Nurses protest at White House to call attention to lack of PPE; honor those who died from COVID-19

Nurses from around the nation held a protest in front of the White House Tuesday to call attention to health care workers nationwide who have become infected with COVID-19 and to highlight the shortage of personal protective equipment their industry is facing.

Nurses suspended for refusing COVID-19 care without N95 masks

Ten nurses have been suspended from their jobs at a hospital in California after refusing to care for COVID-19 patients without being provided protective N95 face masks.

Health care workers are 10%-20% of US coronavirus cases

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first national data on how the pandemic is hitting doctors, nurses and other health care professionals.

FBI discovers promised stockpile of 39 million masks was a scam

A major California labor union that claimed to have discovered a stockpile of 39 million masks for health care workers fighting the coronavirus was duped in an elaborate scam uncovered by FBI investigators, according to a newspaper report Sunday.

TIMELAPSE: UK constructs temporary hospital to prepare for coronavirus patients

The video only lasts 30 seconds, but crews needed eight days to build the NHS Nightingale Bristol, a temporary hospital designed to supplement any hospital overwhelmed by the coronavirus.

U.S. states share, get creative in hunt for medical supplies during pandemic

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Wednesday that the federal cupboard is officially bare at least through this month after it was able to fulfill just a sliver of states’ requests.

Federal stocks of protective equipment nearly depleted: HHS

The Strategic National Stockpile is nearly out of the N95 respirators, surgical masks, face, shields, gowns and other medical supplies desperately needed to protect front-line medical workers treating coronavirus patients.

Pa. to seize medical supplies for COVID-19 fight

PEMA will make the supplies available to areas of the state hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic, Wolf’s order said.

New Jersey to open 500-bed field hospital amid COVID-19 outbreak

New Jersey is set to open its second, but largest yet, field hospital as part of its effort to confront the coronavirus pandemic.