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“It Feels Like Everything in the Hospital Is Breaking Down”: …

WEBAmid the Omicron surge in New York City, a Bronx-based medical resident spoke with Left Voice about how the Covid-19 pandemic exposed long-standing issues …

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Healthcare Profits: Montefiore Hospital Closes Bronx Center while

WEBMontefiore Hospital System is set to close a primary care center in the Bronx and open a boutique clinic in Manhattan, and healthcare workers are fighting back. We …

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Health is Political

WEBLeft Voice presents an interview with Joan Benach, author of several texts on public health, who discusses public health as a primarily political question, determined …

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Kaiser Permanente Workers Begin the Largest Healthcare Strike in …

WEBThe largest health care strike in U.S. history has begun, as more than 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente walked off the job this morning. The scheduled three-day …

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From Heroes to Zeroes: Nurses in New York Strike against Unsafe

WEBNew Rochelle, NY — Beginning at 7 am on December 1, the entire nursing staff of Montefiore New Rochelle (MNR) Hospital staged a two-day picket against the …

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Our Movement Is the Cure: Fighting for Healthcare Means …

WEBOn July 30 activists marched and rallied in Washington, DC, calling for a more humane healthcare system. Physician and Left Voice member Mike Pappas spoke …

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Buffalo Healthcare Workers Strike for Better Patient Care and Fair

WEBMore than 2,000 healthcare workers — including nurses, technicians, clerical workers, and custodians — at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, New York have been on strike …

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Healthcare Workers Are Standing with Palestine

WEBTwo weeks of carpet-bombing by Israel has left 4,385 Palestinians–1,756 of whom are children–and 13,561 injured, according to Palestine’s Ministry of Health. By …

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New York Healthcare Workers Demand an Immediate End to the …

WEBRank-and-File healthcare workers in New York City will rally and hold a vigil on November 3 in solidarity with Palestine. They are demanding an immediate end to …

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Healthcare Workers Must Stand with Palestine

WEBHealthcare workers must speak up as this health crisis emerges in Gaza and push for an immediate ceasefire. As we see the crisis unfolding, even the basic …

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Structural Violence, COVID-19, and The Bronx: A Black Physician …

WEBTwo years ago, I moved to Bronx, NY for post-graduate medical training. My passions for health equity, activism, and advocacy and my longitudinal drive to keep my …

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Not Enough Nurses: Philadelphia Healthcare Workers Strike for …

WEBIoan Georg. Today is the second day of a planned two-day strike at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. The nearly 800 …

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Healthcare Workers Are At War, But Trump Isn’t on Our Side

WEBNYC physician gave this speech about the war against the coronavirus and the ongoing war against for-profit health care, Trump and capitalism itself. The …

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Healthcare Workers at Kaiser in Northern California Set To Strike in

WEBKaiser Permanente has recently averted a strike of over 50,000 healthcare workers in Southern California, Oregon, and Hawaii after reaching a tentative agreement …

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Bad Medicine: Failings in Trans Healthcare

WEBAs companies broadcast hollow messages of support on Trans Remembrance Day, many working class LGBT+ people are unable to afford or access …

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The Fight to Eradicate HIV/AIDS Is the Fight for Free Healthcare

WEBToday, December 1, is World AIDS Day: a day to mark the fight against HIV and commemorate the lives of those affected by HIV/AIDS. We must fight for free HIV …

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Interview: The Mount Sinai Scandal Shows Everything Wrong with …

WEBA recently released report on horrifying conditions in one of New York City’s major hospitals revealed the way that profit-driven understaffing and overcrowding lead …

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Petition to Stop Closure of Family Health Center: Displacement …

WEBThe Montefiore hospital system recently announced it plans to close its Family Health Center located at 1 Fordham Plaza. Below we are republishing a …

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Why Are Home Health Aides Working 24-Hour Shifts and Only …

WEBHome health aides in New York are currently allowed, by law, to get paid for only half of a daylong shift. However, as a result of several years of struggle, two cases …

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Coronavirus and the Healthcare Crisis: Our Lives Are Worth More …

WEBThe global economic and public health crisis opened by the coronavirus pandemic requires radical solutions. This is a statement by the Trotskyist Fraction – …

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Firing Thousands of Health Care Workers Won’t Stop the Pandemic

WEBOn Monday a North Carolina based hospital system, Novant Health, fired 175 workers in a mass termination due to the vaccine mandate. These firings are an insult to the health …

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