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Surgeon General Vivek Murthy sounds alarm on health care worker shortage

Published May 24, 2022 at 1:06 PM EDT
Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (Susan Walsh/AP)
Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (Susan Walsh/AP)

The Department of Health and Human Services is ringing the alarm bell over a projected massive worker shortage in medicine.

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy joins us to discuss the implications.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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