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Boxer Arisa Tsubata may not have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, but she still had her moment during the Opening Ceremony on Friday: The middleweight boxer is also a nurse who cared for COVID-19 patients during the pandemic, and was showcased during the ceremony’s opening sequence.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation requiring general hospitals in the state to seek input from nurses and other staff in creating staffing plans that are to include specific guidelines on how many patients each nurse is assigned

They sat 10 feet apart in their black graduation gowns. It’s usually a symbol of students who are ready for the real world. However, the 2020 San Diego State nursing graduates carried a lot of experience into the ceremony.

They put their lives on the line every day during the battle against COVID-19. Hundreds of nurses have died from the virus and on Wednesday night, they were remembered around the country. Cheryl Hurd reports.

400 nurses were remembered Wednesday night at the Oakland Coliseum as part of a nationwide tribute to nurses who died during the pandemic.

Many people have had a nurse who touched their lives in some way, especially over the past year, whether it was those who contracted COVID-19 or expecting moms in labor or if they had to go to the emergency room with a hurt or sick loved one.

Many people have had a nurse who touched their lives in some way, especially over the past year, whether it was those who contracted COVID-19 or expecting moms in labor or if they had to go to the emergency room with a hurt or sick loved one. Kris Sanchez reports.

For the first time in a year, Providence Portland Medical Center in Oregon has had zero COVID-19 patients in critical care. Shavon Albee, a nurse who manages the critical care unit, joined LX News to describe how it felt to reach that milestone after a year that tested her team in every way.

Demand keeps rising for healthcare workers during the pandemic, and one San Francisco tech company that originally created a platform to help place nurses in hospitals is now working to help nurses support each other.

Demand keeps rising for healthcare workers during the pandemic, and one San Francisco tech company that originally created a platform to help place nurses in hospitals is now working to help nurses support each other. Christie Smith reports.

Nurses are frightened by what people are doing, or not doing, during a coronavirus pandemic that has already killed more than 320,000 nationwide and shows no signs of slowing down.

Nurses fighting the coronavirus pandemic are the heroes in a new Marvel comic book called “The Vitals: True Nurse Stories.” Sean Ryan, a Marvel writer, and Amanda Belcastro, a registered nurse who was featured in the comic, joined LX News to talk about why scrubs are the new capes.

A travel nurse working in California says more people would take COVID-19 seriously if they could see the suffering and death he witnesses every day. Grover Street joined LX News to discuss the grim reality he is experiencing in Southern California, as well as his own recent diagnosis with a mild case of COVID-19.

U.S. hospitals slammed with COVID-19 patients are trying to lure nurses and doctors out of retirement, recruiting students and new graduates who have yet to earn their licenses and offering eye-popping salaries in a desperate effort to ease staffing shortages.

Mercy Hospital is in the St. Louis, Mo., area, which is in danger of running out of hospital rooms for its most critical patients.

Across the city, more than 1,000 people per day are testing positive and the city’s major hospitals are overrun with severely ill and dying El Pasoans. Hundreds of health care workers have flown into El Paso to pick up shifts from exhausted doctors and nurses and to staff tent hospitals erected in parking lots.

A Utah man battling coronavirus was unable to thank his caretakers because he was intubated, but found another way to express his deep gratitude.

An ICU travel nurse battling COVID-19 on the frontlines in Michigan says she and her co-workers are watching people who didn’t believe in the virus and failed to take precautions die every day. Lydia Mobley joined LX News to share her grim experience and send a warning to families planning to gather for the holidays.

A San Diego Intensive Care Unit nurse said she went from fitness competitions to struggling to walk following her diagnosis with COVID-19.

U.S. hospitals are scrambling to hire more nurses as the coronavirus pandemic surges, leading to stiff competition and increased costs.