News From Katrina to COVID: The disasters that proved the US needed more emergency health care workers March 25, 2022Erin Mansfield and Donovan Slack, USA TODAYComments Off on From Katrina to COVID: The disasters that proved the US needed more emergency health care workers From Hurricane Katrina to Ebola, these disasters showed the U.S. knew it needed more emergency health workers. The government failed to hire them.