PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Every time you go to the store amid the coronavirus pandemic, it seems like something has changed. Maintaining appropriate staffing in healthcare facilities is essential to providing a safe work environment for healthcare personnel (HCP) and safe patient care. The COVID-19 pandemic is causing breaks in our food chain, resulting in shortages of products, like beef and pork, in some stores. The visualization below shows how food insecurity may increase in 2020 due to COVID-19 for the overall population and children by state, county, and congressional district. A list of shortage resources and information related to COVID-19. Click on each dashboard tab to view projected changes in food insecurity as a result of COVID-19 by county, congressional district, and state. Scarcity of items … When Meghan Goldammer, JD, RN, chief nursing officer of Sanford Health, which employs almost 10,000 nurses, talks about the COVID-19 pandemic, she highlights how her health system has been able to respond and cites emerging vaccines and therapies as the light at the end of the tunnel. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Metropolitan Detention Center says corrections officers are working extra hours to make up for even more staffing shortages during the … As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, staffing shortages will likely occur due to HCP exposures, illness, or need to care for family members at home. COVID-19 pandemic highlights shortage of nurses and respiratory therapists looming over Texas While the solution for hospital supply shortages may be … Staffing shortages feared at some California hospitals as COVID-19 fills up beds Hospitals are bracing for another surge in COVID-19 cases. Break out your piggy banks, the latest COVID-19 shortage involves pocket change.. news Public Health. Even as the nation’s health care workforce combats the spread and lethality of COVID-19, a report from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) projects that the United States will face a shortage of between 54,100 and 139,000 physicians by 2033. The coronavirus pandemic has caused a nationwide coin shortage, according to … Planning for bed, staffing shortages. But shortages are leaving doctors, nurses and other frontline workers dangerously ill-equipped to care for COVID-19 patients, due to limited access to …