COVID-19

Health workers once saluted as heroes now get threats

A nurse works on a computer in a hospital room.
A nurse works on a computer while assisting a COVID-19 patient at a hospital in Los Angeles on Nov. 19, 2020. Across the country, doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic are dealing with hostility, threats and violence from patients angry over safety rules designed to keep the virus from spreading.
Jae C. Hong | AP 2020