Near Crisis, Some Hospitals Face Tough Decisions In Caring For Floods Of Patients Hospitals are getting so crowded with COVID-19 patients that they're having to resort to workarounds to treat them all. Experts warn this may hamper doctors' ability to save lives. Sean McMinn
Doctors Deploy Antibody Drugs Against COVID-19 And Hope Effort's Worthwhile The medicines from Eli Lilly and Regeneron are infused, a process that can take two hours or longer, including observation for side effects. Staffing is as big an issue as the supply of the drugs. Richard Harris
Hospitals Puzzled With How To Administer Monoclonal Antibodies To COVID-19 Patients Hospitals are figuring out how to administer drugs that are designed to treat people with mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms. The drugs are in short supply, and there is no guarantee they will work. Richard Harris
Scotland Becomes 1st Country To Make Period Products Free "A proud day for Scotland and a signal to the world that free universal access to period products can be achieved," said Monica Lennon, who championed the bill in the Scottish Parliament. Laurel Wamsley
Embattled Public Health Workers Leaving At "Steady And Alarming" Rate More than 70 local public health officials have resigned or been fired since the start of the pandemic. They're over-worked and the subject of harassment from community leaders and residents. Anna King
Unemployment Claims Jump For Second Week As Pandemic Rages Claims for state unemployment benefits again rose last week, signaling ongoing weakness in the job market as coronavirus infections continue to soar. Scott Horsley
CDC Likely To Recommend Shortening Coronavirus Quarantine Period Federal health officials could reduce the quarantine from the currently recommended 14 days to as few as seven for people who test negative for the virus. Scott Neuman
Initial Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccines Will Go To States Based On Population, Not Risk Operation Warp Speed is allocating the first batch of 6.4 million COVID vaccines to states, based on population. This circumvents a CDC advisory committee, which proposed allocation based on risk. Pien Huang
Black People Are More Hesitant About A Vaccine. A Leading Nurse Wants To Change That Ernest Grant, the president of the American Nurses Association, says historical abuses have left Black people with a distrust of vaccines. Now he's part of a coronavirus vaccine trial. David Greene
Are More Lockdowns Inevitable, Or Can Other Measures Stop The Surge? The U.S. added more than 1 million cases in the past week. More than 85,000 people are hospitalized. Some states may have no choice but to lock down again. Others are trying a targeted approach. Will Stone
