The Essentials: Inside the Curve

In Everett, Washington, where the first known case of COVID-19 was reported in the United States, 48-year-old Cassie Fra... Read more

With more than 120 of her co-workers having died from COVID-19, 44-year-old New York Metropolitan Transportation Authori... Read more

Thirty-six-year-old New York City veterinarian Erin Kulick has spent the past months performing essential procedures on ... Read more

Officer Torrey Rowe, who works the night shift for the police department in Edmond, Oklahoma, says that while the opioid... Read more

As a food delivery driver in Elkhart, Indiana, 34-year old Wendy Reynolds says she used to have to struggle to get work ... Read more

"I had a coworker today ask me today 'are we essential or are we sacrificial'?" While the 54-year-old grocery store wor... Read more

The 26-year-old firefighter/paramedic says caring for people in the rural area of Brady, Texas comes with its own set of... Read more

The 29-year-old social worker says that the group she works with -- mostly people with mental health needs and low incom... Read more

The 38-year old intensive care nurse in Torrance, California says she's used to working long, hectic shifts in the ICU a... Read more

The 39-year-old cardiologist grabs 15 minutes of sleep whenever he can grab it. He's separated from his family, includi... Read more