Coronavirus: Dispatches From The Front Lines

An ongoing series of WBUR's conversations with front-line workers amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Isabella Texeira, a recent graduate from Clark University, has been volunteering as a COVID clinic cleaner since her in-person classes were canceled. (Courtesy Isabella Texeira)

Local College Grad's Passion For Health Care Leads To Role In COVID-19 Clinic

Isabella Texeira, a 22-year-old Clark University grad, shares her perspective as a cleaner in a coronavirus clinic.

What It's Like To Be A Paramedic During A Pandemic

Many people who work in emergency medicine say this is the most challenging moment in their professional lives. Today, in our ongoing series of dispatches from the front lines, we...

Spiritual Care At A Distance, Masked: Chaplains During COVID-19

Hospital and nursing home chaplains are working round the clock as the death toll from COVID-19 rises in Massachusetts and beyond. WBUR asked four members of the clergy who counsel...

COVID-19 Front-Line Diaries Show Pride And Pain For Health Care Workers In The Pandemic

To help us grasp what’s happening, WBUR asked five front line hospital staffers, those in some of the highest risk positions, to record and share some of their experiences during...

Transport Worker At Beth Israel Deaconess Soothes Anxious Patients With Songs

Lindon Beckford, a hospital transporter at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has been singing songs for patients for 35 years.

Paramedics Face The Pandemic On Front Lines

WBUR's Bruce Gellerman joined Morning Edition to share the story of one EMS paramedic facing the pandemic.

Mass. General Hospital Manager Works to Keep Staff And Patients Safe From Coronavirus

WBUR's Khari Thompson spoke with Awilda Lalande of Massachusetts General's Environmental Services Department, about her role in keeping medical staff and patients safe from the coronavirus.

Bringing Home Something Deadly: How Health Workers Are Isolating From Their Families

With limited supplies of masks, eye protection and face shields, health care workers must resort to dangerous rationing measures like reusing potentially contaminated masks. Many clinicians fear they might inadvertently...

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