US healthcare workers have faced devastating losses amid PPE shortages

As US death toll hits 300,000, one group of workers have paid an especially high price. The Guardian shares their stories

The US death toll from Covid-19 crossed the grim milestone of 300,000 Monday, just hours after the first doses of a new vaccine were given to high-risk healthcare workers.

Frontline healthcare worker have shouldered an extraordinary burden over the last 10 months and represent a disproportionate share of the sick.