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The COVID-19 Data Dispatch and the National Association of Science Writers is hosting a workshop series that will explore the major challenges facing journalists and communicators who use data to cover the COVID-19 pandemic. Gain insight into the field and learn how to use these data in your own stories.
The COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented demand for nurses to provide hospital and other forms of care. The burden has been devastating for nurses, who comprise America’s largest health care workforce. As a result, nurses are leaving the workforce due to burnout, a lack of child care, contracting COVID-19 themselves, or other health concerns, accelerating an already existing nursing shortage in the United States. As nurses continue to provide most of the nation’s care, it is critical to explore strategies to support them, raise their voices as trusted messengers in media and other forums, and strengthen the nursing workforce.
The burden of COVID-19 has been devastating for nurses. The pandemic has highlighted the critical need for nurses and how a lack of support for them impacts patient care, vaccine access and hesitancy, existing workforce shortages, and the ability of the health care system to function.
In support of the National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness, CDC is holding a virtual National Forum on COVID-19 Vaccine on Feb. 22-24. The forum is for practitioners focused on vaccine implementation and people and groups that can champion vaccine uptake in communities. Our Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, RADM Felicia Collins will provide opening remarks at 11 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Feb. 24. You can view recordings as well.
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