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Idaho Is Rationing Health Care Statewide As It Struggles To Cope With COVID-19

"The situation is dire – we don't have enough resources to adequately treat the patients in our hospitals," a state official said. ICU beds will be allotted to the patients most likely to survive.

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3,000 Health Care Workers In France Have Been Suspended For Not Getting A COVID Shot

September 13, 2021 • Ray DeMonia didn't die from COVID-19, but after the 73-year-old experienced a cardiac emergency, he was turned away from dozens of packed ICUs, his family says.

September 13, 2021 • The South African government is trying to discourage the use of ivermectin, an anti-parasitic medication, as an anti-COVID-19 therapeutic. But some doctors are prescribing it anyway.