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Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy are warning of burnout among the nation’s health care staff after more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their warning comes amid predictions of severe worker shortages in the years ahead. Harris and Murthy visited Children’s National Hospital in Washington on Monday. Murthy unveiled a new report sounding...

The city is calling its citizens to open their windows and make some noise for health care workers — cheer, bang pots, hey… whip out that vuvuzela — at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Health Care workers are testing positive for COVID-19 in unprecedented numbers, and it’s putting a strain on local hospitals. NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda takes a closer look at the numbers and how long hospitals could be affected.

Nearly 16% of Scripps Health workers — 732 people — have unscheduled paid-time off on Wednesday, for example.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that healthcare workers will be required to get their booster shot NBC 7’s Alexis Rivas has reactions from frontline workers here in San Diego.

California’s roughly 2.5 million health care workers have until Feb. 1 to get a coronavirus vaccine booster shot or risk losing their jobs

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to hear an emergency appeal of a vaccine requirement imposed on Maine health care workers, the latest defeat for opponents of vaccine mandates. It was the first time the Supreme Court weighed in on a statewide vaccine mandate. It previously rejected challenges of vaccine requirements for New York City teachers and Indiana University...

Hospitals and nursing homes around the country are bracing for worsening staff shortages as state deadlines arrive for health care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19

NBC 7’s Dana Griffin spoke with local health care workers on both sides of the issue.

In less than two months, all indoor healthcare facility workers in California must be fully vaccinated or workers could lose their job.

The pandemic prevented many health care workers from celebrating any holidays during 2020, so one San Diego ICU doctor decided to make up for lost time in a big way.

After a grueling year and a half due to the pandemic, local health care workers are realizing just how much they’ve missed out on. NBC 7’s Allie Raffa spoke with a local ICU doctor who honored his fellow health care workers with a celebratory night.

The survey was conducted by Kaiser Family Foundation. NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado has more on the results.

NBC 7’s Catherine Garcia heard from the documentary’s creator and the ICU nurse it features.

The 11-minute documentary focuses on COVID-19’s impact on patients, their families and the entire nursing profession

Although the risk is tiny, infection from the virus causing COVID-19 after receiving vaccines is possible, a report published by a team of investigators revealed Tuesday.

A North County San Diego English professor has found a way to lighten the burden on both local restaurants and hospital workers who have been inundated with patients since the pandemic started.

A new report by the Geneva-based Insecurity Insight and the University of California, Berkeley’s Human Rights Center has identified more than 1,100 threats or acts of violence against health care workers and facilities last year

As San Diego County works on getting roughly 500,000 health care workers vaccinated for the coronavirus, Coronado is preparing to open a new vaccine site.

Coronado is preparing to open its new COVID-19 vaccine center. Learn more about it with NBC 7’s Audra Stafford’s report.