healthcare workers

According to the State Department of Public Health, South Carolina ranks the 8th highest in the U.S. for maternal mortality. Dr. Kari-Claudia Allen Harrington recently joined community health worker Mike Young at SC Public Radio’s studios to discuss eliminating preventable maternal deaths in our state.

Priscila Ramirez recently joined her daughter, Elen Callahan, at StoryCorps to share what it was like coming to an unfamiliar country with her husband and only $120 between them to see if they, too, could experience “The American Dream.”

Mike Switzer interviews Russell Baxley, president and CEO of Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort, SC.

Mike Switzer interviews Russell Baxley, president and CEO of Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort, SC.

The U.S. health system benefits from potentially more than $5 billion in free volunteer labor annually, a KHN analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Independent Sector found. Yet some labor experts argue that using hospital volunteers, particularly at for-profit institutions, provides an opportunity for facilities to run afoul of federal rules, create exploitative arrangements, and deprive employees of paid work amid a larger fight for fair wages.

The mental health crisis among healthcare workers in the pandemic is, in large part, one of moral crisis. We’ve reported on the emotional toll COVID-19…

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for August 29, 2020, host Gavin Jackson is joined by The Associated Press' Meg Kinnard to recap speeches by…

Cheedy Jaja grew up in Sierra Leone. He came to the United States to study medicine and became a nurse practitioner.So it’s not much of a stretch to see…