The U.S. is urging the more than 150 countries planning to send their leader or a government minister to New York to speak in person at the U.N. General Assembly next month to consider giving a video address instead to prevent the annual high-level week from becoming "a super-spreader event."
After scaling back efforts in the spring when cases fell, state and local health departments are trying to build back operations with depleted resources, as COVID fatigue among their workers and the public alike complicate those efforts.
Some experts believe, and hope, that the hurdles the unvaccinated will face keeping employment will push them to take a shot.
Dental care was the most common type of care patients skipped due to COVID-19 concerns in spring. Health systems are getting medical providers to help convince patients to return for missed dental visits.
Mississippi health officials say almost 1,000 hospital beds that could be used to treat patients during the latest surge of coronavirus in the state are unstaffed because of a shortage of healthcare workers.
The administration continues to look for ways to use mandates to encourage vaccine holdouts to get shots. The nursing home mandate could take effect as soon as next month.
Unlike earlier surges, this wave is predominately impacting younger, unvaccinated people just as classes are resuming.
