Glen Pyle and Jennifer Huang, PBS News Hour, Jan. 18, 2022 The heart has played a central role in COVID-19 since the beginning. Cardiovascular conditions are among the highest risk factors for hospitalization. A significant number of patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infections …
Want to get omicron and just get it over with? Here’s why that’s a bad idea
Allison Aubrey, NPR, Jan. 15, 2022 Millions of people are testing positive with COVID-19 in the U.S. each week and the FDA warns that most Americans will get the virus at some point. With growing evidence that the omicron variant likely causes milder …
COVID-19 infections increase tenfold among Tennessee nursing home residents
Brett Kelman, The Tennessean, Jan. 15, 2022 One year after the coronavirus ravaged Tennessee nursing homes and killed older residents faster than any other population, the skyrocketing virus is besieging the facilities again, rekindling fear of the darkest days of the pandemic. New outbreaks …
COVID-19 pill rollout stymied by shortages as omicron rages
Matthew Perrone, AP News, Jan. 13, 2022 Two brand-new COVID-19 pills that were supposed to be an important weapon against the pandemic in the U.S. are in short supply and have played little role in the fight against the omicron …
COVID-19 still surging in Tennessee, but experts predict an omicron peak approaches
Brett Kelman and AP, The Tennessean, Jan. 12, 2022 Nearly 4 in 10 coronavirus tests reported in Tennessee last week were positive, and hospitals continue to fill with COVID-19 patients, as the omicron variant spreads with blinding speed, according to state virus data released Wednesday. …