Latest Stories from the COVID-19 Crisis

Patient Wearing Surgical Mask

“If my voice were louder.”

By Leslie Pelton

Flowers sit on a window sill in the sun.

“I’m choosing to reflect on gratitude.”

By Steph Coulombre

Hands clasped together

“In the age of COVID-19… the comfort of touch is gone.”

By Doriane Miller, MD

Compromised

“We don’t know who may be compromised and who may be compromising the health and wellness of others.”

By Christa Starkey

No visitors sign stands outside ED

“For any person who is faced with a loved one dying alone.”

By Barbara Karnes, RN

A clinician in scrubs sits with his hands clasped and head bent.

“The whole hospital is an ICU.”

By Shayne Perez

All is not lost

“All is not lost.”

By Kristen Swain

Ambulances lined up next to a hospital.

“I ask this so I can see my family.”

By Karla Chamorro

An N95 mask sitting on a table.

“It’s hard for doctors because, with COVID-19, we don’t know if what we are doing is right.”

By Alison Kapadia

Open hardback book

“I’m so grateful for the work I’d done to come to terms with death and dying.”

By Tarlise Townsend

Cordless phone

“I knew I needed to do something to help with the crisis at hand.”

Love Never Fails

“Love never fails.”

Blood bag and test tubes

“We needed more blood for her in the morning. There was none.”

By Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey

Love sun ocean hands mayur gala

“There is a purpose to be found in all these new places.”

People sitting in a circle

“Even simple acts like hand washing can become a great challenge.”

By Shubha Nagesh

“Will I be enough?”

By Laurie Nastasia

A man standing in front of a lake

“This gave me the lightbulb moment … I need to care and I need to serve humanity.”

By Carl Abellana

Presbyterian Poster

“The state government and health care leaders are doing a fantastic, collaborative job.”

By Barbara Balik

Video game controller

“My sister…she’s a nurse.”

By Aaron Waddingham and Sue Robins

Woman holding mobile phone

“Now is the time to pick up the phone and call a neighbor.”

physician wearing PPE

“Although the pandemic has given us our own surge of energy and enthusiasm, I worry.”

By Lakshman Swamy

Door of House in Cameroon

“I realized I wasn’t powerless. If prevention is better than cure, I was in the frontline, too.”

By Njimafo Tiam Armand

Sorry we're closed sign

“I can’t imagine a world in which independent primary care doesn’t exist.”

Parked Cars

“Spending a few minutes outdoors in our parking lot for fresh air.”

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