After Missouri offered a Texas company a no-bid contract, only a little more than 200 temporary medical staff ended up being sent to hospitals, while monoclonal antibody treatments averaged more than $5,600 per patient.
A little more than 200 temporary medical staff ended up being sent to hospitals, while monoclonal antibody treatments averaged more than $5,600 per patient.
Being able to detect coronavirus in wastewater has been a helpful tool and oftentimes a useful predictor for how the pandemic will evolve, and the latest data from the Metropolitan Council shows a continued decrease from the omicron-fueled spike during December and January.
As omicron cases continue to decline across the region, health departments in D.C., Virginia and Maryland have reported new cases of a subvariant strain of the illness, but one expert said it doesn’t appear the newest version of COVID-19 will lead to another spike in cases.
As health officials sound the alarm about the pandemic's impact on children's mental health, music, drama and other art classes are helping kids adjust to being in-person again.