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Covid-positive health care workers struggle with return to work amid staff shortages

Wed, 2022-01-05 13:01 — mike kraft

Covid-positive health care workers struggle with return to work amid staff shortages Health care workers across the country find themselves once again at the forefront of another Covid-19 surge, but this time many are being sidelined after testing positive, leading to a nationwide hospital staffing shortage YahooNews

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U.S. sees 7 straight days of record-setting Covid case numbers

Wed, 2022-01-05 10:04 — mike kraft

7 straight days of record Covid case numbers. See which states set new highs. Two-thirds of the states have set records for Covid cases or hospitalizations since Dec. 28. NBC News

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Maryland Governor Hogan declares state of emergency as state enters its ‘most challenging time’

Tue, 2022-01-04 20:42 — mike kraft

Hogan declares state of emergency as Maryland enters its ‘most challenging time’ of the pandemic Hogan has been under fire for weeks to take additional action to address the omicron surge in Maryland. Washington Post

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Florida hospital system says 50% of its COVID patients are mainly there for other reasons

Tue, 2022-01-04 10:00 — mike kraft

Florida hospital system says 50% of its COVID patients are mainly there for other reasons The nationwide picture is unclear, but many of those in COVID-19 hospitalization statistics are not there primarily because of the coronavirus. YahooNews

About half of the patients listed as being in the hospital with COVID-19 were admitted for "non-COVID reasons," a health authority in Florida said.

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The US's largest children's hospital is reporting a four-fold increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations

Tue, 2022-01-04 09:47 — mike kraft

The US's largest children's hospital is reporting a four-fold increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations With tens of millions of unvaccinated Americans at higher risk for severe disease from Covid-19 infections, doctors and health care facilities nationwide are reporting a rising number of young people hospitalized, some of whom are too young to receive vaccine doses. By Rhea Mogul, Adam Renton, Jack Guy and Ed Upright, CNN CNN

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Covid hospitalization hot spots across the U.S., with charts

Tue, 2022-01-04 09:36 — mike kraft

Covid hospitalization hot spots across the U.S., in five charts Updated daily. NBC News

Covid-19 hospitalizations are once again ticking upward after a lull in October and early November, with tens of thousands more Americans filling hospital beds across the country in the past four weeks.

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More than 103,000 Americans hospitalized with COVID, matching summer surge

Tue, 2022-01-04 09:28 — mike kraft

Covid-19 live updates: More than 103,000 Americans hospitalized with covid, matching worst of summer surge The omicron wave is pushing hospitalizations into six digits, the highest since September amid the delta surge. Washington Post

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Omicron 'plainly milder'; new measures not needed, British P.M. Johnson says

Mon, 2022-01-03 11:45 — mike kraft

Omicron 'plainly milder'; new measures not needed, UK's Johnson says New measures are not needed now in Britain to fight the Omicron variant, which is "plainly milder" than earlier forms of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday. Reuters Reuters

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Why this Covid-19 surge is 'unprecedented in this pandemic'

Mon, 2022-01-03 10:18 — mike kraft

Why this Covid-19 surge is 'unprecedented in this pandemic' The new year is starting with a massive influx of Covid-19 that's different from any other during this pandemic, doctors say. Christina Maxouris and Holly Yan, CNN CNN

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Los Angeles County ilustration: COVID data show stark difference between vaccinated and unvaccinated

Fri, 2021-12-31 17:11 — mike kraft

LA County COVID data show stark difference between vaccinated and unvaccinated New data from Los Angeles County shows a sharp difference in the likelihood of death or hospitalization from COVID-19 in those who have been vaccinated versus those who have not. ABC7 Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles County reported more than 20,000 new COVID-19 cases in one day on Thursday - but as grim as that news sounds, new data also shows how effective vaccines have been at containing the virus' most severe consequences: deaths and hospitalizations.

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