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ICU Beds In Alabama Have Been Filled With Adults And Children

NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. David Kimberlin, a pediatric infectious disease physician at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Children's of Alabama, about lack of ICU space.
COVID-19 Stats: Deaths Are Up, Delta Variant May Be Starting To Wane

As the delta surge continues, there are signs it may be slowing in hard-hit states like Florida and Texas. But with fall coming, experts worry another surge could hit northern states.
- Rob Stein
Pfizer Wants To Offer A 3rd COVID Vaccine Dose. Here Are The Pros And Cons

Pfizer is seeking the FDA's permission to offer a third COVID-19 vaccine dose to those 16 and older. There's data that the vaccine's efficacy is waning and evidence that a booster can reverse that.
- Joe Palca
The U.S. Will Require Would-Be Immigrants To Prove They've Been Vaccinated For COVID

The COVID-19 shot joins a list of well-established vaccines required by the U.S., aimed at preventing dangerous diseases such as polio and varicella (chickenpox).
- Bill Chappell
Pfizer Analysis Makes Case For COVID Vaccine Booster

Pfizer says data support its request for Food and Drug Administration approval of a third dose of COVID vaccine about six months after the second dose in people 16 years and older.
- Scott Hensley
An Epidemiologist Says At-Home Testing Is Key To Stopping COVID

Harvard epidemiologist Michael Mina wants to increase availability of the at-home rapid tests the Biden administration is promoting. But he warns of a shortage without market pressure.
- Mary Louise Kelly
Colleges Are Struggling With How To Handle Vaccine Mandates

Cleveland State University is requiring vaccinations only for those living on campus. For everyone else, the college is relying on a six-week education campaign, a move some say doesn't go far enough.
- Taylor Haggerty
My 1-year-old son got Covid, then so did we. Here’s what I want you to know

Noel Frame is a Democratic lawmaker in Washington state. Last month, her 1-year-old son got Covid-19. She told KUOW's Kim Malcolm her story.
- Kim Malcolm
Young People Are Anxious About Climate Change And Say Governments Are Failing Them

A new study shows more than half of young people say climate change makes them feel afraid, sad, anxious, angry, powerless and helpless. And government inaction in particular makes them worried.
- Sharon Pruitt-Young
Washington state Covid-19 hospitalizations still at ‘sobering’ levels

Covid-19 hospitalizations remain at high levels in Washington state, straining the health care system. That’s according to hospital leaders who addressed reporters at a Monday briefing. There were 1,673 Covid-19 patients in hospitals around the state as of Monday, compared to 1,674 patients last week, officials said. “Things are still very bad,” said Taya Briley, executive vice president of the Washington State Hospital Association.
- Kate Walters

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