Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes Staff

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Biden Administration Doubles Orders For Pfizer’s Anti-Covid Pill As Hospitals Run Short

Sen. Chuck Schumer complained that federal distribution formulas had kept New York from receiving adequate quantities of life-saving Covid-19 antiviral pills.

Florida Demands 30,000 Covid-19 Antibody Doses As Hospitals Across U.S. Scramble To Secure Life-Saving Treatment

From New York to Texas, hospitals have run low on treatments effective against the omicron variant.

Global Covid Crackdowns: France, Germany, Greece Announce New Restrictions, UK, Australia Won’t (Yet)

Canada, meanwhile, creates a patchwork of rules.

CDC Recommends Cutting Covid Isolation Time To 5 Days For Some Healthcare Workers

To combat hospital understaffing, the CDC halved its recommended isolation time for workers who contract the virus.

Omicron Is Now The Dominant Covid Variant In U.S., At 73% Of Cases

It remains unclear whether the highly transmissible coronavirus variant causes less severe illness than other variants.