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Florida's COVID surge 'a crisis of unprecedented proportions -- school districts battle for masks, other updates.

Sat, 2021-08-21 21:08 — mike kraft

Florida's COVID surge 'a crisis of unprecedented proportions,' doctor says; school districts battle for masks. Latest COVID-19 updates Florida school districts are in the middle of a tug-of-war between state and federal authorities over mask mandates. The latest COVID updates. Jeanine Santucci and Christine Fernando USA TODAY

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As more around world get vaccinated, fewer give blood

Fri, 2021-08-20 11:55 — mike kraft

In COVID hangover, as more around world get vaccinated, fewer give blood From Seoul to Paris, and Moscow to Bangkok, concerned citizens are lining up for shots as COVID-19 case numbers swell. That may ease pressure on stretched hospitals around the world, but with it comes a hangover - a severe shortage of blood donors. Sangmi Cha Reuters

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Florida: 'Bracing for the worst' in the state's COVID-19 hot zone

Fri, 2021-08-20 10:56 — mike kraft

'Bracing for the worst' in Florida's COVID-19 hot zone JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — As quickly as one COVID patient is discharged, another waits for a bed in northeast Florida, the hot zone of the state's latest surge. But the patients at Baptist Health’s five hospitals across Jacksonville are younger and getting sick from the virus faster than people did last summer. AP NEWS

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The U.S. faces another peak in child hospitalizations as the delta variant hits communities hesitant to get vaccinated.

Fri, 2021-08-20 10:29 — mike kraft

Child Covid-19 hospitalizations soar The U.S. faces another peak in child hospitalizations as the delta variant hits communities hesitant to get vaccinated. NBC News

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Coronavirus hospitalizations among those under 50 hits new high

Thu, 2021-08-19 16:23 — Naomisfreeman

Coronavirus hospitalizations among those under 50 hits new high COVID-19 hospitalizations among patients under the age of 50 have hit a new high in the U.S., Olafimihan Oshin TheHill

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Texas faces tipping point as COVID-19 spreads

Thu, 2021-08-19 09:56 — mike kraft

Texas faces tipping point as COVID-19 spreads Texas is facing a tipping point in the state’s battle with COVID-19. Justine Coleman and Maggie Miller TheHill

Texas is facing a tipping point in the state’s battle with COVID-19.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who is fully vaccinated, tested positive for COVID-19 this week as deaths in his state from the coronavirus have more than doubled in the last two weeks and hospitals have reached capacity.

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America’s hospitals are back in crisis mode-- the unvaccinated and the Delta variant.

Wed, 2021-08-18 19:34 — mike kraft

The delta variant is putting America’s hospitals back in crisis mode Hospitalizations — mostly of unvaccinated people — are rising nationwide as the country topped 900,000 cases last week for the first time since January. Frances Stead Sellers, Ariana Eunjung Cha, Hannah Knowles, Derek Hawkins Washington Post

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Four states reach new pandemic peaks - but in the states with higher vaccine rates and mask mandates, ICUs are less busy

Wed, 2021-08-18 10:10 — mike kraft

As Delta surges, 4 states reach new pandemic peaks for daily COVID-19 cases - but in the states with higher vaccine rates and mask mandates, ICUs are less busy

Four US states have set records for new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations over the past few days, data from Johns Hopkins University shows.

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Alabama is down to 2 ICU beds while thousands of additional students quarantine due to Covid-19

Tue, 2021-08-17 18:05 — mike kraft

One state is down to 2 ICU beds while thousands of additional students quarantine due to Covid-19 Those unvaccinated against Covid-19 aren't just risking their own health -- they're also jeopardizing medical care for others and fueling a surge that's forcing more students to quarantine, doctors say. Holly Yan and Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN

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Texas requests five mortuary trailers during Covid-19 surge

Tue, 2021-08-17 13:24 — mike kraft

Texas requests five mortuary trailers during Covid-19 surge Five mortuary trailers have been requested by the health services department in Texas, which is seeing a surge in Covid-19 cases and, along with Florida, leads the nation in pediatric hospitalizations. Raja Razek and Ray Sanchez, CNN CNN

Five mortuary trailers have been requested by the health services department in Texas, which is seeing a surge in Covid-19 cases and, along with Florida, leads the nation in pediatric hospitalizations.

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