October 8, 2025

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ICU beds running critically short as COVID-19 cases surge

More than 1 in 3 U.S. residents live in a locality where hospitals are nearing their limit for intensive care beds as coronavirus cases continue to surge, The New York Times reports, citing federal data.A Times analysis found that hospitals that serve communities of more than 100 million people had fewer than 15 percent of their intensive care beds available last week. Ten percent of U.S. residents live in areas where such beds are either…