Below is a collection of links to news stories, provided by Global Nurses United, about nurses in other nations and how they are advocating for their patients.
Australia
Headline: Thanks A Million campaign: Messages of thanks from around Australia
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Headline: Safety audit finds ‘immediate and severe risk’ to Southport Lodge aged care centre residents
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Canada
Headline: Linda Silas: Vaccination, trust in science and patience is the only way out of this pandemic
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https://www.journaldequebec.com/2021/01/28/recommandations-du-n-95-un-acces-encore-trop-restreint
Titre: Recommandations du N95: un accès encore trop restreint
Headline: N95 recommendations: access still too restricted
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Titre: Santé et sécurité : le ministre québécois du Travail promet de bonifier sa réforme
Headline: Health and safety: the Quebec Minister of Labor promises to improve his reform
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https://www.journaldequebec.com/2021/01/26/depart-massif-dinfirmieres-dans-lanaudiere-1
Titre: Départ massif d’infirmières dans Lanaudière
Headline: Massive departure of nurses in Lanaudière
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-n95-update-mask-guidelines-1.5890990
Headline: Quebec updates N95 mask guidelines, nurses’ union says government should go further
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Titre: Les travailleurs de la santé veulent être mieux protégés
Headline: Healthcare workers want better protection
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Titre: La FIQ poursuit sa croisade devant les tribunaux
Headline: The FIQ continues its crusade in court
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https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/01/gofundme-toronto-nurse-died-suicide/
Headline: GoFundMe for Toronto nurse who died by suicide raises more than 5 times its goal
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Headline: Health care system continues to fail during the pandemic
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Headline: Mental-health support is being provided to those on the frontline who need it
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https://www.660citynews.com/2021/01/27/alberta-hospitals-still-strained/
Headline: Alberta hospitals still strained despite dropping COVID-19 case numbers
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https://globalnews.ca/news/7597842/2020-confirmed-fatal-drug-overdoses-rural-saskatchewan/
Headline: A third of 2020’s confirmed fatal drug overdoses happened in rural Saskatchewan
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https://www.brandonsun.com/local/common-sense-has-taken-a-vacation-nurse-573647432.html
Headline: Common sense has taken a vacation: nurse
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-covid-vaccine-work-sick-calls-1.5890183
Headline: COVID-19 vaccine side effects prompting sick calls from some health-care staff
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Honduras
Titular: Tres trabajadores sanitarios mueren por covid-19 en menos de 24 horas en Honduras
Headline: Three health workers die from covid-19 in less that 24 hours in Honduras
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https://criterio.hn/35-enfermeras-han-fallecido-a-causa-del-covid-19-y-unas-2990-se-han-contagiado/
Titular: 35 enfermeras han fallecido a causa del Covid-19 y unas 2,990 se han contagiado
Headline: 35 nurses have died from Covid-19 and some 2,990 have been infected
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https://www.latribuna.hn/2021/01/24/enfermeras-amenazan-con-dejar-las-salas-de-covid/
Titular: Enfermeras amenazan con dejar las salas de COVID
Headline: Nurses threaten to leave COVID wards
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https://www.latribuna.hn/2021/01/26/muere-por-covid-19-enfermera-exdirigente-de-la-aneeah/
Titular: Muere por COVID-19 enfermera exdirigente de la ANEEAH
Headline: Former ANEEAH nurse dies of COVID-19
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https://proceso.hn/aneeah-amenaza-con-abandonar-salas-covid-por-rebaja-del-sueldo/
Titular: ANEEAH amenaza con abandonar salas COVID por rebaja del sueldo
Headline: ANEEAH threatens to leave COVID rooms due to salary reduction
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Titular: Auxiliares de enfermería denuncian degradación de salario al ser contratados por gobierno
Headline: Nursing assistants denounce salary degradation when hired by the government
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https://www.elheraldo.hn/pais/1439041-466/personal-salud-expuesto-alta-carga-viral-de-covid-19
Titular: Personal de salud expuesto a alta carga viral de covid-19
Headline: Health personnel exposed to high viral load of covid-19
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https://www.vtv.com.hn/noticia/las-enfermeras-se-encuentran-entre-la-muerte-y-reduccion-de-salarios/
Titular: Las enfermeras se encuentran entre la muerte y reducción de salarios
Headline: Nurses are between death and reduced wages
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Ireland
Headline: Covid-19’s major psychological toll on Irish healthcare workers
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Headline: Coronavirus: 77 deaths and 1,910 more cases of Covid-19 reported as Ireland faces more restrictions and vaccine delays
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https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/covid-19-infection-rate-in-hospitals-out-of-control-1.4466463
Headline: Covid-19 infection rate in hospitals ‘out of control’
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Headline: Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says Covid-19 infection levels in Irish hospitals ‘out of control’
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Headline: Covid-19: HSE to introduce antigen testing in hospitals this week
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Italy
Titolo: Covid-19 al Brotzu, NurSind denuncia: 1 infermiere per 20 pazienti
Headline: Covid-19 al Brotzu, NurSind reports: 1 nurse for 20 patients
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Titolo: Carichi di lavoro sempre più pesanti, infermieri sotto stress. Il Nursind chiede un segnale all’Asp
Headline: Increasingly heavy workloads, nurses under stress. Nursind asks for a sign of help from Asp
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Titolo: Emergenza Covid, operatori in prima linea: Nursind, “servono personale e più tutele”
Headline: Covid emergency, frontline operators: Nursind, “we need staff and more protection”
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Titolo: Nursind, richiesta di intervento ispettivo urgente all’ospedale di Caltagirone
Headline: Nursind, request for urgent inspection intervention at the Caltagirone hospital
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Kenya
https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/61478-health-workers-strike-prolongs-nms-cog-skip-talks
Headline: Health Workers Strike Prolongs as NMS, CoG Skip Talks
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New Zealand
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300200293/rose-pere-born-to-push-against-the-current
Headline: Rose Pere: Born to push against the current
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Paraguay
Titular: Covid humanizó más a médicos y visibilizó labor de las enfermeras
Headline: Covid humanized doctors more and made the work of nurses visible
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Portugal
Manchete: Enfermeiros denunciam más condições de trabalho no Centro Hospitalar Tondela Viseu
Headline: Nurses report poor working conditions at the Tondela Viseu Hospital Center
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Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros quer solução para precários no Centro Hospitalar de Vila Real
Headline: Union of Nurses wants solution for precarious in the Hospital Center of Vila Real
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Manchete: SEP afirma que subfinanciamento do SNS levou ao “encerramento de milhares de camas”
Headline: SEP says SNS underfunding led to “closure of thousands of beds”
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Manchete: Covid-19. Faltam enfermeiros no Hospital de Viseu
Headline: Covid-19. Missing nurses at Viseu Hospital
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Manchete: Enfermeiros do Algarve exigem pagamento de horas extraordinárias em dias de tolerância
Headline: Algarve nurses demand overtime pay on tolerance days
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South Africa
Headline: Denosa fears nurses may themselves become patients due to trauma, depression of fighting Covid-19
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Headline: OPINION | Covid-19: Why South Africa needs to recruit and train a new generation of nurses
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https://enca.com/news/denosa-calls-simple-clear-vaccine-information
Headline: Denosa calls for simple, clear vaccine information
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Headline: 11,000 Limpopo nurses prepare to strike over roster changes amid COVID
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Headline: Nurses’ union criticises health department’s lack of preparation
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Spain
Titular: Satse asegura que hay falta de enfermeras en el Edificio Rondilla por haber malas condiciones
Headline: Satse claims that there is a lack of nurses in the Rondilla Building due to poor conditions
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https://www.leonoticias.com/leon/satse-leon-exige-contratos-enfermeras-20210125142020-nt.html
Titular: SATSE León exige mejores contratos para las enfermeras ante «el déficit de profesionales en la tercera ola»
Headline: SATSE León demands better contracts for nurses given “the deficit of professionals in the third wave”
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https://diario16.com/cerca-de-600-enfermeras-de-baja-por-covid-a-las-que-ayuso-no-sustituye/
Titular: Cerca de 600 enfermeras de baja por Covid a las que Ayuso no sustituye
Headline: About 600 nurses on sick leave due to Covid that Ayuso does not replace
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Titular: Satse denuncia pérdida salarial entre las enfermeras andaluzas en plena ola
Headline: Satse denounces salary loss among Andalusian nurses in full wave
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Titular: Satse pide contratos estables para que regresen de otros países enfermeras
Headline: Satse asks for stable contracts so that nurses return from other countries
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Titular: El Satse denuncia que las comunidades no hayan reforzado sus plantillas de enfermeros para la tercera ola
Headline: Satse denounces that the communities have not reinforced their nursing staff for the third wave
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United Kingdom
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-55770323
Headline: Covid: Call for long-term plan to help ‘burnt-out’ nurses
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Headline: RCN escalates campaign for nurse access to high-level PPE
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https://sports.yahoo.com/nurses-condemn-boris-johnson-pay-193300048.html
Headline: Nurses condemn Boris Johnson after ‘inaccurate’ claim in COVID press conference – ‘It’s demoralising’
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Headline: Nursing leaders call for PPE review in light of new coronavirus variants
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Headline: Nursing leaders call for more effective PPE in light of new coronavirus variants
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Headline: Nurses claim they are being treated like ‘lambs to the slaughter’ as they call for higher-grade face masks to protect against new coronavirus strains
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United States
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-surge-leaves-doctors-nurses-reeling-from-burnout-11611612044
Headline: Covid-19 Surge Leaves Doctors, Nurses Reeling From Burnout
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Headline: ‘A lot of us are going to have PTSD.’ Fatigue, burnout plague hospital staffs during COVID surge
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https://patch.com/california/temecula/businesses-can-reopen-riverside-county-stay-home-lifted
Headline: These Businesses Are Reopening In Riverside County: See List
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Headline: Newsom: Science, not politics, dictates lifting of stay-at-home orders
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https://www.startribune.com/covid-takes-bite-out-of-minnesota-health-care-labor-market/600014706/
Headline: COVID takes bite out of Minnesota health care labor market
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Headline: Whitmer appoints 7 Mid-Michigan officials to Protect Michigan Commission
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Headline: GAU President calls Biden debt cancellation plan “drop in the bucket”
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Headline: Filipino health care workers and their battle against COVID-19
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https://www.sonomacountygazette.com/sonoma-county-news/healthcare-for-all-2/
Headline: Healthcare for all!
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Headline: Healthcare workers call for hospitals to put patients first
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Headline: Thousands of Nurses Nationwide to Demand Hospital Employers ‘Put Patients First’
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https://abc7news.com/california-lifts-stay-at-home-order-restrictions-lifted-tier/10020150/
Headline: California nurses, doctors and lawmakers question state’s ‘premature’ move to open up
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Headline: Workplace violence in hospitals is preventable, says head of National Nurses United
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Headline: Valley hospitals react to Gov. Newsom lifting stay home orders
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Headline: Coronavirus Stay-at-Home Orders Lifted, But San Diego Remains in Purple Tier
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Headline: COVID Reopening: Risk Of Setting Off Another Surge Has Business Owners, Nurses Concerned
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https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2021/01/newsoms-reopening-raises-questions/
Headline: Newsom’s reopening about-face raises questions
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https://www.ksro.com/2021/01/26/california-nurses-association-lashes-out-at-governor-newsom/
Headline: California Nurses Association Lashes Out At Governor Newsom
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Headline: California’s Top Hospital Lobbyist Cements Influence in Covid Crisis
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Headline: Maine Med. asks nurses to attend training with anti-union consulting firm
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/health/covid-health-workers-unions.html
Headline: Health Care Unions Find a Voice in the Pandemic
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https://www.healthexec.com/topics/covid-19/nurses-union-collective-action-hospitals-response-covid
Headline: Largest nurses’ union launches collective action to ‘demand our corporate hospital employers put patients before profits during COVID and beyond’
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Headline: Fawcett Memorial Hospital nurses protest, call for better staffing
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Headline: OSHA cites three more Florida workplaces with coronavirus-related violations
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Headline: January now the deadliest COVID-19 month in San Diego
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Headline: Nurses stage caravan rally to bring attention to pandemic work conditions
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Headline: Nurses organize third demonstration against increased patient ratios
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Headline: Maine Medical Center nurses will vote to unionize
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Headline: PPE shortages and right wing threats hamper anti-pandemic fight
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https://news.yahoo.com/risks-reopening-california-health-care-015353436.html
Headline: Risks of Reopening California: Health care workers weigh in on lifted orders
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Headline: Hospital hires anti-union firm to train, dissuade nurses
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https://www.oakdaleleader.com/news/national-nurses-united-seeks-more-focus-patient-care/
Headline: National Nurses United Seeks More Focus On Patient Care
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Headline: Mission Hospital nurses union joins in on national event to ‘put patients first’
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Headline: Nationwide union events urge hospitals to put patients over profits
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Headline: Maine Med. asks nurses to attend training with anti-union consulting firm
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Headline: UC San Diego nurses demand action for safe patient care
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Headline: Keck Hospital of USC nurses demand improved safety measures amid coronavirus pandemic
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https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/pediatrician-shot-and-killed-medical-office-austin
Headline: Pediatrician shot and killed at medical office in Austin
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Headline: Nurses union to FDA: Mask decontamination never should have been OK’d
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https://khn.org/morning-breakout/frustrated-health-care-workers-turn-to-labor-unions-for-help/
Headline: Frustrated Health Care Workers Turn To Labor Unions For Help
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Headline: Why N95 Masks Are Still In Short Supply In The U.S.
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Headline: How California’s top hospital lobbyist is influencing the state’s COVID response
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https://abc7news.com/california-lifts-stay-at-home-order-restrictions-lifted-tier/10020150/
Headline: California nurses, doctors and lawmakers question state’s ‘premature’ move to open up
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Headline: Santa Barbara Activists to Host Car Caravan Demanding Guaranteed Health Care in California – Saturday, February 6
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Headline: Nurses organize third demonstration against increased patient ratios
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Headline: Frontline nurse discusses the toll COVID-19 takes: “We should have had control over this.”
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Headline: Valley hospitals react to Gov. Newsom lifting stay home orders
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Headline: Nurses say lifting CA stay home orders puts patients, nurses, health care workers at risk
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https://www.wflx.com/2021/01/27/delray-beach-business-accused-selling-counterfeit-n-masks/
Headline: Delray Beach business accused of selling ‘counterfeit’ N95 masks
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https://www.ideastream.org/news/why-n95-masks-are-still-in-short-supply-in-the-us
Headline: Why N95 Masks Are Still In Short Supply In The U.S.
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https://workdayminnesota.org/union-and-allies-response-to-the-gov-proposed-budget/
Headline: Union and Allies Respond to the Governors Proposed Budget
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https://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2021-01-27/is-it-safe-to-reopen-schools
Headline: Is It Safe To Reopen Schools?
