Only two pediatric intensive care unit beds were available in the Dallas area Tuesday as the delta variant of COVID-19 continues to spread across the country,
(AP) Gov. Greg Abbott appealed for out-of-state help to fight the third wave of COVID-19 in Texas while two more of the state’s largest school districts announced mask mandates in defiance of the governor.
The rapidly escalating surge in coronavirus infections across the U.S. has caused a shortage of nurses and other front-line workers in virus hot spots that can no longer keep up with the flood of unvaccinated patients and are losing staff members to burnout and lucrative out-of-state temporary gigs.