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Alaska’s COVID-19 case rate is now the highest in the nation

Wed, 2021-09-22 13:58 — mike kraft

Alaska’s COVID-19 case rate is now the highest in the nation as state reports 6 deaths Alaska’s average rate of daily new infections over the last week is more than double the national average, and hospitals continue to operate under what were once unimaginable circumstances. Anchorage Daily News

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Washington governor tells Idaho officials: Stop 'clogging up my hospitals'

Wed, 2021-09-22 12:55 — mike kraft

Washington governor to Idaho officials: Stop 'clogging up my Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) criticized neighboring Idaho’s leadership late last week, saying that Idaho Gov. Brad Little’s (R) policies were “clogging up” Washington’s hospitals. Adam Barnes TheHill

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US COVID-19 deaths are topping 1,900 a day. mainly unvaccinated

Wed, 2021-09-22 10:28 — mike kraft

'Soul-crushing': US COVID-19 deaths are topping 1,900 a day COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have climbed to an average of more than 1,900 a day for the first time since early March, with experts saying the virus is preying largely on a distinct group: 71 million unvaccinated Americans. AP NEWS

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U.S. non-Covid patients suffering because hospitals filling up with unvaccinated covid patients

Wed, 2021-09-22 10:21 — mike kraft

... Echoes of the pandemic’s early months are resounding through the halls of hospitals, with an average of more than 90,000 patients in the United States being treated daily for Covid. Once again, many hospitals have been slammed in the last two months, this time by the Delta variant, and have been reporting that intensive care units are overflowing, that patients have to be turned away and even that some patients have died while awaiting a spot in an acute or I.C.U. ward.

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COVID creates shortages of an array of U.S. medical supplies

Mon, 2021-09-20 13:05 — mike kraft

COVID creates shortages of an array of U.S. medical supplies Shortages of masks and gloves that marked the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic have spread to a host of other items needed at medical facilities in the United States, from exam tables and heart defibrillators to crutches and IV poles. Timothy Aeppel Reuters

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Rationing medical care becomes a reality in hospitals overwhelmed with covid patients

Mon, 2021-09-20 11:30 — mike kraft

Four patients, two dialysis machines: Rationing medical care becomes a reality in hospitals overwhelmed with covid patients Activating crisis standards of care gives hospitals the power to allocate — and potentially even deny — care based on the goal of who could potentially benefit the most when faced with a shortage of resources such as ventilators, medications or staff. Washington Post

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Full covid insurance coverage is over. Insurers are restoring deductibles and co-pays, leaving some patients with big bills.

Sun, 2021-09-19 20:56 — mike kraft

The days of full covid coverage are over. Insurers are restoring deductibles and co-pays, leaving patients with big bills. The return of insurance deductibles and copays for covid hospitalizations has resulted in an uneven patchwork of patient billing. In some cases, patients in the same ICU can be hit with very different charges. Christopher Rowland Washington Post

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Patients and doctors who embraced telehealth during the pandemic fear it will become restricted

Fri, 2021-09-17 13:05 — mike kraft

Patients and doctors who embraced telehealth during the pandemic fear it will become harder to access The public health emergency lifted restrictions on virtual care that some states are now rescinding. Frances Stead Sellers Washington Post

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Boosters helped Israel avoid exceeding hospital capacity as Covid-19 cases surged, data presented to FDA suggests

Fri, 2021-09-17 12:18 — mike kraft

Boosters helped Israel avoid going beyond hospital capacity as Covid-19 cases surged, data suggests A model projects that without booster shots – or if boosters were administered a few weeks later– Covid-19 hospitalizations in Israel could have exceeded the nation's capacity, according to data that Dr.

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Part of US West see health care rationing because COVID-19 surge, Idaho seeks help from neighboring states

Fri, 2021-09-17 10:07 — mike kraft

COVID-19 surge forces health care rationing in parts of West BOISE, Idaho (AP) — In another ominous sign about the spread of the delta variant, Idaho public health leaders on Thursday expanded health care rationing statewide and individual hospital systems in Alaska and Montana have enacted similar crisis standards amid a spike in the number of unvaccinated COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization. AP NEWS

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