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Hospitals struggle with staff shortages as federal Covid funds run out Public health experts fear the workarounds they’ve found could degrade the quality of care over time. POLITICO

Hospitals across the country are grappling with widespread staffing shortages, complicating preparations for a potential Covid-19 surge as the BA.5 subvariant drives up cases, hospital admissions and deaths...

Health Care — Pfizer to expand domestic manufacturing of Paxlovid An errant sled dog who went missing three months ago — named Leon — has been found safe in Alaska about 150 miles away from where he ran off.  Today we’ll look at Pfizer’… jbyrnes The Hill

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The investment “will allow Pfizer to increase supply by an additional 4 million packs of Paxlovid, allowing us to meet global demand and help increase overall access,” said Pfizer spokeswoman Julia Cohen...

Washington hospitals again strained by COVID-19 spread SEATTLE (AP) — Hospital officials in Washington are warning that facilities are heading toward another COVID-19 case peak amid high spread in the community. Washington State Hospital Association CEO Cassie Sauer on Monday said at the end of last week, almost 600 people with COVID-19 were in hospitals across the state with about 20-25 patients a day on ventilators, The News Tribune reported . AP NEWS

That compares with an average of around 230 hospitalized cases in the daily census in April and 1,700 in February during the Omicron wave...

With COVID mission over, Pentagon plans for next pandemic WASHINGTON (AP) — A COVID-19 patient was in respiratory distress. The Army nurse knew she had to act quickly. It was the peak of this year’s omicron surge and an Army medical team was helping in a Michigan hospital. AP NEWS

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