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Nurse Elisa Gilbert checks on a patient in the acute care COVID-19 unit at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Jan. 21. The highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus is putting a significant strain on health systems nationally, resultin

Americans get sicker as omicron stalls everything from heart surgeries to cancer care

Feb 04, 2022
Slammed by COVID-19, many U.S. hospitals have put off essential procedures. Delays are leading to consequences like heart attacks and sending people to emergency rooms to get care.
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Las Vegas Hospital In Capacity Crisis As COVID-19 Cases Soar

Jan 14, 2021

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas hospital declared a capacity crisis over the weekend, citing a surge of COVID-19 patients that overfilled its intensive care unit.

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Shots - Health News
Ambulances fill the loading area at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. The hospital has tried to adjust to the surge of new infections by dedicating three floors for treatment of COVID-19 patients, and creating two COVID-only intensive ca

Tennessee Hospitals Are Disturbingly Close To Their Breaking Point

Dec 22, 2020
Many U.S. hospitals are struggling to find enough space and staff to treat COVID-19 patients. The surge in new cases has forced them to rethink how they use space, manage staff, and handle treatment.
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Coronavirus By The Numbers

Many Hospitals Are Still Overwhelmed By COVID-19 Patients. Is Yours?

Dec 09, 2020
COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to strain U.S. hospitals. NPR built a tool to explore trends around the country. Look up your local hospital to see how it's faring.
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Medical staff prepare for an intubation procedure on a COVID-19 patient in a Houston intensive care unit. In some parts of the U.S., as hospitals get crowded, hospital leaders are worried they may need to implement crisis standards of care.

Near Crisis, Some Hospitals Face Tough Decisions In Caring For Floods Of Patients

Nov 25, 2020
Hospitals are getting so crowded with COVID-19 patients that they're having to resort to workarounds to treat them all. Experts warn this may hamper doctors' ability to save lives.
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Rural communities across the country, places largely spared during the early days of the pandemic, are now seeing spikes in infections and hospitalizations.

COVID-19 Surges In Rural Communities, Overwhelming Some Local Hospitals

Oct 22, 2020
As COVID-19 cases increase, many rural communities, places which were largely spared during the early months of the pandemic, are now contending with a spike in infections and hospitalizations.
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Newscast headlines

Hospital Over Capacity In 'Unsustainable' Coronavirus Spike

Oct 19, 2020

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — One of Utah's largest hospitals had no beds left Friday in its regular intensive-care unit as the governor declared the state's weekslong spike in coronavirus cases unsustainable.

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Coronavirus Live Updates
Patients can get COVID-19 diagnostic and antibody tests at a converted vehicle inspection station in San Antonio, as the state reports a record number of hospitalizations and single-day case increases.

Texas Sets State Record With More Than 10,000 New Coronavirus Cases Reported Tuesday

Jul 07, 2020
Texas recorded 10,028 new cases, surpassing its previous single-day increase as statewide hospitalizations also set new records.
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Many counties in Georgia may not have enough hospital beds to treat a new wave of COVID-19 patients, according to internal federal government documents. Above, a barbershop in Atlanta on April 27.

As Georgia Lifts Restrictions, Its Hospitals May Be Unready For A COVID-19 Surge

May 12, 2020
Internal federal documents warn that too many ICU beds in the state are already full, even as the state leads the move away from lockdown.
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Tents setup outside the main entrance to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The hospital plans to triple the number of available ICU beds to care for patients amidst the spread of COVID-19.

Growing Costs And Shrinking Revenues Squeeze Hospitals As They Brace For Coronavirus

Apr 06, 2020
In places like Los Angeles, hospitals are prepping for anticipated waves of COVID-19 patients. But they're having to ramp up while facing shrinking cash reserves.
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