The new post-pandemic national hospital occupancy average is 75% -- a full 11 percentage points higher than the pre-pandemic average, largely due to a reduction in staffed hospital beds. This puts the U.S. on track for a severe shortage of hospital beds by 2032 unless action is taken.| EurekAlert!
In El Paso, Texas, morgues have started paying jail inmates $2 an hour to help transport the bodies of COVID-19 victims.| Campus Safety Magazine
Whether due to an increase in vaccine hesitancy or access barriers, the pandemic affected childhood routine vaccination, says a new report.| Campus Safety Magazine