The pandemic was unprecedented. Where we succeeded, where we didn’t, and what we learned. The event that would come to define the early 2020s first …
Hospital Workers Pushed to the Brink
Doctors and nurses at hospitals in COVID-19 hot spots once again are asked to be heroes as the number of coronavirus cases rise. It has reached a point where health care facilities are strapped for resources and can no longer treat non-coronavirus cases — there just aren't any beds in the I.C.U. Instead, patients are shipped to far-off cities for treatment. Many of those admitted are unvaccinated. Read more about the experiences health care workers face nationwide.
BATON ROUGE, La. — Bren Ingle watched through a set of twin glass doors as her patient drew his final, halting breaths, a terrifyingly long pause …
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Many overwhelmed hospitals, with no beds to offer, are putting critically ill COVID-19 patients on planes, helicopters and ambulances and sending them hundreds of miles to far-flung states for treatment. The surge in the delta variant of the virus, combined with low vaccination …
Healthcare Economy Published: August 19, 2021 11:30 am It is easy to forget how hard the disease has hammered the United States. America has had …
The rapidly escalating surge in COVID-19 infections across the U.S. has caused a shortage of nurses and other front-line staff in virus hot spots that can no longer keep up with the flood of unvaccinated patients and are losing workers to burnout and lucrative out-of-state temporary gigs. Florida, …
With only about half of the U.S. population fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, hospitals across the country are straining to respond to a deadly fourth surge of infections driven by the delta variant. Doctors say the nationwide outbreak overwhelming hospitals could have been avoided had …
CNN — Covid-19 hospitalizations are reaching all-time highs in parts of the South, with some patients unable to get the care they would normally receive. Susan Walker has been calling out-of-state hospitals trying to get help for her husband, who did not get vaccinated against Covid-19 and is now in …
JEFFERSON, La. — Before the latest coronavirus surge, Louisiana neurologist Robin Davis focused on her specialty: treating patients with epilepsy. These days, as COVID-19 patients flood her hospital in record numbers, she has taken on the additional duties of nurse, janitor and orderly. “I was giving …
The state set a new single-day record of Covid hospitalizations and patients placed in intensive care and on ventilators. JACKSON, Miss. — The children’s park near Lacy Lancaster’s home offers a clear view of the helipad at Ocean Springs Hospital, a few miles outside of Biloxi. Her two young …
Alabama hospitals have run out of ICU beds as COVID-19 cases spike there, putting a renewed strain on the state's health care system. There were negative 29 intensive care unit beds available on Wednesday night, according to the Alabama Hospital Association and the Alabama Department of Public …
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