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Shannon Firth

Shannon Firth

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Shannon Firth

Shannon Firth reports on breaking healthcare news for 乌鸦传媒's Washington D.C. bureau She is also a member of 乌鸦传媒's Enterprise & Investigative Reporting team. She has written extensively about mental health, addiction and sexual harassment in medicine as well as faulty medical devices. Her other interests include medical ethics, precision medicine and social determinants of health. Shannon earned her master's degree at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

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A portrait of a female nurse hunched over with her head in her hands

<乌鸦传媒>The Nurses Are Not Alright

Four in 10 nurses under age 34 are isolated, lonely, or depressed

Young boys and girls stand socially distanced in a school hallway with their female teacher

<乌鸦传媒>To Keep Schools Safe, Should Kids Be Six Feet Apart, or Three?

Also, herd immunity probably unreachable unless kids get the shots

A bronze bust of Nathan Davis, MD

<乌鸦传媒>'Father of AMA' Demoted for Discriminatory Actions

Racist agenda chosen by Nathan Davis, MD, remained policy for over a century

A young boy cowers on a chair next to a shadow silhouette of a man yelling and gesticulating.

<乌鸦传媒>What Has COVID-19 Done to Child Welfare?

The evidence is unclear; some see the pandemic as a chance to revamp systems toward prevention

A screenshot of the video of Cleavon Gilman, MD receiving a phone call from Joe Biden

<乌鸦传媒>ER Doc Cleavon Gilman 'Fired' for Tweet, Hopes to Return to Work

'Outpouring of support' from community convinced him to stay

AMA over a photo collage of healthcare workers

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Condemns Police Brutality, Urges Reform

But floor discussion heats up over question of "structural racism"

AMA over a photo collage of healthcare workers

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Delegates Urge More COVID Financial Relief for Docs

But debate ensues over loan repayment deferment vs forgiveness

A photo of Elinore F. McCance-Katz, MD

<乌鸦传媒>Q&A: Elinore McCance-Katz, Head of SAMHSA

"You will see far more children die of suicide than you will COVID"

AMA over a photo collage of healthcare workers

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Responds to Racial Injustice, Failing Practices During COVID-19 Town Hall

Policy experts also discuss physician wellness, ways to preserve advances in telemedicine