“The head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is standing by the agency's mask guidelines, emphasizing Tuesday that now is not the time to change the recommendations or loosen restrictions aimed at preventing Covid-19."

>"Covid-19 hospitalizations in the United States have reached a new record high, surpassing the previous peak from January 2021, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services."

The United States is poised to surpass its record for covid-19 hospitalizations as soon as Tuesday, with no end in sight to skyrocketing case loads, falling staff levels and the struggles of a medical system trying to provide care amid an _...Read More_

>"The new variant is spreading quickly enough to inundate hospitals that were already buckling under the cumulative toll of _...Read More_

>"With tens of millions of unvaccinated Americans at higher risk for severe disease from Covid-19 infections, doctors and health care facilities nationwide are reporting a rising number of young people hospitalized, some of whom are too _...Read More_

>"The findings represent some of the largest sets of real-world data to be released since the highly contagious variant was first discovered."

>"As the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread across the US this holiday season, the rate of daily Covid-19 cases detected has eclipsed _...Read More_

>"As the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread across the US this holiday season, the rate of daily Covid-19 cases detected has eclipsed those fueled by the Delta variant over the summer."

>"Fewer than 100 intensive care unit beds are available across Colorado, the state's Covid-19 incident commander said during a Friday news conference."

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“People ask me, ‘Why am I getting vaccinated if I just end up in the hospital anyway?’” Griffin said. “But I say, ‘You’ll end up leaving the hospital.’”

[https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/08/07/health/children-covid-19-protection/index.html](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/08/07/health/children-covid-19-protection/index.html) >"Doctors say keeping kids Covid-free is critical to ensure in-person learning, prevent unforeseen complications and help stave off more aggressive _...Read More_

>"Just weeks after daily COVID-19 cases reached their lowest point in the U.S., the country is now recording an average of 100,000 new infections per day _...Read More_

The other big question is what role variants of concern are playing in Michigan. Our genomic surveillance remains limited, but the CDC reports that Michigan has the second-most confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 variant, after Florida.