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12/21/2021 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
CHARLESTON, WV - Grim projections in hand, the clinical leadership of West Virginia’s community hospitals put out a statement through the West Virginia Hospital Association urging West Virginia residents to do their part.
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12/21/2021 - The Intelligencer
CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Hospital Association said Monday that hospitals around the state could see the highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations since the pandemic began, which has the state’s healthcare system “nearing a breaking point.”
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12/21/2021 - WDTV
BRIDGEPORT, WV - The West Virginia Hospital Association released a statement saying that the healthcare system is “strained” and “nearing a breaking point” as projections show West Virginia will approach the highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations since the pandemic began.
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12/20/2021 - Bloomberg News by: Josh Wingove
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. government has overcounted the number of Americans who are at least partly vaccinated against the coronavirus, state officials warn, meaning millions more people are unprotected as the pandemic’s winter surge gathers steam.
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12/20/2021 - The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, DC - As strained U.S. hospitals brace for a new surge of COVID-19 cases caused by the fast-spreading omicron variant, doctors are warning of yet another challenge: the two standard drugs they’ve used to fight infections are unlikely to work against the new strain.
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12/20/2021 - Politico
WASHINGTON, DC - Moderna on Monday said preliminary data showed its Covid-19 booster shot increased antibody levels against the Omicron strain well above those seen in people who completed only the initial two-dose course of the company’s vaccine.
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12/20/2021 - Fairmont News by: John Mark Shaver
CHARLESTON, WV - Officials announced Thursday that the first case of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus has been detected in West Virginia, causing health leaders to more aggressively push the vaccine and holiday safety measures.
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