Facebook posts from Matthew Trunsky, MD, detail his interactions with eight COVID patients and their relatives that highlight the resistance and mistreatment some healthcare workers face while caring for patients who have put off or declined getting vaccinated.
Maine set records Wednesday with 226 patients in the hospital for COVID and 88 patients in critical care. New cases reached a seven-day average of 467.4, compared with 162.3 a month earlier. And in a sprawling state where hospitals are at or near capacity, the COVID death toll topped 1,000 since the start of the pandemic.
Early Friday morning, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky diverged from the agency's independent vaccine advisers to recommend boosters for a broader group of people -- those ages 18 to 64 who are at increased risk of COVID-19 because of their workplaces or institutional settings -- in addition to older adults, long-term care facility residents and some people with underlying health conditions.
Total deaths from COVID-19 in Florida during the pandemic have jumped to 53,105, with more than 10,000 lives lost in the last month alone, according to Thursday's data from the CDC.
Rural residents are currently dying from COVID-19 at twice the rate of metropolitan residents, according to a Daily Yonder analysis. And the rate of new infections in rural counties is 50% higher than the metropolitan rate.
(CNN) -- The pace of people getting first doses of COVID-19 vaccines is the slowest it has been since July 23, according to data released Wednesday from the CDC. The data comes as flu season is around the corner, which could increase death tolls and put more strain on hospitals already struggling with an influx of patients and depleted resources.