Honoring the nearly 600 US healthcare workers who have died from COVID-19

Michael Walter | | Cardiovascular Business | COVID-19
Hypertension patients measured their blood pressure less frequently during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research published in Hypertension. In addition, when those patients did measure their blood pressure, the readings were less healthy than they had been before the pandemic.

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, it is difficult to know just how many healthcare workers have lost their lives battling this deadly virus. According to Lost on the Frontline, a new projected launched by KHN and The Guardian, the number currently sits at 586—and it is expected to continue rising.

Lost on the Frontline has shared detailed profiles of 105 healthcare workers so far, with more on the way in the coming days. The goal is to account for every individual who died from COVID-19, honoring them and ensuring their sacrifice is remembered.

“Some cases are shrouded in secrecy,” according to the project’s authors. “Our team contacts family members, employers and medical examiners to independently confirm each death. Many hospitals have been overwhelmed and workers sometimes have lacked protective equipment or suffer from underlying health conditions that make them vulnerable to the highly infectious virus. In the chaos, COVID casualties might otherwise get overlooked.”

Click below to read those first 105 profiles:  

Lost On The Frontline

Michael Walter
Michael Walter, Managing Editor

Michael has more than 18 years of experience as a professional writer and editor. He has written at length about cardiology, radiology, artificial intelligence and other key healthcare topics.

Related Content

AHA issues a scientific statement on COVID-19 cardiac arrhythmias
History of COVID-19 doubles long-term risk of heart attack, stroke or death
Monitoring acute heart patients at home linked to considerable cost savings
A key update on how COVID-19 caused dangerous MIS-C inflammation in children
Q&A: Cardiologist Karen Joynt Maddox on why new healthcare policies are not improving outcomes
COVID-19 vaccines helped heart failure patients stay out of the hospital and live longer

Around the web

Health Imaging
Use of AI opportunistic screening in CT for cardiovascular disease

Ron Blankstein, MD, professor of radiology, Harvard Medical School, explains the use of artificial intelligence to detect heart disease in non-cardiac CT exams.

Health Imaging
New imaging protocols proposed to curb rise of cardiovascular infections

Eleven medical societies have signed on to a consensus statement aimed at standardizing imaging for suspected cardiovascular infections.

Radiology Business
What does radiology have to do with climate change?

Kate Hanneman, MD, explains why many vendors and hospitals want to lower radiology's impact on the environment. "Taking steps to reduce the carbon footprint in healthcare isn’t just an opportunity," she said. "It’s also a responsibility."