healthcare workers

Personal Protective Equipment is in low supply and high demand, with the gap growing wider.

Rushfirth stepped out of her home when she heard string instruments tuning up outside. She realized what was happening and immediately became emotional.

Contract talks between Southcoast Health and the union representing workers at Tobey Hospital in Wareham remain at a stalemate. Local 1199 S-E-I-U says they're looking for a fair contract, while Southcoast is offering only wage freezes and reductions in benefits...

The CDC is releasing new guidelines involving healthcare workers who return from Ebola-affected countries in West Africa. CDC Director Tom Frieden said a more "active monitoring" program is being implemented in six states. As at-risk individuals are assessed daily, additional restrictions may be imposed as necessary...

A top federal health official says it's not necessary to quarantine all health care workers who treated Ebola patients in West Africa. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says active monitoring can accomplish the same thing, because people infected with Ebola don't become contagious until they start showing symptoms...