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Facing shortages of critical care beds, medication and frontline staff amid the onslaught of RSV, COVID and the flu, hospitals serving Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska are collaborating to get children the treatment they need.

Facing shortages of critical care beds, medication and frontline staff amid the onslaught of RSV, COVID-19 and the flu, hospitals serving Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska are collaborating to get children with acute conditions the treatment they need.

Facing shortages of critical care beds, medication and frontline staff amid the onslaught of RSV, COVID-19 and the flu, hospitals serving Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska are collaborating to get children with acute conditions the treatment they need.

Ceremony called attention to 15 unsheltered people who died in Columbia this year.

Facing shortages of critical care beds, medication and frontline staff amid the onslaught of RSV, COVID-19 and the flu, hospitals serving Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska are collaborating to get children with acute conditions the treatment they need.

Fifteen unsheltered Columbia residents died this year. Individuals, groups with regular interactions mourn their loss in special service.

A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report found that the prices for more than 1,200 prescription medications increased an average of 31.6% from July 2021 to July 2022.

Similar to the omicron and delta COVID-19 waves last winter that crippled emergency rooms, Nebraska, Iowa and other Midwest hospitals are currently leaning on nearby states to get medical care for patients.

"Our hospitals are entering a very challenging time," said Jeremy Nordquist, president of the Nebraska Hospital Association. "And quite frankly, we need Nebraskans to help us with it."

The "tripledemic" of COVID-19, flu and RSV cases has put pressure on hospitals that are struggling to find enough beds for all the patients.