The region has faced shortages of liquid oxygen, used in water treatment, as a growing number of critically ill people require respiratory therapy.
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Monoclonal antibodies are free and effective against covid-19, but few people are getting them
Millions are eligible for the therapy but may not be aware it exists.
Biden team tries to get ahead of the virus — and maybe the science — with decision on booster shots
Some experts criticized the decision’s timing and said the White House was acting prematurely based on the latest U.S. vaccination data.
U.S. review of possible link between Moderna vaccine and uncommon side effect delays adolescent approval
The investigation, which involves the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is focusing on Canadian data.
Pandemic has never been worse in Mississippi, top doctor says as 20,000 students are quarantined
Mississippi State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs, who has likened the latest surge to a “tsunami,” has repeatedly stressed that vaccination remains “our best way out of this pandemic.”
What to know about coronavirus booster shots in the U.S.
The Biden administration is rolling out coronavirus vaccine booster shots for certain groups
An Alabama doctor watched patients reject the coronavirus vaccine. Now he’s refusing to treat them.
Jason Valentine, a physician in Mobile, Ala., announced he will not see unvaccinated patients starting Oct. 1: “If they asked why, I told them covid is a miserable way to die and I can’t watch them die like that.”
Vaccines show declining effectiveness against infection overall but strong protection against hospitalization amid delta variant
The results were pivotal to the Biden administration’s decision to recommend booster shots.
How CDC data problems put the U.S. behind on the delta variant
Critics say the CDC’s failure to share real-time data led to overly rosy assessments of vaccine effectiveness — and complacency on the part of many Americans.
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.
