solar Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Caitie Muñoz /news/npr-breaking-news/2021-05-20/the-pandemic-proved-hospitals-can-deliver-care-to-seriously-ill-patients-at-home COVID-19 and dozens of other acute illnesses now qualify for home treatment thanks to a new federal effort aimed at freeing up hospital beds. Thu, 20 May 2021 10:39:30 GMT /news/npr-breaking-news/2021-05-20/the-pandemic-proved-hospitals-can-deliver-care-to-seriously-ill-patients-at-home Stephanie O'Neill /2020-09-14/venezuelan-medical-workers-dying-of-covid-19-at-alarming-rate-how-can-the-world-get-ppe-to-them A third of Venezuela's reported COVID deaths are frontline healthcare workers. Efforts are underway to protect them – but the regime may block the help. Mon, 14 Sep 2020 21:10:16 GMT /2020-09-14/venezuelan-medical-workers-dying-of-covid-19-at-alarming-rate-how-can-the-world-get-ppe-to-them Tim Padgett