Leonard Lauder, the chairman emeritus of Estée Lauder, is donating the money in honor of his late wife, Evelyn, a Hunter graduate. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Nursing and Nurses”
How New York City’s Hospitals Withstood the Omicron Surge
By Gotham Rex on February 5, 2022
The highly contagious coronavirus variant stretched the city’s health care system to the breaking point, but not past it. Source: New York Times
More Patients, Fewer Workers: Omicron Pushes New York Hospitals to Brink
By Gotham Rex on January 7, 2022
The current spike in coronavirus cases appears to be less deadly than earlier waves, but some safety-net hospitals are still being severely strained. Source: New York Times
Their Jobs Made Them Get Vaccinated. They Refused.
By Gotham Rex on October 24, 2021
The willingness of some workers to give up their livelihoods helps explain the country’s struggle to reach herd immunity. Source: New York Times
They Resisted Vaccines. Here's Why They Changed Their Minds.
By Gotham Rex on October 16, 2021
Mandates have prompted a surge in vaccinations among those who had held out. Some report feeling relief; others, anguish and resentment. Source: New York Times
Nurse Dies After She Is Knocked to Ground in Times Square
By Gotham Rex on October 10, 2021
Maria Ambrocio, 58, who worked through the pandemic in a New Jersey hospital, was knocked down by a man who was fleeing after snatching a cellphone, the police said. Source: New York Times
How a Vaccine Mandate Could Worsen a Shortage of Home Care Aides
By Gotham Rex on October 7, 2021
Some 250,000 home health care workers must get the coronavirus vaccine by Friday, but tens of thousands of them have yet to receive it. Source: New York Times
New York's Vaccine Mandate: What to Know
By Gotham Rex on September 29, 2021
In courtrooms from Manhattan to Utica, judges are weighing whether exemptions that would cover thousands of health care workers will be allowed. Source: New York Times
These Health Care Workers Would Rather Get Fired Than Get Vaccinated
By Gotham Rex on September 26, 2021
Monday is the vaccination deadline for New York State health care workers. Thousands of refusers have failed to meet it. Source: New York Times
New York Hospitals Face Possible Mass Firings as Workers Spurn Vaccines
By Gotham Rex on September 24, 2021
With a Monday deadline looming, thousands of health care workers in the state are risking their jobs by not getting a coronavirus vaccine. Source: New York Times
Health Care Workers in New York Must Get Vaccinated, Cuomo Says
By Gotham Rex on August 16, 2021
The mandate will apply to all hospitals, nursing homes and adult care facilities, public and private. Source: New York Times
Alexia’s Lifelong Nurse Has to Leave Her. Here’s Why.
By Gotham Rex on April 30, 2021
For the most fragile New Yorkers and those who care for them, turning 23 brings enormous consequences. Source: New York Times
How to Vaccinate Homebound Seniors? Take the Shots to Them.
By Gotham Rex on March 22, 2021
Millions of older Americans, chronically ill and trapped at home, pose a big challenge to inoculation efforts. Doctors are on it. Source: New York Times
How Essential Workers Who Shared Their Sundays With Us Are Doing, One Year In
By Gotham Rex on March 21, 2021
A nurse struggles with low morale; a waiter worries about a rush to normalcy; a respiratory therapist recovers from Covid, and more. Source: New York Times
What It’s Like to Give the Covid Vaccine
By Gotham Rex on January 29, 2021
A doctor couple is working to get disadvantaged communities “their fair shot at getting the shot.” Source: New York Times