As the Omicron variant surges in Arizona, hospitals are struggling to maintain staffing levels and resources to treat the influx of patients. As of Wednesday, Jan. 12, the state reached a new record daily high of 18,783 new COVID-19 cases after rising for 11 consecutive days.
According to KTAR, Arizona is likely to see more record...
The U.S. is now reporting over one million new cases of COVID-19 per day as a result of the surge caused by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. As cases spike, the federal government has been slow to act as quickly as in prior surges, motivating healthcare industry workers and the public to criticize the response.
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With the rise of the Omicron variant continuing the COVID-19 pandemic into the foreseeable future and the Build Back Better Act stalled in Congress, the landscape of healthcare in 2022 is somewhat uncertain. Two analyses, one from the U.S. Office of Public Policy and the other from the J.P. Morgan 2022 Healthcare Conference, lend some...
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a new report with heartening results on a study of 1.2 million fully vaccinated adults in which only 327 were hospitalized and 36 died due to COVID-19.
The CDC study involved patients seen at 465 healthcare facilities across the U.S. from December 2020 to...
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden addressed the nation in an attempt to calm fears about skyrocketing COVID-19 cases and overwhelmed hospitals across the country. The president leaned on the vaccine for mitigating hospitalization rates as the cases continue to surge due to the highly-transmissible Omicron variant of the virus.
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The new year brings a new surge of COVID-19, this time driven by the Omicron variant which researchers regard somewhat optimistically. Even still, schools are gearing up for a staff shortage as the governor and school administrators vow there won't be school closures. Additionally, the Arizona Department of Health Services released a...
Over the holiday weekend, the Omicron variant officially became the dominant form of COVID-19 in the United States, out-competing the Delta variant that held dominance since the summer. In response to holiday travel and increased transmissibility of the Omicron variant, many Americans are seeking out rapid at-home COVID-19 tests, as well...
As the new year approaches, Arizona hospitals and healthcare professionals are gearing up for a new wave of COVID-19 patients to flood the intensive care units and emergency departments that have endured near-capacity numbers since the Delta variant took hold over the summer. Without respite from the prior wave and increased transmission...
On Wednesday, December 22, the state of Arizona reported 2,806 new cases of COVID-19 and 74 new deaths. There have now been 23,816 deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Only 64.5% of the state is vaccinated at this time. Statewide, 6% of intensive care unit beds and 6% of inpatient hospital beds remain available at this time. Over 40%...
The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 has surged in the United States in the past week and now accounts for 73% of new infections. The CDC showed a six-fold increase in Omicron infection in a single week. In the New York area, the Southeast and the Pacific Northwest, the variant is responsible for an estimated 90% of new infections,...
On Tuesday, the Commonwealth Fund, an independent research non-profit focused on healthcare issues, published a study on the number of deaths and hospitalizations that were averted by the U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Program.
The study found that over a million additional deaths and ten million hospitalizations were prevented by the...
Only 5% of intensive care unit beds statewide are currently available, with 40% of the beds in use by COVID-19 patients. On December 7, there were 3,506 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Arizona and 18 new deaths related to complications from COVID-19. This brings the total number of COVID-19 deaths to 22,779 since the public health...
The a rolling 7-day average in the United States is now 1,319 deaths per day. On December 6, there were 113,992 new cases of COVID-19 reported nationwide. Over 60,000 Americans are currently hospitalized with complications from COVID-19.
Only 60% of the country is fully vaccinated with 71% of the population having received at least...
The Omicron variant was first identified in South Africa and prompted concerns among scientists and global public health officials because it carries an unusually high number of mutations. The World Health Organization has called Omicron a "variant of concern". Cases have been identified in 20 countries so far, including the United...
Hospitalizations across the state are on the rise due to the extended surge related to the Delta variant of the coronavirus. Only 7% of intensive care unit beds are available statewide and 38% are in use by COVID-19 patients, a new high since February 2021.
On Wednesday, December 1, 2021, Arizona reported 3,163 new cases of COVID-19...
When the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a public health emergency January 30th, 2020 the American healthcare system changed overnight. The global pandemic has altered both the way patients are receiving care and the teaching platforms used to educate prospective healthcare...
On Tuesday, November 23, there were 3,057 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Arizona and 120 new COVID-19-related deaths reported. Deaths are often reported in batches and then assigned to the actual date of death. The total number of deaths in Arizona is now 22,062. Over 60% of the total population has received at least one shot of...
On Sundy, Arizona reported more than 3,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, two deaths and hospitalizations remain high. The state now totals 1,214,419 cases and 21,653 deaths. Only 60% of Arizonans have received at least one dose of vaccine, and 53.2% of the state is fully vaccinated, both well under national rates.
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Nationwide, cases of COVID-19 appear to be on another up-swing. On November 16, there were nearly 90,000 cases reported nationally, following a seven-day average of 88,000 cases per day. There were 1,414 deaths on the 16th, and the total national deaths due to COVID-19 has reached 765,000. Nearly 60% of the country is fully vaccinated...
As America struggles to reach herd immunity and increase its vaccination rate, government officials, health experts, and tech companies are taking aim at COVID-19 misinformation.
In light of the COVID-19 vaccine being made available to children ages 5-11, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released a Community Toolkit for...
