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Tag: Covid 19

Posted inWhere are they now

Nursing assistant feels betrayed and forced to leave the career she loved

by Celeste Williams December 16, 2021January 4, 2022

Sepia Coleman admits that her life has not been easy. COVID made it nearly unbearable.  When Coleman wrote her essay for MLK50 in April 2020, she had two health care jobs — a full-time position as a certified nursing assistant at a long-term care facility where she was paid $12.91 an hour, and a part-time […]

Posted inWhere are they now

Surviving during the pandemic: Workers update their stories a year and a half later

by Celeste Williams December 10, 2021January 4, 2022
Posted inCoronavirus

Deeper engagement leads to rise in COVID shots among Latinos

by Hannah Grabenstein October 8, 2021October 8, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus

8 Tennessee public school employees dead from COVID in first month of school

by Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout September 9, 2021September 9, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus

Looking for a COVID test? Expect scarce appointments, long lines

by Hannah Grabenstein August 27, 2021August 27, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus

‘Keep chipping away’: Vaccination numbers tick up as Delta variant concerns grow

by Hannah Grabenstein August 3, 2021August 10, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus

Outreach event hopes to increase vaccinations for unhoused people

by Hannah Grabenstein July 27, 2021July 27, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus

‘It just warms your soul.’ Nurses at Whitehaven vaccine center faithfully served

by Hannah Grabenstein June 25, 2021June 25, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus

When get-out-the-vote becomes get-out-the-vaccine

by Hannah Grabenstein June 17, 2021June 17, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus

‘Time to get it done’: Vaccine hesitancy on decline

by Hannah Grabenstein June 10, 2021June 25, 2021

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