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Coronavirus: Doctors, facing burnout, turn to self-care An October poll of 862 emergency physicians nationwide from the American College of Emergency Physicians and Morning Consult found that 87% felt more stressed since the onset of COVID-19, with 72% experiencing a greater degree of professional burnout New York Times February 03, 2021 / 02:20 PM IST Dr. Michelle Thompson, a family medicine physician, at her home in Vienna, Ohio on Jan. 15, 2021. A growing number of programs aim to help doctors, nurses and medical students who are struggling ...

With the pandemic shutting down theaters, productions of "A Christmas Carol" are going virtual. We  speak with the directors of three productions. And, Philadelphia psychiatrist Mona Masood anticipated how doctors would be affected by the pandemic way back in March and started the psychiatrist-staffed Physician Support Line. She joins us with a hotline volunteer psychiatrist to talk about the work they're doing. That and more, in hour one of  Here & Now's Dec. 10, 2020, full broadcast. You can find more at hereandnow.org — and follow us on Twitter, Instagram or join the conversat...

Ainsley: when i saw the american medical association was pushing the gun control jenged. what? why are they getting involved in this. >> the ama has historically gotten involved in a lot of issues. that's why they don't have a ton of physician support. they only make up 25% of practicing physicians because of their political and financial motives. but they do have a strong arm when it comes to lobbying. they spend over $21 million a year. they are a force to be wreck connereckonedwith. we do have over 30,000 people a year dying from gun violence in the united states alone. that is more than ai...

If i'm wrong, you're roughly about four miles away from the movie theater itself. when we talk about how confident police feel about the evacuation, the perimeter that they've been able to establish, from your vantage point, how confident are they that they've been able to secure other people to get them away from this apartment? >> well, when i got here, i got here, i'm thinking, maybe 10 or 15 minutes after the initial evacuation. i talked to a lot of people who were in their pajamas, halfway wet, very confused about what was going on. at that point -- >> jeremy, let me ask you to hold on an...