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PinkOmelet/iStock(NEW YORK) -- As Americans gather to toast the end of another particularly difficult year, many loved ones will be notably missing from holiday celebrations, a glaring reminder of the tragic realities of the coronavirus pandemic. On Tuesday, the United States reached yet another staggering milestone, with 800,000 Americans now confirmed lost to the coronavirus, according to newly updated data from Johns Hopkins University. "This will be a defining tragedy of our generation," David Dowdy, an infectious disease epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public...

The sobering mark comes less than two years into the pandemic, and despite the introduction of the first coronavirus vaccines nearly one year ago.

Hospitals are running out of ICU beds as cases of the Delta variant mirror the highs seen in last year’s winter surge.

As COVID cases surge, hospitals are reporting a significant portion of patients who’ve had their initial vaccine shot — or shots — and a few who’ve received a booster as well.