2020: The Year in Review
In a year dominated by COVID-19, it is easy to overlook the fact that there were other noteworthy events and people to talk about in 2020. Many of them graced these pages throughout the year and we are delighted to bring you this opportunity to revisit their stories (or, perhaps, see them for the first time) in this year's Year in Review.
The Year of the Nurse
Two hundred years after the birth of Florence Nightingale, the World Health Organization designated 2020 the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. But it's no surprise if you didn't know. In fact, thanks to COVID-19, what was supposed to have been a celebratory year has all but slipped by without much celebration. The timing of Certified Nurses Day on March 19th was particularly unfortunate. That was the week most states began to see their first cases of coronavirus.