Dr. Simone Gold discourages vaccination against COVID-19 and promotes alternative, unproven therapies. She has spent much of the past year speaking at events like this one held in West Palm Beach, Fla., in December. The conference was aimed at young people ages 15 to 25. Gage Skidmore hide caption
At-home tests are becoming increasingly difficult to find despite manufacturers boosting production as COVID-19 cases rise in schools and employers increase monitoring. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Friends Adam Schaefer and Isabella Phillips of Philadelphia went to see Wicked, one of the top Broadway shows to reopen on Tuesday with pandemic protocols. Craig Ruttle/AP hide caption
Medical staff tend to COVID-19 patients at the Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris in April. Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Charlie Callagan's bone marrow transplant for multiple myeloma was recently postponed at the last minute because Oregon hospitals are overwhelmed with treating COVID-19 patients. Erik Neumann / Jefferson Public Radio hide caption
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres (left) and Volkan Bozkir (right), president of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, applaud as Abdulla Shahid (center) receives the gavel as the new president of the 76th session of the UNGA at U.N. headquarters. Evan Schneider/United Nations Photo via AP hide caption
A shortage of school bus drivers for the Boston Public Schools has led to some delays this month. Gov. Charlie Baker is calling up National Guard members to help alleviate the shortage in some areas of the state. David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
A health care worker administers a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a senior living facility in Worcester, Pa., in August. Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
A new federal mandate will require vaccines for all companies with 100 or more employees. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
A girl leads her mother and brothers as they arrive at Brooklyn's PS 245 on Monday in New York. Classroom doors are swinging open for about a million New York City public school students in the nation's largest experiment of in-person learning during the coronavirus pandemic. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
A syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at a mobile vaccine clinic in Santa Ana, Calif., in August. An international group of scientists is arguing the average person doesn't need a COVID-19 booster yet — an opinion that highlights the intense scientific divide over the question. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
A medical worker tests a person for COVID-19 last month in Mobile, Ala. A surge of coronavirus cases in the state has stretched hospital ICUs to capacity, making it difficult for patients with other conditions to find ICU beds. Jay Reeves/AP hide caption
Left: Family physician Dr. E.V. Rapiti is among those prescribing ivermectin to patients for COVID-19 despite no clear evidence it has any effect. Right: Dr. E.V. Rapiti's office entrance in Mitchells Plain, South Africa. Dr. E.V. Rapiti; Eyder Peralta/NPR hide caption
Weeks after getting sick from COVID-19, Kathleen Hipps is still experiencing symptoms, even though she was fully vaccinated. Kathleen Hipps hide caption
At the region's biggest hospital, Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene, 97% of COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated and all of the intensive care unit beds are filled. Education Images/Universal Image via Getty Images hide caption
After more than 500 days with COVID restrictions, Denmark's high vaccination rate has enabled the country to become one of the first European Union nations to lift all domestic restrictions. Claus Bech/Ritzau Scanpix via AP hide caption
The CDC's new research found that those who were vaccinated were nearly five times less likely to get infected, 10 times less likely to get so sick they ended up in the hospital and 11 times less likely to die. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Megan Alexandra Blankenbiller became sick before she was able to get the COVID-19 vaccine. She spent her final days in the hospital trying to help others avoid the same mistake. atasteofalex/TikTok hide caption
Getting vaccinated during pregnancy is one of the best ways to make sure your vulnerable newborn benefits from your antibodies to the coronavirus, doctors say. ©fitopardo/Getty Images hide caption
A hiring sign gets displayed in a store window in New York City in August. Last month saw a sharp slowdown in hiring from previous months as the pandemic wears on and creates uncertainty. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, second from right, speaks during a news conference on Operation Warp Speed in January, 2021. With Azar from left are Dr. Moncef Slaoui, chief science adviser to Operation Warp Speed, Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and U.S. Army Gen. Gustave Perna, chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
The FDA, CDC and American Medical Association have all warned against the use of ivermectin (shown here in India) in treating COVID-19 patients. Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/Getty Images hide caption
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is "completely incorrect" to suggest vaccines are a personal choice with no broad implications, says Dr. Anthony Fauci (L), the country's top infectious disease authority. J. Scott Applewhite/AP; Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption
ECMO is the highest level of life support — beyond a ventilator, which pumps oxygen via a tube through the windpipe into the lungs. Instead, the ECMO process basically functions as a heart and lungs outside of the body — routing the blood via tubing to a machine that oxygenates it, then pumps it back into the patient. Blake Farmer/Nashville Public Radio hide caption
