By Lauren Leatherby and Amy Schoenfeld Walker Just as millions of families around the United States navigate sending their children back to school at an uncertain moment in the pandemic, the number of children admitted to the hospital with Covid-19 has risen to the highest levels reported to date. Nearly 30,000 of them entered hospitals in … [Read more...] about Least Vaccinated States Lead Spike in Children’s Cases, Leaving Some Hospitals Stretched
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More kids hospitalized with Covid-19 in states with lower vaccination rates, CDC report finds
By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN)More children went to the hospital and emergency room in states with lower vaccination rates, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Children have largely been spared the worst of Covid-19 -- hospitalizations and deaths are rarer for children than for adults -- although recently children's hospitals … [Read more...] about More kids hospitalized with Covid-19 in states with lower vaccination rates, CDC report finds
South Dakota Covid cases quintuple after Sturgis motorcycle rally
Meade County, home to Sturgis, has had a more than 1,500 percent increase in cases in the past 14 days. By Ben Kesslen and Joe Murphy Two weeks after the annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, reported Covid infections in the state have risen nearly sixfold. South Dakota counted 3,819 new cases in the past two weeks, including seven deaths, … [Read more...] about South Dakota Covid cases quintuple after Sturgis motorcycle rally
Covid hospitalizations surge in US south as unvaccinated urged to get shots
Louisiana now leads the nation in new Covid casesIntensive care units near capacity in multiple locations Covid-19 hospitalizations continued to surge among America’s deep south states on Monday as health officials urge unvaccinated residents to receive the shot and intensive care units near capacity in multiple locations, prompting fears of a surge close to the numbers of … [Read more...] about Covid hospitalizations surge in US south as unvaccinated urged to get shots
Unvaccinated States Feel Brunt of Delta-Led Covid Uptick
By Lauren Leatherby and Amy Schoenfeld Walker Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in the United States remain low but are slowly rising again, driven by outbreaks in patches of the country’s center, south and west, and by tiny increases almost everywhere else. The highly contagious Delta variant, which now makes up a majority of new U.S. … [Read more...] about Unvaccinated States Feel Brunt of Delta-Led Covid Uptick
