Covid-19 Press Releases

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Nurse holds sign "15 months later, 403 nurses dead"

Nurses applaud Labor Caucus and 100+ Congress members for urging Biden to immediately issue Covid emergency temporary standard

National Nurses United today applauded the co-chairs of the Congressional Labor Caucus for leading more than 100 members of Congress in a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to immediately issue the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) to protect frontline workers from Covid-19.

National Nurses United
June 2, 2021

Nurse holds sign "Protect Nurses, Patients, Public Health"

National Nurses United holding Wednesday, May 19 press conference

National Nurses United is holding a press conference on Wednesday, May 19 to discuss the faulty science underlying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s dangerous new guidance that says vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks except for in health care and public transportation settings, distance from others outside their household, or get tested and self isolate when they’ve been exposed to Covid-19 if they show no symptoms.

National Nurses United
May 18, 2021

Nurse holds sign "Protect Nurses, Patients, Public Health"

Registered nurses and social workers with CountyCare demand Cook County Health stop putting them at unnecessary risk of exposure to Covid-19

CountyCare registered nurses and social workers say they are being put at unnecessary risk of exposure to Covid-19 by Cook County Health, which refuses to allow those exposed to Covid-19 to isolate and work remotely.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
May 18, 2021

Nurse holds sign "Prioritize Public Health"

RNs encouraged by California’s decision to continue mandatory masking

California Nurses Association is encouraged that California health officials have announced their intention to continue observing current Covid-19 guidance, including mandatory masking, until June 15.

California Nurses Association
May 17, 2021

NNU President Jean Ross, RN

Nation’s largest RN union condemns CDC rollback on Covid protection guidance

National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, today condemned new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance stating that fully vaccinated people no longer needed to wear masks, avoid crowds or large gatherings, and no longer needed to isolate after exposure or get tested unless they develop symptoms.

National Nurses United
May 14, 2021

Honor Fallen Nurses and Fight For the Living

NNU to Highlight the Hundreds of U.S. Nurses Who Have Lost Their Lives to Covid-19

National Nurses United on Wednesday, May 12, will honor the more than 400 registered nurses who have died from the Covid-19 pandemic.

National Nurses United
May 11, 2021

Deadly Shame - a series of animated shorts exploring nurses' experiences on the front lines of the pandemic and more

National Nurses United launches animated series exploring nurses’ work and power throughout the pandemic

As part of Nurses Week, National Nurses United is releasing a series of animated shorts, developed in collaboration with award-winning artist Molly Crabapple and Sharp as Knives.

National Nurses United
May 10, 2021

Nurses preparing to administer vaccines

Nurses Week: RNRN calls on more nurse volunteers to administer Covid-19 vaccine doses through the end of May

Nurses Week is underway and the Registered Nurse Response Network is calling on registered nurse volunteers to assist with Covid-19 vaccinations at the Kedren Community Health Center in partnership with International Medical Corps.

RN Response Network
May 7, 2021

Nurse holds sign "Protect Essential Workers"

Nurses Welcome Movement on Federal Workplace Safety Standard, Urge Quick Approval as Pandemic Surges

National Nurses United today welcomed the Biden Administration’s decision to take an important step toward issuing an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to ensure safe workplaces for nurses, and other health care and essential workers.

National Nurses United
April 26, 2021

Community First Medical Center RNs

RNs at Community First alert public to patient safety concerns during Covid-19 pandemic

Registered nurses at Community First Medical Center in Chicago will hold a virtual press conference and an in-person picket on Friday, April 23 to alert the public to a variety of alarming state and federal violations that nurses say jeopardize patient safety.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 22, 2021