HEALTH

Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care

By Keith Ridler

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Soldiers triaging patients in parking lots in a capital city is normally the stuff of science fiction. 

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Is shopping in stores safe during the pandemic?

Is shopping in stores safe during the pandemic?

There are ways to reduce risk, but health experts advise avoiding it when possible.

The… Read more

Navajo school, students fight to overcome amid COVID-19

Written by ANTHONY J. WALLACE/Cronkite News

PINON, ARIZONA (AP)–One student runs 85 feet up a hill every morning, just to get a cellphone signal… Read more

3rd major COVID-19 vaccine shown to be effective and cheaper

The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was 90 Read more

How the Out-of-Control Pandemic Is Speeding the Testing of Vaccines

The coronavirus is spreading out of control in the United States, overwhelming health systems and killing more than 1,100 Americans a day. But there… Read more

Coronavirus updates: US sets single-day case record as hospitalizations reach all-time high; New York, Ohio, Indiana tighten restrictions

The upward trajectory of coronavirus cases in the U.S. continued Wednesday with the country setting a new mark with more than 136,000 new infections, according… Read more