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Connecticut seeing 'extremely concerning' spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations
Lubo Ivanko/iStock(HARTFORD, Conn.) -- Connecticut has seen an "extremely concerning" rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations in recent weeks, health officials said, as the number of cases also continues to...
Dec 08, 2021
Women in health care suffer burnout disproportionately to men
Plyushkin/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Mounting evidence finds that women working in health care are experiencing disproportionately more feelings of burnout during the pandemic, as they're more likely to carr...
Dec 08, 2021
White House issues nationwide call to action on maternal health crisis
iStock/PeopleImages(NEW YORK) -- The Biden administration on Tuesday issued a "nationwide call to action" on the maternal health crisis in the United States, which continues to have the highest rate o...
Dec 07, 2021
Number of omicron cases in US 'likely to rise,' CDC director says
ABC News(ATLANTA) -- With the omicron variant now detected in at least 16 states in the U.S., Centers for Disease Control Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said the agency is "following them closely" and...
Dec 06, 2021
With so many unknowns about omicron, when will we have answers?
iStock/georgeclerk(NEW YORK) -- The latest COVID-19 variant of concern, omicron, first reported to the World Health Organization from South Africa last week -- and now detected throughout the U.S. -- ...
Dec 04, 2021
As delta continues to surge in Pennsylvania, hospital officials urge vaccination
iStock/Geber86(PENNSYLVANIA) -- Omicron has been making headlines as cases of the new COVID-19 variant continue to be detected in the United States. While the strain is concerning, health officia...
Dec 04, 2021
Amy Coney Barrett raises adoption in abortion case hearing that poses challenge to Roe v. Wade
Bill Clark/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- When the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over a Mississippi law that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a headline-making line of...
Dec 03, 2021
What is known about the omicron variant that's arrived in the US
narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) -- As health officials expected, the United States has now confirmed several cases of the omicron variant, which was first identified in Botswana and has since been detected i...
Dec 02, 2021
Texas law restricting access to abortion pills goes into effect: What to know
ELISA WELLS/PLAN C/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the U.S. Supreme Court continues to weigh whether to leave Texas's unprecedented six-week abortion ban, SB8, in place, a new law that also restr...
Dec 02, 2021
What's behind the 'dire' COVID-19 surge in Michigan?
Tempura/iStock(OKEMOS, Mich.) -- Michigan is in the midst of its fourth COVID-19 wave -- and there is no end in sight, hospital officials said. Cases and hospitalizations are rivaling levels seen in e...
Dec 02, 2021
